Israel: Children in Israel
"When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind."
Patrick Rothfuss
The Name of the Wind
Childhood is that long march from helplessness and vulnerability though reliance and dependence to autonomy and personal independence.
In Israel childhood ends fast and abruptly.
In this gallery I try to bring together some of the diverse branches of the Israeli spectrum. In some ways, Israeli society is an assortment of different minorities. I have tried to bring together pictures of children from those sectors - in their environment.