We went to the Cameri theatre to see "A few days ago" כימים אחדים . It is organized in a storytelling format about a family knot in the early Jewish settlement in Emek Yezreel. It is extremely well done, with superb actors and professionals. I enjoyed it.
I am Hungarian Jew and the early settling of Palestine is not my background, but after fifty years in Israel, the national folklore is almost mine. Like Americans adopting the cowboy hero myth, or now, the Southern plantation myth. Myths are myths, the real cowboys were Mexican farmhands ("boys") and plantation owners took good care of their expensive workforce.
There were two or three old Russian songs that are identified with the early pioneers, yet contemporary Russians never heard of them. Now they are Israeli folklore and "touch" me too.
Interesting what is NOT in the play. It takes place in Israel before the independence, but not one word about Zionism or patriotism. Second, there are no Arabs in Israel in the play. Those were the times of the big Arab revolt, but the farmers never heard of it.
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