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The inside scoop from an RLI intern
We spent some time chatting with RLI participant Zahava Lever, 21, from Northwest London in Jerusalem’s favorite Gan Sacher Park, just minutes away from the RLI accommodation. Zahava was enthusiastic and excited to tell us about her life in Jerusalem . She shed some light on her experience here in Israel, and told us a bit about her [...]
Read MoreMan plans, and God laughs.
An insightful, touching and truthful account by RLI’s Blair Bazdarich, San Francisco, about what it feels like to be in Israel during these times… דער מענטש טראַכט און גאָט לאַכט (Der mentsh trakht un Got lakht.) I had a plan. I had a plan to come to Israel, to work at the Jerusalem Zoo. To learn [...]
Read MoreLiving the ‘Normal’ Life
The following is a blog entry by Nora, our first Dutch participant on Real Life Israel’s Research Fellowship. Nora is from Amsterdam and has a research position at the Tel Aviv University at the School of Music. After a month of Hebrew language learning and general Israel experience, whenever I go to the shuk [...]
Read MoreZoo Story
Following is an extract from blog entry by RLI’s animal loving Blair Bazdarich from San Francisco. Blair is going to start her internship in October at the Jerusalem Zoo. Week one in the land of Milk and Honey Wow. I can’t believe it’s already been ten days. I wasn’t homesick in the slightest, until [...]
Read MoreThe International Masa Program Provider
Today our offices received a call from a charming Brazilian applicant that will be attending our fall program. She could not thank us and Masa enough for the opportunity we are enabling her to attain. A program such as ours had been merely something she had dreamed of and she could not believe that such [...]
Read MoreA fond farewell…
A Fond Farewell to our Fall 2012 Participants Things are getting heated up in Real Life Israel as we begin getting excited to welcome our new groups and meet a host of exciting new personalities. As excited as we are, the feeling is marred by our sadness at seeing our amazing and inspiring participants from [...]
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