The famous ‘seashell’ lottery on April 11th 1909 has became an emblem of Tel Aviv’s mythology and history and the picture that was made about this event by Avraham Soskin. On April 17, next week, the descendants of the founders will gather in the ‘Charles Clore Park’ (see below) to reenact this famous photograph, together with descendants of the city builders and prominent figures alongside thousands of residents. On of the decedants of the founders (his grandparents) is Jeremy Ben-Ami, living today in Washington. So next week, Jeremy will come to Tel Aviv to take part in this photo shoot. In the ‘International Herald Tribune’ of today, April 10, Jeremy Ben-Ami wrote an article under the headline: “Tel-Aviv, Then and Now”. [edit: The location for the Centennial Photo has been changed. The NEW LOCATION … Read entire article »