I wasn’t anxious about crashing, but about landing.
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Tag: aliya
In the beginning…
I was as nervous as a whippet. Leaving London, leaving England, filled me with fear.
Nerves
He’s in Israel ‘in case’, and I know that the case he’s most nervous of is Muslims taking over Germany. Israelis, as far as I can see, think that’s something that’s already happened.
Little Miss Sunshine
She killed more bees, just so she could fill the tiny bee graves she’d dug.
Telling Gloria
She said she’d visited my father’s grave and told him my news. He was, I understand, thrilled by it.
Last day at the ulpan
She danced with Alberto, I don’t know why, the joy and sadness of the occasion, I suppose.
A year ago
I’ve decided to stop saying goodbye, and start saying hello, instead.
