הפציעה ברובע היהודי

Dear Mother and Father

Today it is just a month since I was wounded in the Old City of Jerusalem (and not at Notre Dame as you wrote). If I did not write about it at all it is because from the Old City there was no possibility and when we were evacuated from there under the “patronage” of the Arab Legion and came to Bikur Holim Hospital it was already clear that I am out of danger. And I did not want to care and bother. I am even now sorry that this “Haver”, presumably Saul Kraft, told as much (and as little).

The food and care are not excellent. But concerning the food we found a remedy - the former Mossad Lehishtalmut is now a “Beit Havraa” and the manager[es]s is taking good care of me and provides with everything I need.

Now I want to tell you that for some time I have become efianced (I think this is the word for “verlobt”) with Rina Zelivansky of Sh. Borohov who studied at the Teacher’s Seminary. By the way she is now taking care of me in Hospital from morning to evening and cooking special dishes for me as the food here is rather unreliable.

As whole you see that nothing is as terrible as you thought and that I am well cared of. By the way Rina received a great parcel of food from Tel Aviv so that we have tomatoes, apples, eggs and other things we lack in Jerusalem.

I forgot to tell you that I was wounded in the chest (lung) and that I am going well and that it is just a question of days until I’ll be quite well. I intend immediately after it to go to Tel-Aviv.

Your sonMordechay