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A Morning in The Life

A Morning in The Life

18 October 2010

Thursday morning at home in Karmiel, plumber comes to fix flood in kitchen, baby screaming and Jojo clambering onto table. Cleaner arrives. Plumber argues with landlady on fone. Jojo causing a new flood in the garden. Organic vegman calls 3 times for directions while I hold both kids. Arab IKEA delivery men arrive Jojo cries hysterically. Delivery men smash light. Husband arrives home to children sleeping and calm!

It’s not easy, being Green. (And Clean)

It’s not easy, being Green. (And Clean)

10 October 2010

As the title suggests, our struggle to live a vaguely responsible existence in this one-horse town (Karmiel) continues.  It seems the entire nation is united in it’s fight against environmentalism and social responsibility. Refuse a plastic bag at the makolet, for one carton of milk on the grounds of “caring for the environment”, and the shop …

My Story

This is the story of one family’s aliyah in 2010 to the North of Israel from just North of London, beginning 26th July 2010. At the time we were a family of 3, our delightful toddling little boy was 18 months and we were expecting a new baby just 7.5 weeks later.

In 2017 we are now a family of 7, after 4 boys we were blessed with a daughter. We invite you to join the trials, tribulations and (possibly) triumphs of emigrating to the holiest, and craziest country in the world, Israel.

Sadly, in 2020, just before the pandemic hit, the family became a family of 6 when the author, Deganit, passed away, suddenly and unexpectedly, age 40.

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