Dateline: Tel Aviv
As reported to me by young people that I’ve been interviewing:
About 80% of young Israeli’s go to Goa (the beach area in Western India) and southern Thailand after their military service. The object is to “chill out” and recover.
The returning Israeli’s have some hippy qualities. I see people practicing yoga on the beaches and in many health clubs. I’m told that mediation and Buddhism are popular. (When are Alan Lew and Norman Fischer coming here?)
I see a proliferation of hippy style craft shops, cafes and boutiques in old industrial buildings. There is a big outdoor three-day music, dance and camping event this weekend in parks in the northern part of the country.
What I see supports what I hear.