Between the savings I had and the stipend the Israeli government gave me as a new immigrant ( sal klita), I was able to get by, get to know the new society I had chosen to adopt and was able to enjoy lunch specials with friends when our Hebrew classes finished at noon. 2005 was the year of drinking Affligem at O’Connels, Fridays at the shukand watching 24 with new found friends. Many of those people are still in my life today. I was young, living in a new country, speaking a new language, and meeting new people. The summer that we decided to remain in the US was a summer that saw five other couples in our social circle make the same decision, and while I miss the life I lived in 2005, I feel that the streets of Jerusalem have changed and that life no longer exists.Ģ005 was a wonderful year. I can’t put in to words the hows or whys behind our decision to leave the holy land, but I can tell you that I can love the land from afar. I met my wife in Jerusalem, my son was born in Jerusalem and our Israeli rescue dog still lives with us today. While the years I lived in Israel were brief, they gave me friends I plan to keep for life. When I sat on my flight from London to Tel Aviv, with no return ticket in my hand, never did I expect I’d be raising my child in the Mid-West. I spent over five years living in Jerusalem, five years that I would never take back and an experience I recommend to all. In Jerusalem it’s 7.00am, the temperature is thirty degrees warmer, and friends and family are waking to put the final preparations to their shabbat plans before heading out to their favorite coffee shop for brunch with friends. It’s 11.00pm, the temperature is 17°, my shabbat (sabbath) meal is cooked, table is set and my beautiful wife is fast asleep on the couch.
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