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...

Have I mentioned that Israel Pathways, our program organizer, takes us on a total of eight weekend seminars throughout our ten months here? Well, our first one was this past weekend. We spent the weekend in the north by the Sea of Galilee (also known as Lake Kinneret). Our bed and breakfast style hotel was in the perfect location, right on the water. We had beautiful views of the water and mountains and VERY comfortable beds. Every Israel Pathways program attends...

So, it has been a few days since I've last written and there have been a few note-worthy things that have happened. First off, we started our training. So far, we have had two days at Talpiot. Talpiot is a teaching college in Holon and we will be going there a couple days a week from 10-4 for the next few weeks of training. Basically, we listen to speakers and have classes on how to teach. It is tiring but it will be helpful for me since I don't have a backgrou...

In honor of our first Shabbat together in Israel, someone came up with the great idea to have a Shabbatluck! We all dressed nice and brought homemade dishes to the 5th floor of the main building around 8:00pm. A majority of us went and the food consisted of homemade chicken schnitzel, two different quinoa dishes, cheesy mashed potatoes, Israeli salad, fruit salad, rugula, and an apple strudel. It was delicious! There is no better way to bring in Shabbat than wi...