Unlocking the past : stories from my mother's diary

Shira Sebban had long abandoned hope of uncovering more details of her mother Naomi's past especially after her death in 2013 of Alzheimers. That was before she and her sister discovered a diary Naomi had kept during a study trip to Israel in the mid-1950s. Covering an 18-month period, from late 1955 until mid-1957, beginning with Naomi’s arrival in the then divided city of Jerusalem to take up a scholarship at the Hebrew University, the chapters portray what life was like in the new State of Israel, particularly in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Disparate events are covered, from social, cultural and political public happenings to more personal concerns like love and loss