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From Jerusalem Post article – click here for full story

By JOE CHARLAFF  
Published: JUNE 27, 2018  

 

“I NEVER imagined in my wildest dreams that I would see the Zionist dream of a Jewish State materialize in my lifetime or that I would personally take part in helping the dream come true” were the words of Zipporah Porath.

 

Seated on her high-backed wing chair, in her ninth floor sunny Ganei Tikva living room. She is surrounded by photos of her early Hagana days, diplomats, government officials, family and friends. Zippy, as she prefers to be called, was relaxed and composed throughout the interview. At 94, (in August she will be 95) she is well dressed with classic pearls, eye shadow and lipstick that she still applies herself.

 

Answering my questions spontaneously, she often pulled out scraps of paper from a plastic bag next to her and read from her original hand-written letters to her parents, and her sister Naomi in New York, the basis of her well-known book “Letters from Jerusalem 1947-1948.”

Porath reading an article to the author (photo credit: COURTESY JOE CHARTOFF)