The Talking Box

About the Book

This is a true story I was telling my grand children. They were astonished when they heard that only radio in the neighborhood. They live with computers, iphones, ipads, etc…

Even today, every time I see them, they don't allow me to go without telling them a story. This is one of the stories which reflects the life in Jerusalem at years of the 30's and 40's of the 20th century.

Jerusalem was a small town; a few people had a radio at home. People did not know and did not hear about radio.

This gives you the background of life in Israel at the last century - kind of housing, unpaved streets and windows where one can see who and how people live.

This story will give the reader who reads the story to his/her children a vision of life in other parts of the world.

About the Author

Abraham Drori was born in the 30's of the last century, in Jerusalem. As a child and in his teen age he left for Kibbutz. He returned to Jerusalem to continue his education. Right after the assassination of President John F Kennedy, he came to New York to accomplish his education in Music and Economics. He applied to Julliard school of Music but it was too late to be admitted for the next term, so he applied to Columbia University and attended the school of Business. After graduation with the degree of MBA, he became a Consul for Economic Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in New York. He returned to Jerusalem and worked for the Ministry of Tourism. Later, he became the Director of the Ministry of Tourism in Houston, Texas and in Toronto, Canada. After spending more than thirty years in the USA, he currently retired and dedicate his time in writing: poetry, children's books. Now, he is working on a special book of his life in Jerusalem.