Sorry friends, I know it's been a while! That just means I've been having an amazing time and haven't had time to write! I left off during the conflict. I only want to touch on that briefly because this is a happy post! The conflict ended with a ceasefire after 8 days and since then Israel has been very quiet. I am so glad it ended and that everything has calmed down and gone back to normal. It will be interesting to see what happens during elections (January...

In light of recent events, I would like to address the situation in Israel right now. This is a brief recap before explaining how everything impacts me. Five days ago an anti-tank missile sent from Gaza hit an IDF (Israel Defense Forces) jeep and injured four soldiers. In the following days there continued to be attacks from Gaza into Southern Israel. This led Israel to protect its citizens by having the IDF attack terrorist groups in Gaza. Specifically, Israel...

Since getting back from Crete we have started quite a regular schedule. I have officially started teaching at Be'eri school and am loving it so far. My teaching partner, Marisa, and I will be working with 1-2 kids each for the first 10 or so sessions before Louise decides to give us more. It's nice starting off one on one so I can gauge where the students are. Since the concept of a child being held back does not exist here, you could have a 6th grader who speaks...

So, this is going to be a bit of a recap since a lot has happened this past week. I have gotten a bit behind. One week ago today, last Shabbat, Marisa and I went to our teacher's house for dinner. Louise had hosted Marisa for Rosh Hashanah but I had not yet been to her house. I met her husband, daughter, and son. She also has another daughter and grandson who did not join this week. Her daughter is 24 and surfs a lot/lives at the beach. She is your typical tan an...

I am sure a lot has happened since I last wrote, but it has a while so I will try to remember everything! Last week we finished up our Talpiot training! We finished on Thursday. I am very happy to be done because that means I am that much closer to getting a permanent schedule and being in the schools! We had one observation day last week in the schools where we visited a special school in Netanya. By special, I do not mean special needs. I mean that these sch...