50 Reasons

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 11

Sufganiyot!!!! In Eretz Yisrael, they don’t just have jelly inside, they have like every flavor you can imagine!

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Wednesday, November 06, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 10

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 9

“So you mean that if I don’t like making aliyah, we can all go back to America for good?”

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 8

Being encouraged by your teacher to talk to your friend during class? That totally deserves to be on my list of awesome things about making aliyah!

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 7

I looked around at all the boys in my class taking out rolls and pitot, and get this — the most popular aruchat eser food was a chocolate sandwich!

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Wednesday, October 02, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 6

In today’s entry, I’m going to add a bunch of things to my list that fall under the “Only in Israel” category

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Wednesday, September 25, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 5

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 4

“You don’t want to be left wearing the same T-shirt every day for a month, do you?”

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 3

“If you can make a list of 50 things that you love about Israel and living there, then you can come with me to Shlomo’s bar mitzvah”

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Wednesday, September 04, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 2

My mother could tell that I was getting a little nervous, so she suggested that when I tell my class the news, I should make the announcement fun and exciting

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

50 Reasons: Chapter 1

I don’t love the idea of writing in a journal. I do enough writing at school, so why is my mother giving me extra homework?