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| Har Hermon from Odem |
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| Sea of Galilee from the Golan Heights |
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| Odem, in the foreground |
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| Dead Sea |
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Some photos of Eretz Israel
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Israel's pain and suffering
We were abruptly and unmistakably awakened from our shipping "pity-party" when Hamas attacked Israelis near Eliat and reigned down rockets on the areas around Ashkelon. The deaths of civilians and police officers trying to help in a terrorist attack are sickening reminders of the world's hatred for our adopted people and Eretz Israel. But as many Rabbis have said, the average person's only recourse is; to help unify the Jewish people, pray, help those in need, and learn Torah. So, in a small way, we are trying to help by moving to Eretz Israel, so we can be counted among those who are helping the Jewish unity, and praying, and performing Tikun Olam, and learning Torah- IN ISRAEL.
To the families of those murdered; May their memories endure as blessings!
To the families of those murdered; May their memories endure as blessings!
Shipping your household to Israel
So, the last few weeks, we've been busy packing and negotiating with overseas shipping companies to pack and move our household goods to our new rental home in Israel.
As many of you know, moving is one of the most strenuous situations that married couples can face. Needless to say, these past weeks have not been smooth sailing, despite all our preparations. When you choose to make Aliyah, please, please, remember your obligations to your spouse and uphold them. Treat your spouse with kindness and respect, especially during this time frame! AND most importantly, respect the sanctity of Shabbat. You will NEED the peace and shelter of the Shabbat to re-calibrate your life during the move.
We called and received 3 bids from moving companies. Two were Israeli companies that advertise at NBN seminars, and one was a USA based company. The surveyors for local California relocation companies were sent out to our home for "free" and they wanted to see everything that was going to be shipped. The estimates are done by volume and weight, so that the shipping compnies know whether to provide a "partial" shipping container that is consolidated with other partial containers to fill up those large metal containers you see at ports and on trucks. Or a 20ft. "small" container that holds about a 2 bedroom house worth of stuff, or the big 40ft. containers that ship a 4-5 bedroom house.
Our large, one bedroom apartment turned out to fill up approx. 70% of a 20ft. container. Two of the 3 bids were identically priced, while the 3rd was over a $1000 USD more, so you know that company lost out. We ended up going with Sonigo because we liked that they have a company office in Haifa, which is the port our goods will arrive in since we are moving to the Golan. We also liked the fact that Sonigo does not demand all the money "up front" and the last payment is not due until after the ship has actually sailed!
You should know that the price bid DOES NOT INCLUDE shipping insurance, and that is about 2% of the declared value of your goods, which you itemize for the company. There is A LOT of paperwork, so be prepared to deal with it. It would be good to have a clear understanding with your spouse on just how much paper work is involved, including all the fax/scan requests, so that the spouse that ends up dealing with more of the packing does not feel as if they got the short end of the stick!
We are planning/building a new house in the Golan, so we decided to use some of the "extra space" in our shipping container for some items that we want at the new home. This will pose a space dilemma for us when we move into our rental house, because it is smaller then our planned home. Nevertheless, because shipping is outrageously expensive, we are filling the container up. Note, that I would not recommend that you run around at the last minute, like us, trying to buy stuff you want in Israel, but unfortunately we had to put this extra burden on ourselves. Also, keep in mind that Israel taxes some items, even on Olim shipments, such as BBQs, patio furniture, building materials, and liquor. So check with your shipper and before you buy. The taxes on these items is horrendous, as we found out! More on that later.
The moving company in the USA will insist on packing ALL breakable goods, so don't bother packing your china, artwork, T.V.s, computers, and the like. . We decided to get a bunch of clear plastic storage containers at WalMart and pack our books and clothes inside clear trashbags that went inside the clear storage containers. The shippers then wrapped these containers for shipping.
If you choose to pack some of your goods, be sure to do it with CLEAR plastic boxes, so the shippers and customs officers can "inspect" the contents, without having to rifle through your items. One company had an "odd" policy of not allowing anything to be packed by the customer. Needless to say, we did not go with that company.
