Jaffa as It Was Yesterday and the Day Before: A Tour Following Agnon from a Personal Perspective

Guide: Paul Rakover

This tour is part of a series and cannot be purchased separately.

This course is part of the series: Between Two Cities – Literary Tours in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

About the Tour

“Hamdat’s room in the attic at the edge of Neve Tzedek, at the edge of Jaffa… Hamdat’s room was a room, and truly it was pleasant….” Thus Agnon described the room of Hamdat, his literary alter ego in the novel Only Yesterday.

On this tour between Jaffa and Neve Tzedek, we will wander in light of S. Y. Agnon’s descriptions, discover the city he knew and lived in after his first immigration to the Land of Israel, and which he described in his works based on his memories. We will pass through places he visited, meet people he encountered, and hear their descriptions in Agnon’s language…

Meeting point: The Clock Tower – 25 Raziel Street, Tel Aviv–Jaffa

Additional notes: The tour is accessible, but Paul asks to be informed in advance if any participant has an accessibility-related limitation, so that the route can be adapted to their needs.

Recommended parking: HaTahana parking lot operated by Ahuzot HaHof

Accessible tour – including motorized wheelchairs

Low level of difficulty: The tour will include visits to sites and short walks in an urban area and in nature.