Tag Archives: aliyah
I Do, Or I Don’t
I have found my life partner! WhooHoo, Yay for me! The question facing me now is whether or not to get married. I felt so proud when my best friend told me she was getting married. She explained to me that they knew they wanted to be together and wanted to take it to the […]
להמשך קריאה (in)validity
I had an exceedingly easy aliyah experience. With the right blood and the right surnames, I became a citizen of Israel, with the same rights as any Israeli Jew, in less than a year. Ironically, my husband’s paperwork was more of a headache than mine; a “katin hozer” (returning minor) and Israeli citizen by birth, […]
להמשך קריאה
Lost in Translation
Since marrying into an Israeli family and moving here, I cannot help compare the differences between American Jewry and Israeli Jewry. What is perhaps even more interesting is examining the two different community’s perceptions of one another. Bound by religion, shared history and a complex combination of ethnicity and what can only be referred to […]
להמשך קריאה