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post #1481 of 1773
12/10/08 at 3:18am
Its a yishuv kehillati.

Its not all that cold here. You need an extra sweatshirt or light jacket in the evening and early morning. A sweatshirt or warm long sleeve shirt is enough in the middle of the day.

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post #1482 of 1773
12/10/08 at 12:59pm
i keep trying to explain that to my parents. when i say sweater they think heavy scandinavian wool turtle neck. with a fleece at night. it is so not neccesary. it was really n ice this morning and sunny. I planted beets and carrots in my garden.everyone was like "so you want to go into labor today?"
post #1483 of 1773
12/16/08 at 3:42pm
Gila, you still hangin' in there?
post #1484 of 1773
12/26/08 at 12:37am
Mamas.

newly considering aliya :

quite overwhelmed by it all, and don't know how to afford pilot trip. need chizuk.

agh. shhhh don't tell my mother she'll flip out
post #1485 of 1773
12/28/08 at 5:21am
How exciting!

Get in touch with Nefesh B'Nefesh. Stat.

There are lots of incentives for MDs .
post #1486 of 1773
12/28/08 at 6:16am
whoa nic! last we heard your dh was less than extatic. so happy for you!

i had a boy a week ago thursday. he is beautiful. we are fine. the bris passed and we are still fine. so baruch hashem all in all alot to be thankful for.
channukkah sameach mamas
post #1487 of 1773
12/28/08 at 9:34am
where is the slapping my forhead smilie? I was GOING to call you after the brit, as soon as I knew I couldn't make it, but totally forgot. I'm so sorry. How are you and how did it go? Give me a call when you are up for it, or I'll try to call you when I can. We have dinner guests tonight, so...we'll get in touch whenever we both can sort it out.

Anyways, great love to all of you. We'd all love to hear his name, I'm sure.
post #1488 of 1773
12/28/08 at 9:37am
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Originally Posted by 3daughters View Post
How exciting!

Get in touch with Nefesh B'Nefesh. Stat.

There are lots of incentives for MDs .
Started an online app with NBN, which promptly froze.

How's that for an intro to Israeli bureaucracy?

Dh has always been considerably less than ecstatic; however he his motivated not by passionate Zionism (as I am), rather economics. We can't stay where we are, there's no question of it. Long term -- no go. So our choices are to move to the hinterlands of the US or to come 'home.' Why not?! Hashem is closing one door and throwing open another right in our faces. Why wouldn't we try and climb through?!
post #1489 of 1773
12/28/08 at 11:00am
How exciting!
Davening that the process should be straightforward, and you will find your "home" quickly!
post #1490 of 1773
12/28/08 at 2:06pm
Nick

Hope you are able to come!!!! Economics is a big factor for us too. We are so happy here, but honestly I don't know how we'd make it in the states (even "out of town" ) and what's better than raising our kids right here in EY?
post #1491 of 1773
12/30/08 at 5:30am
How is everyone managing with the current security "matzav?" So far we are living life as usual. 2 of my brother-in-laws were called up for milium.

We've been affected by the current financial "matzav." Dh was laid off a month ago. He is looking for a new job...Unemployment doesn't suit him well.

Oh, and our car wouldn't start again this morning as I was heading out to a LLL meeting at BB's house :. Tow company should be here within 3 hours.
post #1492 of 1773
12/30/08 at 7:32am
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Originally Posted by 3daughters View Post
How is everyone managing with the current security "matzav?" So far we are living life as usual. 2 of my brother-in-laws were called up for milium.

We've been affected by the current financial "matzav." Dh was laid off a month ago. He is looking for a new job...Unemployment doesn't suit him well.

Oh, and our car wouldn't start again this morning as I was heading out to a LLL meeting at BB's house :. Tow company should be here within 3 hours.
I was going to go to that same meeting...but we slept in after a late night. I saw your car get towed away.

We'll try to come over in a bit...or come over here?
post #1493 of 1773
12/30/08 at 8:22am
Financial matzav, don't get me started. DH is ... um ... between jobs.

Security matzav, well, nothing so far, except that last night around midnight Yavne was hit by a rocket, and since Yavne is the next town over, we're ... paying attention. (Not like we weren't anyway, but YKWIM.)

Our close friends' (DH's khavrusa for many years, when we made aliya they kept learning by phone, and then they made aliya last year) son is in a tank ... waiting.

