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Getting Laggered in the Golan

Getting Laggered in the Golan

22 November 2010

For years the excuse of my husband for drinking non-hechshered wine has been “the kosher stuff is rubbish.  Can’t compare”.  Well now he no longer has an excuse.  Wine in Israel has come a long way over the last couple of decades, and it’s now possible to be a wine connoisseur and be part of the …

‘Scuse the quiet period. MILs visiting.

‘Scuse the quiet period. MILs visiting.

17 November 2010

In case you wondered why its been a bit quiet on this blog lately, I should tell you the Mother-in-Law is visiting at the moment.  So we have had a bit of er, tidying up to do.  Hem-hem.  I mean, not that my house isn’t usually tidy but you know what I mean… So it’s …

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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