May 16th, 2008 by elie
With all the Israel at 60 talk going on, I can’t for the life of me remember the Israel at 50 celebrations, which I would imagine were a bigger deal, as the Jubilee number as well as the generally accepted major number in counting anniversaries. I wasn’t yet in Israel at that point, so maybe [...]
January 6th, 2008 by elie
So apparently, starting today, I am no longer considered an olah chadasha (new immigrant). That seems to be the consensus from other olim, the Israeli government and Nefesh b’Nefesh.
Do I feel vatik (senior)? Certainly not… But I suppose I don’t feel new anymore, either.
Whatever I am in numbers or years, I know that what is [...]