So the process is: the local moving company will come one day and prepare/pack all your household goods for transport. The next day they will arrive with a truck and actually move your items to their warehouse for storage until the shipping container becomes available for them to pack. It is possible for you to have goods shipped directly to the moving company's warehouse, if you buy large items, like furniture, before you leave. We did that with a couch and chair. Hopefully, it worked out. We will see in 8-13 weeks when we get our goods in Israel. Seriously, we had no time to check that the shipment arrived from the furniture store to the shipping warehouse, in good condition. We are hoping it did.
As things turned out, the week before our move date, my wife got called for a 4 day work trip! So, all the work we had done the previous week turned out to be very important. If you can arrange it, it would be best to have a few weeks off before your move, so you can devote much of your time to the process of getting rid of things and saying your goodbyes to friends and family in the states.
I'll post again about the moving process, when we are making our way to Israel, next week, G_d willing.
As many of you know, moving is one of the most strenuous situations that married couples can face. Needless to say, these past weeks have not been smooth sailing, despite all our preparations. When you choose to make Aliyah, please, please, remember your obligations to your spouse and uphold them. Treat your spouse with kindness and respect, especially during this time frame! AND most importantly, respect the sanctity of Shabbat. You will NEED the peace and shelter of the Shabbat to re-calibrate your life during the move.
We called and received 3 bids from moving companies. Two were Israeli companies that advertise at NBN seminars, and one was a USA based company. The surveyors for local California relocation companies were sent out to our home for "free" and they wanted to see everything that was going to be shipped. The estimates are done by volume and weight, so that the shipping compnies know whether to provide a "partial" shipping container that is consolidated with other partial containers to fill up those large metal containers you see at ports and on trucks. Or a 20ft. "small" container that holds about a 2 bedroom house worth of stuff, or the big 40ft. containers that ship a 4-5 bedroom house.
Our large, one bedroom apartment turned out to fill up approx. 70% of a 20ft. container. Two of the 3 bids were identically priced, while the 3rd was over a $1000 USD more, so you know that company lost out. We ended up going with Sonigo because we liked that they have a company office in Haifa, which is the port our goods will arrive in since we are moving to the Golan. We also liked the fact that Sonigo does not demand all the money "up front" and the last payment is not due until after the ship has actually sailed!
You should know that the price bid DOES NOT INCLUDE shipping insurance, and that is about 2% of the declared value of your goods, which you itemize for the company. There is A LOT of paperwork, so be prepared to deal with it. It would be good to have a clear understanding with your spouse on just how much paper work is involved, including all the fax/scan requests, so that the spouse that ends up dealing with more of the packing does not feel as if they got the short end of the stick!
We are planning/building a new house in the Golan, so we decided to use some of the "extra space" in our shipping container for some items that we want at the new home. This will pose a space dilemma for us when we move into our rental house, because it is smaller then our planned home. Nevertheless, because shipping is outrageously expensive, we are filling the container up. Note, that I would not recommend that you run around at the last minute, like us, trying to buy stuff you want in Israel, but unfortunately we had to put this extra burden on ourselves. Also, keep in mind that Israel taxes some items, even on Olim shipments, such as BBQs, patio furniture, building materials, and liquor. So check with your shipper and before you buy. The taxes on these items is horrendous, as we found out! More on that later.
The moving company in the USA will insist on packing ALL breakable goods, so don't bother packing your china, artwork, T.V.s, computers, and the like. . We decided to get a bunch of clear plastic storage containers at WalMart and pack our books and clothes inside clear trashbags that went inside the clear storage containers. The shippers then wrapped these containers for shipping.
If you choose to pack some of your goods, be sure to do it with CLEAR plastic boxes, so the shippers and customs officers can "inspect" the contents, without having to rifle through your items. One company had an "odd" policy of not allowing anything to be packed by the customer. Needless to say, we did not go with that company.
So the process is: the local moving company will come one day and prepare/pack all your household goods for transport. The next day they will arrive with a truck and actually move your items to their warehouse for storage until the shipping container becomes available for them to pack. It is possible for you to have goods shipped directly to the moving company's warehouse, if you buy large items, like furniture, before you leave. We did that with a couch and chair. Hopefully, it worked out. We will see in 8-13 weeks when we get our goods in Israel. Seriously, we had no time to check that the shipment arrived from the furniture store to the shipping warehouse, in good condition. We are hoping it did.
As things turned out, the week before our move date, my wife got called for a 4 day work trip! So, all the work we had done the previous week turned out to be very important. If you can arrange it, it would be best to have a few weeks off before your move, so you can devote much of your time to the process of getting rid of things and saying your goodbyes to friends and family in the states.
