2016 New Year's Celebration - Faded Quickly

Looking happy & hopeful, Jerry & Frankie @ 2016 New Year celebration, Goocha, Tel Aviv

The last two days Tel Aviv has been under virtual closure. Not exactly under military rule, but scary enough to keep kids in North Tel Aviv (Ramat Aviv Gimel - "C") out of school. It is probably decades since Israelis in central Israel felt fear about coming and going (some say since the gulf war and Iraqi rockets). Certainly not in the last ten years. But besides the security fears, the 2016 New Year celebrations went on without a hitch. This year, since New Year fell on a Friday, even the rainy weather did not slow most revelers. Despite the tension, the small group of friends enjoyed a great end of the year at Goocha (Ben Gurion @ Dizangoff) in Tel Aviv. If you were wondering, the roman New Year is called "Sylvester" in Israel. According to a few people, it's hard to pinpoint where this name designation came from or when it started. Just another quirky Hebrew language fact.