Gallery Photos from the book The Case for a Secular New Jerusalem: Great-grandfather Nahum Chesno, Odessa. His father beat him up for trying to play the violin. My grandmother Chaya-Clara Chestnaya. Musical talents neglected once she reached Palestine. My Grandfather David Yeshua. He passed away few weeks after I was born. Grandmother Miriam Yeshua. My Yemenite matriarch. Trip to the Negev, 1947; my parents’ first encounter. Moshe Yeshua and Zahara Yathom Calling on the government to accept Egypt’s peace initiative, April 1978. Signing German-Palestinian-Israeli high-tech venture in Ramallah, October 1998 Past Events: Like this:Like Loading...