Table of Five

Yesterday we visited the Bible Lands Museum, which is not far from our apartment and is adjacent to the Israel Museum. We arrived early and, unfortunately, the English-speaking docent cancelled so there was no 10:30 tour but we browsed around the museum ourselves.

Then, we went next door to the Israel Museum (thank goodness for our $23 annual student memberships!) and were able to catch two English tours - the first was an overview of the archaeology exhibits and the second was a great tour and lecture on the Dead Sea Scrolls, some of which are housed at the museum.

In between 11:30 and 1:30 tours, we had lunch at the museum cafeteria where the 20-something cashier asked us if we had seen the TV show "Table of Five." It took us a second and we said we'd seen "Party of Five" back when it was on (1994-200).

She insisted, "No, Table of Five." We asked why and she said that one of the customers at the serving line looked like Charlie from "Table of Five." At that point we knew she was referring to "Party of Five" but in Israel it must've been translated to "Table of Five."

We looked at "Charlie" and indeed, she was right. But I don't remember Charlie with a kippah and tzitzit.