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Slow learners

December 18, 2017 Posted in Alberto, Shlomit, Ulpan4 Comments

Vera said, for everyone to hear, ‘Jews want money, of course,’ and laughed.

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Little Miss Sunshine

December 8, 2017February 6, 2018 Posted in Alberto, Friends, Nathan, Rufina, Shlomit, Ulpan10 Comments

She killed more bees, just so she could fill the tiny bee graves she’d dug.

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Last day at the ulpan

November 13, 2017November 13, 2017 Posted in Alberto, Friends, Ludmilla, Nathan, Rufina, Shlomit, Ulpan1 Comment

She danced with Alberto, I don’t know why, the joy and sadness of the occasion, I suppose.

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The day after the attack on Westminster

October 12, 2017 Posted in Rufina, Shlomit, UlpanLeave a comment

This is a nation of shruggers, it is the answer given to many questions…

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Ulpanation

August 30, 2017October 2, 2017 Posted in beach, Ludmilla, Nathan, Rufina, Shlomit, Ulpan, Uncategorized4 Comments

She looked disgusted, as if I’d admitted to a taste for rat, or beetroot, or something.

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Joonatan and the Art of War

August 24, 2017October 2, 2017 Posted in Friends, Megan, Ulpan, Uncategorized3 Comments

He carries, at all times, a beautiful modern edition of The Art of War, which he reads during the break.

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My first day at the ulpan

July 31, 2017August 25, 2017 Posted in Alberto, Alvin, Nathan, Shlomit, Ulpan3 Comments

It is my first day at the ulpan, and the first time I spend with people in a common cause since I arrived in November, three months earlier, unless you count queuing at the Ministry of the Interior, that is.

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A year in Tel Aviv

I arrived in Israel from London in November, slightly dazed. The process of getting here had been smooth, maybe too easy. What would I do here? What would I find? Who would I meet? Would I stay?

This blog is my attempt to answer those questions. The posts aren’t in any sort of chronological order.

White Meat, by the way, is what
Israelis call pork.

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