storing history
Tzippi came to Israel almost fifteen years after I did. Thing were
already quite different. I'm quite sure that by then even institutions
like the Sochnut were already using paper towels to dry the hands
of workers and visitors (though of course Tzippi wouldn't have taken
such a towel had she seen one).
There were still, however, Sochnut issued utensils, and she received
some of these when she settled into her first program in the country.
Tzippi received at least one plate, one soup bowl and a cup - all
plastic. She probably also received silverware, and a small aluminum
pot for cooking. It seems that all that we've saved of these rather
primitive utensils is the soup bowl, stuffed away in a cupboard, basically
because I don't want to part with it. To my mind this bowl has less
power to bring back memories than my towel does, but then again, it
wasn't mine. |