Tel Aviv is shitty
I guess I’m a Yerushalmi at heart, even though I’ve moved to the heart of Tel Aviv. (Reflections forthcoming on my departure from New York after seven years’ work in the Jewish emergent sector.) But I’m living here for a year to develop something of a relationship to this humid, austerely designed, secular city that so clearly pretends it’s European. And for sure it has charm. And if I’m ever feeling shitty about the atmosphere here, I can always visit these incredible pay-per-use restrooms a few blocks from my apartment:
I’ve moved to the heart of Tel Aviv. (Reflections forthcoming on my departure from New York after seven years’ work
You’re moving from New York to Tel Aviv?
You’re a stronger man than I, KFJ.
On behalf of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, allow me to say: Jerusalem is a Sarajevo waiting to happen. I can’t think of those streets without imagining where sniper fire might be coming from.
TA, on the other hand, is a city for people who love life.