Almost Rosh Hashana We just had our last ulpan class before the holiday today. We had class for half the morning then we had a large party/gathering in the auditorium. We sang jewish and israeli songs led by a group of ulpan students who had volunteered about two-three weeks ago to be in the ulpan…
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Election Fever Israeli elections are next tuesday and its starting to heat up here. I thought I’d share with you some of the election posters I’ve seen around Ra’anana. As far as “what people are saying here” to be honest I don’t have such a good feel for the political pulse here. My hebrews not…
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School, Ulpan, and Chugim Its midway through our second week of school and ulpan. The kids are already starting to get used to school. In that they don’t complain quite as much about being bored all day not understanding anything. But they are enjoying their ulpan hours during school, and they are allowed to bring…
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