Nostalgia Sunday – Mommy’s trip to Sinai

November 9, 2008 - 10:23 PM by Rachel Neiman · 2 Comments
Filed under: General, Israeliness, Nostalgia Sunday 

I have no idea what my mother did when she went to the Sinai in the summer of 1968. I mean, I know why she went — she was Shulamith, singer of international folksongs with a large following of Hadassah ladies in the greater Boston area. Check out this photo (and the hats).

Shulamith at Hadassah

And I know that while were visiting Israel that summer, she flew down to Sinai to entertain the IDF troops. Look, here’s a photo of the airstrip:

Shula in Sinai 1968 - airstrip

And I know she sang for these fellows, because she told me so.

Shula in Sinai 1968 - group

But I have no idea if this is where she stayed. I figure it must be. This is the problem with being a kid. Grown-ups don’t tell you everything.

Shula in Sinai 1968 - accommodations

Shula in Sinai 1968 - conch shell
My mother came back from the Sinai bearing a very large pink conch shell and a square box encrusted entirely with shells – even the feet were shells!. We girls treasured those items for years — my little sister still has the big shell — but the box, like most fabulous tschotchkes, is long gone with no photographic record of its existence. Only the memory remains.

Click here to hear songs sung by Shulamith.

Links to previous posts:
Nostalgia Sunday – Powdered instant coffee
Nostalgia Sunday – 1967
Nostalgia Sunday -Simchat Torah flags
Nostalgia Sunday – Heaters
Nostalgia Sunday – Yom Kippur
Nostalgia Sunday – Rosh HaShana
Nostalgia Sunday – Old Coins
Nostalgia Sunday – Historic Homepages
Nostalgia Sunday – Tango
Nostalgia Sunday – Tel Aviv Night Run
Nostalgia Sunday – Missing Dad
Nostalgia Sunday – Clique HaClick
Nostalgia Sunday – Tel Aviv 100
Nostalgia Sunday – Eurovision
Nostalgia Sunday – Old Israeliana
Nostalgia Sunday – Classic Movie: The Blaumilch Canal
Nostalgia Sunday – Plaid Bedroom Slippers
Nostalgia Sunday – Historic Photo Shop Shuts Its Doors
Nostalgia Sunday – “new” Israeliana
Nostalgia Sunday – High Windows

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