Month: September 2005

Much to our children’s delight, my wife and I are now full time students. That’s right, just after they go to the bus station, daycare, and Gan, my wife and I are on our way to the Ulpan in Alon Shevut. That is where we spend 4 days a week in 4 hour Hebrew classes.…

It felt strange. Just two months ago, I was living with my family in the Maryland suburbs, driving carpools, coaching baseball, watching football. Now, I was standing in an Israeli army base holding an M-16 rifle. My family had made Aliya to Neve Daniel. A requirement of living here is that you do shmira twice…