Z. was our host in Karkur, where HL and I arrived by train from Tel Aviv on Friday. Primarily a painter, Z. has two studio areas in her sunlit, airy home that is filled with her art. Last year, she created a tiled mural for the community center in neighboring Pardes Hanna, though she had never before made a mosaic. Undaunted, Z. learned the requisite techniques and designed a mural based on the orange groves that had sustained the settlement. Then she organized a group of volunteers, most of them inexperienced, to complete the project in a mere three months. The mural is entitled Kol ha-Pardes, The Voice of the Grove.
On Saturday afternoon, Z. hosted a party for HL and me. She invited our friends who live in Israel, as well as their partners and a few others whom she wanted us to meet. Decades had passed since I had seen some of those who came.
There was an abundance of food, drink and conversation. When I looked at the group picture of the occasion, it occurred to me that Z. had managed to make another mosaic, this time a human one.
Z. with the mural in Pardes Hanna that she designed
Harvest in the orange grove
People of the Mosaic Persuasion
Shabbat dinner with Z. in a seaside restaurant in Caesarea
Shabbat evening service held in the Roman ruins in Caesarea
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