I'll post again about the moving process, when we are making our way to Israel, next week, G_d willing.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
A wonderful surprise awaiting us at the airport!
AACI greeter at the Ben Gurion Airport:
I forgot to mention that we had a wonderful "young man" from the AACI-Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel meet us at the airport office of the Absorption Ministry. This fine gentleman spoke wonderful English and Hebrew (he made Aliyah in 1971 from the USA). His assistance to us in completing the paperwork at the airport was invaluable. He even made sure that we arrived at the appropriate car rental counter in the airport, which was no easy task. We had made reservations with a car rental company, that no longer did business at the airport! Our AACI volunteer took us to another car rental agency desk and procured a great rate for us in Hebrew. Without his help, I'm sure we would still be walking in circles around the Ben Gurion airport trying to figure out where to pick-up our car that didn't exist! We were so impressed with our AACI representative that we joined the same week.
So there is another great example of why you should avail yourself of the resources at the airport when you arrive on your Aliyah flight! Note that we did not take an NBN organized flight. All of these resources are automatically arranged for your family, IF you take the NBN organized flight. If you choose to fly separately from the organized flight, then you have to be sure that NBN has arranged for these services to be available upon your arrival.
I forgot to mention that we had a wonderful "young man" from the AACI-Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel meet us at the airport office of the Absorption Ministry. This fine gentleman spoke wonderful English and Hebrew (he made Aliyah in 1971 from the USA). His assistance to us in completing the paperwork at the airport was invaluable. He even made sure that we arrived at the appropriate car rental counter in the airport, which was no easy task. We had made reservations with a car rental company, that no longer did business at the airport! Our AACI volunteer took us to another car rental agency desk and procured a great rate for us in Hebrew. Without his help, I'm sure we would still be walking in circles around the Ben Gurion airport trying to figure out where to pick-up our car that didn't exist! We were so impressed with our AACI representative that we joined the same week.
So there is another great example of why you should avail yourself of the resources at the airport when you arrive on your Aliyah flight! Note that we did not take an NBN organized flight. All of these resources are automatically arranged for your family, IF you take the NBN organized flight. If you choose to fly separately from the organized flight, then you have to be sure that NBN has arranged for these services to be available upon your arrival.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
New Converts to Judaism make Aliyah to Israel
Hello, and welcome. My goal is to provide a description of our experience making Aliyah to Israel so that others may avoid some of the pitfalls of this arduous process.
My wife and I converted to Judaism in 2009 via the American Jewish University program in Los Angeles, CAL. We made a pilot trip to Israel, and fell in love with the Golan Heights and decided to move there. In Feb. 2010 we applied for Aliyah with NBN and the Jewish Agency in Los Angeles. For those converts seeking to make Aliyah to Eretz Israel, know this: you must be in good standing with your local synagogue and be active in the Jewish community for at least one year BEFORE your NBN application will be considered by the Jewish Agency.
So let us fast-forward to July, 2011. After a few months of completing additional paperwork for the Jewish Agency, we are finally granted our Aliyah VISAS which are affixed to our USA passports. We make preparations to travel to Israel, in the hopes of obtaining our Teudot Oleh and other citizenship documents. Prior to this point, we had decided on our pilot trip that we wanted to build a new home in the Golan. While we were not yet citizens of Israel, we made a purchase application for some land in a Moshav in the Golan. So the purpose of this trip would be to apply for the government ID cards, find a rental house in the Golan near our building site, finalize the purchase and building plans for our new home, and MAYBE do some sightseeing.
USE THE BEN GURION AIRPORT OLEH PROGRAM:
First off, let me say, that the process of getting your Teudot Oleh at the Ben Gurion airport- Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, is well worth your time and effort. It was the easiest government entity we have dealt with so far. That being said, I would suggest you get some sleep on the plane, because you will need to have your wits about you when you complete this process.
Two important things to prepare for; First, as a convert, spell out your American name in Hebrew BEFORE you get to Israel. Make sure it is spelled the way you want it because IF you let the government employee try to convert your name into Hebrew, you might be saddled with a permanent mistake in pronunciation of your name. They just do it phonetically, so they might not spell it correctly. As an example, if your name is "Diane", you might end up with "Diana" because it is a very common Israeli name. Second, be sure to research the state health insurance programs and pick one that has services near your new hometown, BEFORE you arrive in Israel. If you do not pick one at the airport, you will have to pay a fee later and seek out a location to enroll for the health insurance. If you can't speak or read Hebrew, it can be difficult to find government offices in Israel.
