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My father who was in his 20’s immigrated to Israel from Romania and joined the IDF’s forces who fought to open the road to Jerusalem in the Independence war.
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As a child, my mother age 9 and my grandparents immigrated to Israel after surviving the Holocaust as Partisans. Activist of the Jewish Agency reached them, as well as many other survivors, in a DP camps in Poland and called them to make Aliyah.
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The 60’s me and my brothers were born.
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The Six Day War
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My sister was born
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Growing up in a traditional orthodox family the only thing I remember is a class party. Israel was still in the aftershocks of the Yom Kippur war. This was a war that almost ended its existence. It was not a time for big celebrations.
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My brother celebrates his Bar Mitzvah.
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My oldest daughter Zohar was born. As living secular life we made a “Brita”, the Israeli version for Simchat Habat. The picture is from her wedding, last year. You can see on my face how I am proud of her.
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Second marriage to Steve in Israel. A man who changed my life, and the reason I live in America.
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Our son Ronen is born in Israel. At his Brit - Mila we named him after Steve’s father Roy and my beloved grandfather Arie z”l , my hero Partisan. Arie means lion a symbol of power.
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Our young family moves to Atlanta, GA. I started my first job as a Hebrew teacher at Yeshiva Atlanta High school. Moving to United States was not only a cultural shock; it was in a way my rebirth of being a Jew. Understanding very quickly that the orthodox community in Atlanta is very different from the way I grew up plus the expose to pluralism and the freedom to choose if I want to live Jewish life and how I want to live it, were a milestone in my growth as an American Jew and a Jewish educato
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Become a Judaic teacher at the Epstein Day School Solomon Schechter of Atlanta. Join the JCC. Joined Temple Bet – Tikva (reform) as a member and a Judaic teacher. I joined the Israeli House which is part of Israeli Consulate in Atlanta.
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I took classes at the Emory University and studied teaching Bible and Israel Studies, Tal Sela and Tal Am institutes for teaching Hebrew. These courses helped with my professional development.
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I was uncertain if to include this tragedy in my timeline. It is still a challenge for me to answer the simple question: How many children do you have? Eventually, I decided to include this milestone so I can inspire other people that with strong belief there is hope. Although I read therapy books and joined different therapy groups I found comfort in our Jewish text especially in the daily prayers. As written in Parashat Nitzavim, Deuteronomy chapter 30, 19 “therefore choose life”.
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Moved to West Hartford, CT. Joined Solomon Schechter Day School of Greater Hartford.
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Our son Adam Samuel is born.
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Joined Beit Israel congregation. Become Team leader for Hebrew curriculum and Family educator.
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Start to teach in a pluralistic community Jewish School in Longmeadow, MA. I created the Hebrew curriculum and Israel Studies curriculum for the Middle School. I was part of the team that revived the Judaic curriculum as part of the process of the school transfer from an orthodox school to a pluralistic community school. I created many Judaic courses as Jewish life cycles, Women in Judaism, Leaders and leadership in the Bible, Women of Valor and others.
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Ronen’s Bar – Mitzva . We choose to do Ronen’s Bar Mitzva in an Orthodox synagogue in Springfield MA. In a way his Bar Mitzva was a family reunion from Steve’s side.
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Celebrating with my core family in Israel near the Kotel and Masada was an experience of “From generation to Generation” מדור לדור
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Although we have been many times before in Israel for family visits, this trip with my students included my son was a very emotional and special milestone. It’s hard to describe my student’s emotions when everything I taught came to live and it is above what words can say. It was also first time that I was a tourist in my own country.
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I got the Grinspoon award for excellence in teaching, practice and positive impact on children in Jewish schools of Western Massachusetts.
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My daughter Zohar got married in Israel.
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After years of uncertainty I decided “I can and want to do it”.
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Back to teach in Solomon Schechter in West Hartford ,Ct. Teaching Hebrew in the Middle school ,EC4 and Kindergarten חלב ודבש a conversational interactive program made by the Jewish Agency for Early Education.
