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What to do with the little ones… Karmiel for kids?

What to do with the little ones… Karmiel for kids?

6 November 2010

So we thought we would give the Olive Festival another go.  Thinking perhaps we had misread the advertising, we trotted off to Park Hamishpacha today for what was supposed to be a day of Kids Activities.  We thought it would be a nice place to take a walk and see street performances or whatever other …

Park Paradise…

Park Paradise…

10 August 2010

This morning was beautiful and we felt bad for Jojo having to do Boring Adult Things so we took him to Park Hamishpacha, a beautiful haven just a few minutes (if not heavily pregnant) walk up the hill.  The town had a problem with local “undesirables” (translation: Arabs from nearby villages) using the park, and the …

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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