Contents
Chapter One: The daughter of David Halpern
Wanderings over the world, exile in a fortress in an island of Channel; a 100 year-old pharmacy
Chapter Two: Childhood in Portugal
A house near the sea, holidays in the mountains; fables/stories before sleep
Chapter Three: Interlude in Cuba
Music all day, mango on a stick; Eretz Israel songs
Chapter Four: the son of Helena and Salomon Mucznik
The Rav who came from Paris and the judge who wandered from Warsaw;
Papaito who came from Tangiers
Chapter Five: Sonia and Nathan, a Love story
The return to Portugal, the love story in Lisbon—the unforgettable honeymoon in Italy;
A humane deed
Chapter Six: Family
Four children and a dog; farewell to a Mother; dreams of a distant country
Chapter Seven: The New country
The Carmel countryside; the difficult vacation at summer camp; the first Seder in the Kibbutz
Chapter Eight: PHd in History of art
Godesses and Gods, dramas and mosaics; a woman with three degrees
Chapter Nine: Beginnings and leave-takings
New home, the family grows; lost memories