So at the airport government offices we obtained our Teudot Oleh, picked our health insurance plan, and received our Sal Kilita. The government will give you a taxi voucher for free transportation to any place in Israel, but we opted to rent a car at the airport because of our need to travel between the Golan and our friend's home in Modi'in. Once the Teudot Oleh is received, in a few days you can apply and receive your Teudot Zehuts- Israeli ID cards from Misrad Hapi'im- the Interior Ministry.
TEUDOT ZEHUT APPLICATION/ISSUANCE:
Be sure to apply for your Teudot Zehut at the Interior Ministry office closest to your new hometown, as they may not let you complete the process at an office far away from where you intend to live. As an example, we assumed that the Interior Ministry office in Tiberias, was the closest office to our hometown in the Golan, but in actuality, we were supposed to make the application at the office in Zefat. We didn't even know there was an office in Zefat, and the people at our Moshav said that the Tiberias office was the correct location to apply. Go figure! Anyway, the clerk was sympathetic because we had only been in Israel a week, and she processed our application and issued our Tudot Zehuts. Just a note on how the government offices operate. Like anywhere, including the USA, the clerks have alot of discretion on whether the process goes easy, or the letter of the law is followed and the process takes a turn for the worse. Kind and polite will get you farther than irritated and demanding. Just a hint to the wise. Next you must establish an Israeli bank account and have them sign a form letter to obtain your Sal Kilita payments by direct deposit from the government. You must turn in the signed form to the Ministry of Absorption, at one of the offices listed on the back of the blue folder you obtained at the airport. NOTE: not ALL the office locations are listed, so if you move to the North, there is an office in Kiryat Shemona, not listed.
The government locations listed on the NBN website and other Olim websites may not always be complete listings of office locations. Also, the government offices work very irregular hours, so call before you go, to make sure they are open. A rule of thumb, they usually work the same business hours as the banks in Israel, as far as I can figure out.
RENTALS:
We rented a two bedroom, newly constructed flat in the Golan. Along with the rent, you are responsible for a local government tax that can be offset with your Olim payments. Please see the Absorption Ministry for that benefit. If you are not from Southern U.S. and are not accustomed to very hot and humid conditions, you should ensure that your apartment has an adequate air conditioning unit. This will make your first few summers bearable, until you become acclimated to the hot "MED" weather.
BANKING:
Ensure that you choose a bank that is nearby your new home. If you are moving to someplace outside the big cities, be sure to see if the local branch has English speaking employees that can assist you. In the first few weeks of living in Israel, you will be visiting their office frequently. It takes over one week to get checks printed to your new account, and unlike the USA, they don't issue "temporary" checks. Also, check into converting any of your money that you're going to use in Israel NOW, because the dollar keeps dropping against the NIS. The banks charge a fee for almost any kind of transaction, and they take the government taxes off any interest you accrue in a savings account.
BUYING A CAR:
Hands down, the biggest "sticker shock" you'll have when moving to Israel is the cost of transportation. Whether you can afford to buy a car, will be a function of if you start saving NOW for a car, because just about any car you see in the USA, will be DOUBLE the price in Israel. This is mainly due to the taxes on cars. Olim get a tax discount on new cars and cars imported by them. There is no discount on used cars. We visited several new car dealers and the Olim discount roughly equates to about 20% or so below the "sticker price". It is not like the USA, there is no bickering about the price of the new car, just the "accessories and extras" you might want or need.
In order to obtain the Olim discount on a new car, you will need an Israeli driver license, your American license, insurance, Teudot Oleh, and an authorization letter from the Israeli Customs office, which the car dealer can help you apply for prior to buying the car. Once the car arrives in Israel, you must wait 7-10 days for the Customs office to check the paperwork, and then the car will be released to the dealer for delivery to you. We noticed that the cars we were interested in, were never "stocked" by the dealers, and had to be ordered, with about a 2-3 month wait time. This was for Suzuki and Toyota, and the dealers blamed the delay on the effects of the great Japanese earthquake, which makes sense.
