Snow in Tel Aviv – 1950
This unusual weather event was especially exciting for the country’s native-born ‘Sabras’ who had never before seen real snow.
Rachel Neiman is an experienced media professional whose journalism credits include ISRAEL21c, Globes Online, The Jerusalem Post and LINK magazine. She has served as marketing communications director at several Israeli innovation-based startups. Rachel attributes her vast knowledge of Israeli nostalgia to her Palmach-generation folk-singer mother and Jewish historian father, as well as her own lifelong obsession with all things pop culture.
This unusual weather event was especially exciting for the country’s native-born ‘Sabras’ who had never before seen real snow.
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