DIIIEEEEEEEE!!!

I can't believe I have been working at my gan (hebrew for kindergarten) for three months now. How time flies. I really got to love my kids like they are my own. You get to know their different personalities and even have favorites. I know, this is bad. Really bad. But I can't resist their cute little faces and English accents. They are so chamud!!!! Proof below.

I remember walking into the gan one of my first days and seeing a kid pulling his mothers shirt as she tried to drop him off in his class. She screamed DIE, DIE!! I thought to myself, "Wow, I knew Israeli's are aggressive but not as much as to tell their kids to die." As the days passed, still in shock I kept hearing mothers utter those words to their kids. In hebrew class the next week, the teacher explained the word DIE. I looked up from my notebook, immediately with the Gan image in my head. It all made sense now. Die is the hebrew word for stop! Because of the kids I will never forget the meaning of the word. Thanks yeladim  :)


Wishing everyone a healthy and happy New Year to come!!! 2011סוף

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There's nothing like a Friday morning in Tel Aviv -- not because I don't work or I can sleep in. I'm referring to the vibe. Families and friends are out in coffee shops, catching up, laughing. Dogs sit patiently under the tables while the owners eat breakfast and smoke a cigarette. Long lines outside trendy restaurants on trendy streets. Bikers ring their bells at pedestrians while the women move the carriage out of the bike lane. Friends play guitar on park benches. Every two blocks on Rothschild there is a different event... opera singers, dance show, music show and if you wish you can join in. The city doesn't allow you to get bored. Israelis really know how to live and appreciate life.

The weekends (start Thursday and end Saturday) are strictly dedicated to friends and family. No work.  This is why Shabbat is such an important thing to Jews; as busy as you may be with work and kids and life, you know that Friday night dinner is reserved to catch up with family.

what some Israelis consider English.. should have used spell check on this one!