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Chanukah in Karmiel (We miss you Grodzinskis)

Chanukah in Karmiel (We miss you Grodzinskis)

13 December 2010

It’s the only year of my life since my Sem gap year that I have spent my winter in a country that doesn’t “do” christmas. Can’t say I miss it really. Yes it was kind of nice curling up in front of the snowman with a hot chocolate, and having a holiday without the preparations we have to make for our …

7 September 2010
It’s a Boy! (Obviously)

It’s a Boy! (Obviously)

So after our lovely night out with friends I felt confident that they would be able to look after Jojo when I went into labour, so the following morning [friday] thats just what I did. Woke up just before 7, got everything ready, awakened Sleeping Beauty [Husband] and called a cab.  We got to Ziv …

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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