I will update this blog when we complete the new car purchase process to let you know how it goes. As an aside, we decided to buy a new car mostly for the new car warranty, as we are hoping this vehicle will last 10-15 years, because that will be how long it will take us to save for another one at these prices!
Our friends commute via train, and according to them, that is no bargain either, as they keep raising the fares. Also, keep in mind that the train and bus schedules are only a suggestion of when they will arrive, they don't run like clockwork.
Traffic. Well if you move to any of the big cities, be prepared for traffic congestion just like L.A. or N.Y., but you'll be driving with incredibly aggressive drivers or drivers who simply don't have a clue, as we say in L.A. Traffic laws seem to be only a suggestion. WATCH OUT for the scooter riders! They ride with abandon in Israel, and as if they are unbreakable. You must be vigilant and the only time you'll be able to relax and enjoy the drive, is when you are far away from the cities, so stay on your game when you commute!
MORE TO COME...
Upcoming stories will be about my wife's experience being a Commuter Oleh as she continues to work for a U.S. based airline, our Ulpan experiences, the building process of our new home, and life in general for new Israeli citizens!
Please forgive my inaccurate transliteration of Hebrew, I haven't started Ulpan, yet!
Shalom, Bob
My wife and I converted to Judaism in 2009 via the American Jewish University program in Los Angeles, CAL. We made a pilot trip to Israel, and fell in love with the Golan Heights and decided to move there. In Feb. 2010 we applied for Aliyah with NBN and the Jewish Agency in Los Angeles. For those converts seeking to make Aliyah to Eretz Israel, know this: you must be in good standing with your local synagogue and be active in the Jewish community for at least one year BEFORE your NBN application will be considered by the Jewish Agency.
So let us fast-forward to July, 2011. After a few months of completing additional paperwork for the Jewish Agency, we are finally granted our Aliyah VISAS which are affixed to our USA passports. We make preparations to travel to Israel, in the hopes of obtaining our Teudot Oleh and other citizenship documents. Prior to this point, we had decided on our pilot trip that we wanted to build a new home in the Golan. While we were not yet citizens of Israel, we made a purchase application for some land in a Moshav in the Golan. So the purpose of this trip would be to apply for the government ID cards, find a rental house in the Golan near our building site, finalize the purchase and building plans for our new home, and MAYBE do some sightseeing.
USE THE BEN GURION AIRPORT OLEH PROGRAM:
First off, let me say, that the process of getting your Teudot Oleh at the Ben Gurion airport- Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, is well worth your time and effort. It was the easiest government entity we have dealt with so far. That being said, I would suggest you get some sleep on the plane, because you will need to have your wits about you when you complete this process.
Two important things to prepare for; First, as a convert, spell out your American name in Hebrew BEFORE you get to Israel. Make sure it is spelled the way you want it because IF you let the government employee try to convert your name into Hebrew, you might be saddled with a permanent mistake in pronunciation of your name. They just do it phonetically, so they might not spell it correctly. As an example, if your name is "Diane", you might end up with "Diana" because it is a very common Israeli name. Second, be sure to research the state health insurance programs and pick one that has services near your new hometown, BEFORE you arrive in Israel. If you do not pick one at the airport, you will have to pay a fee later and seek out a location to enroll for the health insurance. If you can't speak or read Hebrew, it can be difficult to find government offices in Israel.
So at the airport government offices we obtained our Teudot Oleh, picked our health insurance plan, and received our Sal Kilita. The government will give you a taxi voucher for free transportation to any place in Israel, but we opted to rent a car at the airport because of our need to travel between the Golan and our friend's home in Modi'in. Once the Teudot Oleh is received, in a few days you can apply and receive your Teudot Zehuts- Israeli ID cards from Misrad Hapi'im- the Interior Ministry.