I guess we all are. Waiting.
post #1494 of 1773
12/30/08 at 8:39am
Sorry merpk. I didn't realize Yavneh was hit. Was anybody hurt there? Sorry to hear about the inbetween jobs stance as well. These are tough times economically and otherwise. Everywhere.

Big hugs to all of you.

PS Kol HaKavod Israel!!! I wish there was never a war anywhere. I pray for peace. I pray to live with our Arab brothers and sisters in peace...sharing recipes. : (sorry, but for me, sharing a delicious meal together is the ULTIMATE in living!!!)

On my maps of the world, I see all of our surrounding countries. I hope to visit some of them one day. I don't erase any country from the map. I don't want to drive anyone into the sea.

But I DO want everyone to know that Israel is here, has as much a right to be here as any other country in the region...world...quite possibly more, and that sending rockets, no matter how small, no matter how few or many, no matter how deep, is UNACCEPTABLE.

I pray that Israel will create order in chaos. Safety for our country and for ALL of our citizens (Arabs, Christians, Jews, Immigrants, etc...) so that our country can be a light unto nations. Where a hodgepodge of nations live together in peace under our great flag. Working together for the betterment of humanity and mankind. Where we use our brains towards ultimate love and sister(brother)hood.

I am scared, of course, but also proud to be Israeli in moments like these. Fighting the good fight against terrorism and fear. THIS is why I wanted the Israeli Passport!

Kol HaKavod to Israel for finally standing up to her tormentors. For saying "NO MORE TERROR". I pray that this war will solidify our place in the universe. Will finally win us the respect of our Arab cousins but even more importantly, of ourselves.

I know we have some of our Arab sisters reading this thread, so I extend my hand to them in peace. Please take it if you love your children and love peace as I do. If you are willing to accept me as you neighbor and friend then I am willing to accept you as mine. If you are willing to speak out against terrorism. Against the terrorist desire to aliheniate a whole nation. If you are willing to take a stand on the side of love and common sense. It won't be easy. You will have to rebuke your leaders. You will have to say that peace is more important than war. That respect for others right to live and exist is more important than jihad. That Our G-d Created ALL of us equally and together. Not so that one group can be dominated and abolished but so that we can all learn and live with one another in harmony.

When you love your children more than you hate us...when we all love our children more than we hate others.

Hugs to all of us.
post #1495 of 1773
12/30/08 at 9:43am
Stay safe, mamas.

All I can say is, it's about time they root out the terrorist infestation.

Oddly, dh is not even freaking out (re: war and our potential aliyah). I don't know why.

We are scheduled for an NBN seminar next week. Anyone know anything about the communities in Haifa? There are a lot of openings for surgeons at Rambam.
post #1496 of 1773
12/30/08 at 12:30pm
Thinking about you ladies and your families and praying for peace this morning.

Stay safe and I hope you find peace in your hearts that extends as far as it needs to go.

Victoria:-)
post #1497 of 1773
12/30/08 at 4:15pm
merpk and 4daughters.
post #1498 of 1773
12/30/08 at 9:15pm
Wait, wait. There is positive news on the money front. DH has a job for three months, starting the beginning of February. The Reform movement has a school for American kids doing a term abroad sort of thing, right outside of Jerus. He'll be teaching AP chemistry for one term.



A job is a good thing. Even if it doesn't quite cover the rent.

post #1499 of 1773
12/30/08 at 9:59pm
Cool, mazal tov!

Okay, dh set up a 'commitment test.' If I tell my parents, he'll give himself a crash Hebrew immersion course (he has taught himself a few languages).

I'm committed but man, oh, man, I do not want to make that phone call. You all will hear the crying and yelling from the top of Mt. Hermon. Gack.
post #1500 of 1773
12/30/08 at 10:01pm
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Originally Posted by merpk View Post
Wait, wait. There is positive news on the money front. DH has a job for three months, starting the beginning of February. The Reform movement has a school for American kids doing a term abroad sort of thing, right outside of Jerus. He'll be teaching AP chemistry for one term.



A job is a good thing. Even if it doesn't quite cover the rent.

Oh Amy, by the way, a long time ago my brother did a semester his senior year of high school at a place in Hod HaSharon. Alexander Muss High School in Israel? Something like that. Maybe that would be a good place to look also?

So okay, if he's having trouble, does that mean that all the baloney I'm getting about how English teachers are needed in the high schools in Israel basically defines me as unemployable?

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