A Hebrew University student’s time In Israel
I came across a great blog today by another North American who has just moved to Israel and will be spending the coming year in Hebrew University. Andy Ratto keeps this regularly updated diary of his daily happenings in the country.
I always feel these are the best types of blogs to share with my readers (being a moving to Israel blog) as they seem to take Olim just like me (and many of you) and put real life stories of their day to day lives on display through their eyes to let others somewhat live out the Aliyah experience for themselves. So real life, in fact, that they don’t always work out. Many people have negative experiences when first making Aliyah and many more do not end up staying at all. This is good. I don’t think I would be doing a service to my audience, even though I try to promote moving to Israel, by just blindly painting every one’s move in a positive light. It is not easy just as it is not easy moving from another part of the world to anywhere. That being said, I think it’s pretty safe to say that the vast majority of people who move to Israel find it to be a positive, life altering experience and an extremely high percentage of Olim continue to make Israel their home on a permanent basis.
Andy’s story, I would say, is yet to have played out as he appears to be just begining his time in the country. He states his early views on some of the things he’s seen so far and I am extremely excited to follow along throughout the year and see how it goes. Again, I think this and other blogs like it are very good reading for new and potential Olim to see the absorption process in action.
Ari Strauch
Tags: Aliyah, Andy Ratto, Hebrew University, Moving to Israel, North America