Our Israeli Diary Fraser Antonia
Our Israeli Diary Fraser Antonia In May 1978 Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser visited Israel at the time of the 30th Anniversary of Independence. Based in Jerusalem, they toured many of the country's…
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Our Israeli Diary Fraser Antonia
In May 1978 Harold Pinter and Antonia Fraser visited Israel at the time of the 30th Anniversary of Independence. Based in Jerusalem, they toured many of the country's historic sites: from Bethlehem to the fortress of Masada, encountering future Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Mayor of Jerusalem Teddy Kollek, Jackie Kennedy and a long-lost cousin of Harold's on a kibbutz. It was three years after they first lived together; neither had set foot in Israel before.
As he said himself: 'For the first time I feel Jewish'.This diary was kept daily by Antonia Fraser: the vivid narrative and descriptions (Antonia swimming in the Dead Sea while Harold had a beer) are leavened with humour, occasionally wry where Harold's quirks were concerned, and always tender. It was a trip during which Pinter's feelings about his heritage emerged for the first time. Above all, it is a unique picture of a time