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situation. She answers that she is fortu- teachers couldn’t fathom what the Kotel. I felt so strongly that
nate to have an easygoing personality. problem was! Yerushalayim is ours and only ours.
Although Rechovot has a sizeable Hashem gave it and the whole Land to
English-speaking community, Chava’s Chava was surprised that her new us, to am Yisrael.”
class was completely Israeli. Entering Israeli classmates sincerely befriended
her classroom with only with only basic her. She recognizes that other Chava also loved “that everyone is
Hebrew under her belt, she emerged as American children might not have the doing what I’m doing.” The chagim are
a fluent Hebrew speaker from being positive experience she had. Even celebrated by everyone and the excite-
immersed in an Israeli environment. though the Israeli girls included her, ment from the festivities is felt on the
She did miss her friends in Baltimore Chava remembers times when she felt street. On Chanuka, there are big ban-
terribly, however. They wrote her letters lonely. In her second year of school in ners on the highway wishing everyone
and even sent a recording from a bas Israel, she began to feel more connect- “chag sameach.” Chava also felt a
mitzva that she missed. Chava appreci- ed with her classmates. She remembers sense of belonging and pride in living
ated their continued friendship the birthday party they made her and in Eretz Hakedosha while taking
immensely and, looking back, sees it as the goodbye party when she was school trips around the country. After
one aspect of the incredible achdus returning to the States. They even play- moving back to America, Chava felt the
that can be found in Baltimore. In addi- fully stole her passport and told her contrast vividly. On family trips, the
tion to missing her Baltimore friends, that she was not leaving! people around them were friendly, but
Chava also felt bad that she wasn’t there was not the same sense of
doing well with her school work Looking back, Chava believes that belonging she had felt in Israel, the
because she didn’t understand every- her short experience in Israel as a awesome feeling that everyone was like
thing being taught in class. One almost young girl implanted loving feelings for one big family.
comical situation arose when her the Holy Land, and was the start of her
teachers insisted that her poor grades journey towards aliyah. An event that ◆◆◆
were a result of slacking off and not, as made a strong impression on Chava
Chava insisted, because she didn’t was when she and her classmates cele- Chava attributes her desire to make
understand the material. Since Chava brated Yom Yerushalayim by marching aliyah to the Tzioni (Zionist) atmos-
picked up the Israeli accent so well, her in a parade. “We all dressed in white, phere she absorbed in her parents’
waved Israeli flags, and marched home. Even though the Lowells weren’t
together from Kiryat Moshe to the able to make a permanent move to
Eretz Yisrael during Chava’s childhood,
September 12, 2016.
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nate to have an easygoing personality. problem was! Yerushalayim is ours and only ours.
Although Rechovot has a sizeable Hashem gave it and the whole Land to
English-speaking community, Chava’s Chava was surprised that her new us, to am Yisrael.”
class was completely Israeli. Entering Israeli classmates sincerely befriended
her classroom with only with only basic her. She recognizes that other Chava also loved “that everyone is
Hebrew under her belt, she emerged as American children might not have the doing what I’m doing.” The chagim are
a fluent Hebrew speaker from being positive experience she had. Even celebrated by everyone and the excite-
immersed in an Israeli environment. though the Israeli girls included her, ment from the festivities is felt on the
She did miss her friends in Baltimore Chava remembers times when she felt street. On Chanuka, there are big ban-
terribly, however. They wrote her letters lonely. In her second year of school in ners on the highway wishing everyone
and even sent a recording from a bas Israel, she began to feel more connect- “chag sameach.” Chava also felt a
mitzva that she missed. Chava appreci- ed with her classmates. She remembers sense of belonging and pride in living
ated their continued friendship the birthday party they made her and in Eretz Hakedosha while taking
immensely and, looking back, sees it as the goodbye party when she was school trips around the country. After
one aspect of the incredible achdus returning to the States. They even play- moving back to America, Chava felt the
that can be found in Baltimore. In addi- fully stole her passport and told her contrast vividly. On family trips, the
tion to missing her Baltimore friends, that she was not leaving! people around them were friendly, but
Chava also felt bad that she wasn’t there was not the same sense of
doing well with her school work Looking back, Chava believes that belonging she had felt in Israel, the
because she didn’t understand every- her short experience in Israel as a awesome feeling that everyone was like
thing being taught in class. One almost young girl implanted loving feelings for one big family.
comical situation arose when her the Holy Land, and was the start of her
teachers insisted that her poor grades journey towards aliyah. An event that ◆◆◆
were a result of slacking off and not, as made a strong impression on Chava
Chava insisted, because she didn’t was when she and her classmates cele- Chava attributes her desire to make
understand the material. Since Chava brated Yom Yerushalayim by marching aliyah to the Tzioni (Zionist) atmos-
picked up the Israeli accent so well, her in a parade. “We all dressed in white, phere she absorbed in her parents’
waved Israeli flags, and marched home. Even though the Lowells weren’t
together from Kiryat Moshe to the able to make a permanent move to
Eretz Yisrael during Chava’s childhood,
September 12, 2016.
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