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Recovery. After the brutal attack on an innocent family.

Recovery. After the brutal attack on an innocent family.

16 March 2011

So how does a country recover from the horror’s of last friday night? It doesn’t. Not really. My impression is that people just absorb the horror into their psyche, bury it somewhere, and hope it doean’t come out anywhere noticable. Having spoken to many friends, it appears I was not the only person to check …

A black cloud hangs over Purim. Am reeling in horror.

A black cloud hangs over Purim. Am reeling in horror.

13 March 2011

I am sure by now everyone knows about the horrific terrorist attack which happened last friday night. To my recollection it is often the case that news travels faster outside of Israel than it does within. Here’s the gist: A family of 8 living in Itamar, went to sleep on Friday night. Only 5 of them never …

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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