August 28
Tour of Netanya/Tel Aviv Industry Area
“We had lunch with the mayor who told us how the city doesn’t have a Socialist regime but rather is completely run on an American Capitalistic System.”
TOUR OF NETANYA/TEL AVIV INDUSTRY AREA
Wednesday, August 28th, 1957
Dear Mom Dad & Alan,
I am now in an Apartment in Tel Aviv at a party. Today I went on a tour of Netanya with the ZOA group. It is an Industrial suburb of Tel Aviv. We toured the plants of the Elite chocolate company & were given free samples. We then had lunch with the mayor who told us how the city doesn’t have a Socialist regime but rather is completely run on an American Capitalistic System. Many U.S. companies have plants here.
In the late afternoon we came back to the apartments of the different people we are staying with. Time is really of the essence as every minute is spent seeing & learning something new.
We are now leaving the party to go to some Café for ice cream & drinks. Regards to everyone. I haven’t heard from you for quite a while but tomorrow I am going to Jerusalem & will see if the mail is there.
Love,
Bob
David’s Comments:
Wednesday, August 28th, 1957
”I am now in an Apartment in Tel Aviv at a party.“
Bob was 22 years old and wanted to have some fun before returning to the U.S.
“Today I went on a tour of Netanya”
Netanya is on the Mediterranean, north of Tel Aviv.
In 1957 Netanya was still rather small with a population of around 30,000. By 2020 the population has risen to almost 250,000.
“Today I went on a tour of Netanya with the ZOA group. It is an Industrial suburb of Tel Aviv. We toured the plants of Elite the chocolate company & were given free samples. We then had lunch with the mayor who told us how the city doesn’t have a Socialist regime but rather is completely run on an American Capitalistic System. Many U.S. companies have plants here.”
It is very interesting that even in 1957 the ZOA was able to arrange meetings for their groups with the mayor of Tel Aviv.