Comments for OCEANS OF JOY http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com Mother of ten sharing encouragement and inspiration, still learning and growing! Thu, 23 May 2013 07:53:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Twenty-one month aliyah update – Mentally commit to your aliyah success by Susan http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/twenty-one-month-aliyah-update-mentally-commit-to-your-aliyah-success/#comment-12075 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:53:53 +0000 http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/?p=7845#comment-12075 When we initially made Aliyah in 1980 with 6 children we received similar comments about coming back. My eldest daughters High School asked what kind of a shiduch could she make in Israel and our Rabbi commented he would be there to welcome us back. So many negative reactions. Well we lasted 11 years and added a Sabra to our family. We left for a short time due to my husband not being able to find work after a work accident. Our stay in US was short that time and we came back because out eldest son was injured. After he was adjusted we again left because of economic reasons. This time we stayed in the US for 17 years and only came back at retirement. We have children & grandchildren here and in USA and I still have a love hate relationship with the country but we are here to stay because with all the negatives here in Israel it feels more like home!

]]> Comment on Seminary decisions for dd16 by Suri http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/seminary-decisions-for-dd16/#comment-12072 Wed, 22 May 2013 11:47:23 +0000 http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/?p=7880#comment-12072 The haredi lustig- I believe it’s like machon daat, partof machon tal, which is part of machon lev. A good college. I’m in machon tal, and I highly recemend it- the daat/lustig part is haredi girls andgood smart girls. She might even be able to do machon tal where u do kodesh classes and do the kodesh in daat or lustig with charedi teachers…IF your daughter has a GED from usa, it might work instead of bagrut.

]]> Comment on Seminary decisions for dd16 by Ja'el http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/seminary-decisions-for-dd16/#comment-12070 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:55:54 +0000 http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/?p=7880#comment-12070 I would would totally support the Gateshead option. :)

]]> Comment on Seminary decisions for dd16 by Sara http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/seminary-decisions-for-dd16/#comment-12069 Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:53 +0000 http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/?p=7880#comment-12069 B”H!

Hatzlachah v’ b’ sorot tovot! I am sure you will be spreading the good news soon! B”H may we all hear b’ sorot tovot soon!

Sara

]]> Comment on Seminary decisions for dd16 by Moriah http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/seminary-decisions-for-dd16/#comment-12068 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:59:50 +0000 http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/?p=7880#comment-12068 Did you try the Haredi Lustig institute in Jerusalem? They recently got funded by the US for joint technology programs.

http://www.friendsofjct.org/machon-lustig-women-s-institute.8-8-8.html

They were in the news recently.

]]> Comment on Seminary decisions for dd16 by Moriah http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/seminary-decisions-for-dd16/#comment-12067 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:52:52 +0000 http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/?p=7880#comment-12067 Gateshead is a great place.

]]> Comment on Seminary decisions for dd16 by Malkie http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/seminary-decisions-for-dd16/#comment-12066 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:48:34 +0000 http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/?p=7880#comment-12066 Back when I went to Michlalah (Yerushalayim), they had a special program for “chetzi-chetzi” girls – Americans who had made aliyah. I’m not sure if that’s the type of program she’s looking for, but it might be worth investigating. Hatzlachah!

]]> Comment on Seminary decisions for dd16 by naomi http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/seminary-decisions-for-dd16/#comment-12065 Mon, 20 May 2013 16:13:39 +0000 http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/?p=7880#comment-12065 have you looked into the many programs at Neve Yerushalyim. Maalot, Bnos Chava…..
hatzlocha

]]> Comment on Seminary decisions for dd16 by Miriam http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/seminary-decisions-for-dd16/#comment-12064 Mon, 20 May 2013 13:50:35 +0000 http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/?p=7880#comment-12064 I have the information sheet for Ofakim from last year. If you email me, I can scan it to you. The tracks are: elementary school teaching, English teaching, arts and crafts teaching, kindergarten teacher, special ed, motor skills special ed, remedial teaching, music special ed, math teaching, computers teaching, computer programming, tax consultancy, graphics.

]]> Comment on Twenty-one month aliyah update – Mentally commit to your aliyah success by Avivah http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/twenty-one-month-aliyah-update-mentally-commit-to-your-aliyah-success/#comment-12063 Mon, 20 May 2013 06:34:25 +0000 http://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/?p=7845#comment-12063 Moriah, I have no judgment of those who move back for whatever reason. Everyone has to do what’s right for their family. As I said above, “Of course if you’ve made your best effort in something and it’s really not working after an extended period of time, you need to reassess. There’s no benefit to feeling trapped and desperate with a life you don’t want if you have a way to change that.” The point is that whatever you may do in the future, when you get here it helps everyone feel more settled to mentally be committed to living here.

Many frustrations resolve once a person tells himself, I’m going to make it work. Some don’t and you need to make a new plan.

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