'Stone Walls Do Not a Prison Make, Nor Iron Bars a Cage'
The title of this blog update comes from To Althea, from Prison by the English 17th century Cavalier poet, Richard Lovelace . He lived at a time when the country was plagued by both physical pestilence and the Civil War between King Charles I's supporters and the republican Puritans. What words could be more appropriate, I wonder, as today marks the 51st since the moadon - clubhouse - of the Karmiel English Speakers' Club was formally shut late morning on Sunday 15 March. I pen this piece as the Israel Government announces a further easing of lockdown restrictions and the Karmiel Municipality prepares to start a staged reopening of local educational facilities. Even last week, parts of the downtown BIG shopping centre were reopened along with suburban hairdressers and beauty parlours, while today - officially sanctioned or not - customers were seated outdoors at a cafe adjacent to the KESC premises. But the images above of the notice of the cl