TEUDOT ZEHUT APPLICATION/ISSUANCE:
Be sure to apply for your Teudot Zehut at the Interior Ministry office closest to your new hometown, as they may not let you complete the process at an office far away from where you intend to live. As an example, we assumed that the Interior Ministry office in Tiberias, was the closest office to our hometown in the Golan, but in actuality, we were supposed to make the application at the office in Zefat. We didn't even know there was an office in Zefat, and the people at our Moshav said that the Tiberias office was the correct location to apply. Go figure! Anyway, the clerk was sympathetic because we had only been in Israel a week, and she processed our application and issued our Tudot Zehuts. Just a note on how the government offices operate. Like anywhere, including the USA, the clerks have alot of discretion on whether the process goes easy, or the letter of the law is followed and the process takes a turn for the worse. Kind and polite will get you farther than irritated and demanding. Just a hint to the wise. Next you must establish an Israeli bank account and have them sign a form letter to obtain your Sal Kilita payments by direct deposit from the government. You must turn in the signed form to the Ministry of Absorption, at one of the offices listed on the back of the blue folder you obtained at the airport. NOTE: not ALL the office locations are listed, so if you move to the North, there is an office in Kiryat Shemona, not listed.
The government locations listed on the NBN website and other Olim websites may not always be complete listings of office locations. Also, the government offices work very irregular hours, so call before you go, to make sure they are open. A rule of thumb, they usually work the same business hours as the banks in Israel, as far as I can figure out.
RENTALS:
We rented a two bedroom, newly constructed flat in the Golan. Along with the rent, you are responsible for a local government tax that can be offset with your Olim payments. Please see the Absorption Ministry for that benefit. If you are not from Southern U.S. and are not accustomed to very hot and humid conditions, you should ensure that your apartment has an adequate air conditioning unit. This will make your first few summers bearable, until you become acclimated to the hot "MED" weather.
BANKING:
Ensure that you choose a bank that is nearby your new home. If you are moving to someplace outside the big cities, be sure to see if the local branch has English speaking employees that can assist you. In the first few weeks of living in Israel, you will be visiting their office frequently. It takes over one week to get checks printed to your new account, and unlike the USA, they don't issue "temporary" checks. Also, check into converting any of your money that you're going to use in Israel NOW, because the dollar keeps dropping against the NIS. The banks charge a fee for almost any kind of transaction, and they take the government taxes off any interest you accrue in a savings account.
BUYING A CAR:
Hands down, the biggest "sticker shock" you'll have when moving to Israel is the cost of transportation. Whether you can afford to buy a car, will be a function of if you start saving NOW for a car, because just about any car you see in the USA, will be DOUBLE the price in Israel. This is mainly due to the taxes on cars. Olim get a tax discount on new cars and cars imported by them. There is no discount on used cars. We visited several new car dealers and the Olim discount roughly equates to about 20% or so below the "sticker price". It is not like the USA, there is no bickering about the price of the new car, just the "accessories and extras" you might want or need.
In order to obtain the Olim discount on a new car, you will need an Israeli driver license, your American license, insurance, Teudot Oleh, and an authorization letter from the Israeli Customs office, which the car dealer can help you apply for prior to buying the car. Once the car arrives in Israel, you must wait 7-10 days for the Customs office to check the paperwork, and then the car will be released to the dealer for delivery to you. We noticed that the cars we were interested in, were never "stocked" by the dealers, and had to be ordered, with about a 2-3 month wait time. This was for Suzuki and Toyota, and the dealers blamed the delay on the effects of the great Japanese earthquake, which makes sense.
I will update this blog when we complete the new car purchase process to let you know how it goes. As an aside, we decided to buy a new car mostly for the new car warranty, as we are hoping this vehicle will last 10-15 years, because that will be how long it will take us to save for another one at these prices!
Our friends commute via train, and according to them, that is no bargain either, as they keep raising the fares. Also, keep in mind that the train and bus schedules are only a suggestion of when they will arrive, they don't run like clockwork.
Traffic. Well if you move to any of the big cities, be prepared for traffic congestion just like L.A. or N.Y., but you'll be driving with incredibly aggressive drivers or drivers who simply don't have a clue, as we say in L.A. Traffic laws seem to be only a suggestion. WATCH OUT for the scooter riders! They ride with abandon in Israel, and as if they are unbreakable. You must be vigilant and the only time you'll be able to relax and enjoy the drive, is when you are far away from the cities, so stay on your game when you commute!
MORE TO COME...
Upcoming stories will be about my wife's experience being a Commuter Oleh as she continues to work for a U.S. based airline, our Ulpan experiences, the building process of our new home, and life in general for new Israeli citizens!
Please forgive my inaccurate transliteration of Hebrew, I haven't started Ulpan, yet!
Shalom, Bob
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