Emancipation becomes...
If I thought that the past months of bureaucratic calm were an indication of a new status quo in my life, I was wrong. Israeli law mandates that if you have more than one source...
Israeli in Progress
As I was getting my kids into the bath last night, I heard a helicopter fly by close over our house. And I didn’t jump or startle.
I must be getting used to Israel.
When we...
Cafe Oleh
This week we've invited Adina Schwartz, Education and Community Advisor at Nefesh B'Nefesh to answer our questions on preparing for aliya. She works with parents to...
A new take on native
Myles Horton, a wise educator and organizer once said, "If people have a position on something and you try to argue them into changing it, you're going to strengthen that...
An Aliya Journal
In Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast', longing for adventure beyond the cultural limitations of the small town in which she lives, Belle sings out... 'There must be more than...
Moving Up - The Aliya...
I was heading toward a Jerusalem bus stop, one morning, for the last leg of my journey to work. Fully loaded, as usual, with a stuffed computer bag on one shoulder, a purse on the...
Bat Aliyah
Thursday night, we drove to Ben Gurion airport with a family member traveling to the US for a few weeks. While waiting for her to check her bag, I saw a somewhat raucous...