Remembering Israel at 50.

With all the Israel at 60 talk going on, I can’t for the life of me remember the Israel at 50 celebrations, which I would imagine were a bigger deal, as the Jubilee number as well as the generally accepted major number in counting anniversaries. I wasn’t yet in Israel at that point, so maybe it didn’t seem as significant.

Today, while searching through my old bedroom, I came across this token:

Whatever I was doing, I must have received that pin. One clue to the ongoing mystery…