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allow children who are socially on par warmth that the Sefardi population whose members are mainly dati leumi
but have learning differences to be exudes, which she experienced as a English-speaking retirees. The
placed into special ed classes along new olah. When the Lehmans first Lehmans attend the Young Israel, and
with students with social and behav- moved to Netanya, a Sefardi neighbor Yehoshua helps run the youth minyan,
ioral challenges. Dina explains that was so impressed with their move into which can have as many as 40 boys in
there are a few factors that determine a foreign city that she declared then attendance during weekends when the
who gets placed into the classes. First and there that she would be their fam- boys are at home. Many boys come to
of all, parents always have the option of ily. Sure enough, this neighbor invited the youth minyan from a neighborhood
where to put the child. In many cases, the Lehmans to all her family simchos nearby. Initially, the shul wisely attract-
the children in the special ed classes along with the many relatives of her ed the boys by offering a lavish kiddush
are more complex and have a number own. for them, which was in addition to the
of issues. And in some special ed class- shul’s main kiddush. The second
es, there might be a majority of kids Real estate prices in Netanya are neighborhood shul is also dati leumi,
with socially acceptable behavior but dependent on the neighborhood. The and since it is located on a street called
have learning differences and only a Lehmans live in an Anglo retirement McDonald, it is known as the
few kids with social and behavioral neighborhood next to the ocean, so “McDonald shul.”
issues. Regarding this controversial prices are quite high. Many French peo-
topic, there are no easy solutions of ple own homes there as well. They buy Another neighborhood in Netanya is
how to educate a child who doesn’t fit an apartment for vacations but also to Ramat Efraim, which has a Litvish
into the regular educational framework. enable them to move to Israel if they yeshivish population, half Ashkenaz
All the more so, in Israel, where there feel threatened by the precarious secu- and half Sefard. The two married
are generally larger class sizes. rity situation in France. There are other Lehman daughters, Esti and Yaeli, live
neighborhoods however, with younger in Ramat Efraim, which is only a 30-
◆◆◆ populations, where housing is less minute walk from the Lehmans’ neigh-
expensive than in Yerushalayim. borhood. In the dati leumi Kiryat
The people living in Netanya itself Sharon community, there is an Anglo
are mostly mesorati (traditional), and There are two Anglo shuls in the population, mainly from England.
there are over 150 shuls. Many Russian Lehmans’ neighborhood, where the There is also a Chabad kehila with a
and French immigrants and lots of rabbis give their speeches in English. shul next to the boardwalk. The
Sefardim live there. Dina describes the One shul is the Young Israel synagogue,
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but have learning differences to be exudes, which she experienced as a English-speaking retirees. The
placed into special ed classes along new olah. When the Lehmans first Lehmans attend the Young Israel, and
with students with social and behav- moved to Netanya, a Sefardi neighbor Yehoshua helps run the youth minyan,
ioral challenges. Dina explains that was so impressed with their move into which can have as many as 40 boys in
there are a few factors that determine a foreign city that she declared then attendance during weekends when the
who gets placed into the classes. First and there that she would be their fam- boys are at home. Many boys come to
of all, parents always have the option of ily. Sure enough, this neighbor invited the youth minyan from a neighborhood
where to put the child. In many cases, the Lehmans to all her family simchos nearby. Initially, the shul wisely attract-
the children in the special ed classes along with the many relatives of her ed the boys by offering a lavish kiddush
are more complex and have a number own. for them, which was in addition to the
of issues. And in some special ed class- shul’s main kiddush. The second
es, there might be a majority of kids Real estate prices in Netanya are neighborhood shul is also dati leumi,
with socially acceptable behavior but dependent on the neighborhood. The and since it is located on a street called
have learning differences and only a Lehmans live in an Anglo retirement McDonald, it is known as the
few kids with social and behavioral neighborhood next to the ocean, so “McDonald shul.”
issues. Regarding this controversial prices are quite high. Many French peo-
topic, there are no easy solutions of ple own homes there as well. They buy Another neighborhood in Netanya is
how to educate a child who doesn’t fit an apartment for vacations but also to Ramat Efraim, which has a Litvish
into the regular educational framework. enable them to move to Israel if they yeshivish population, half Ashkenaz
All the more so, in Israel, where there feel threatened by the precarious secu- and half Sefard. The two married
are generally larger class sizes. rity situation in France. There are other Lehman daughters, Esti and Yaeli, live
neighborhoods however, with younger in Ramat Efraim, which is only a 30-
◆◆◆ populations, where housing is less minute walk from the Lehmans’ neigh-
expensive than in Yerushalayim. borhood. In the dati leumi Kiryat
The people living in Netanya itself Sharon community, there is an Anglo
are mostly mesorati (traditional), and There are two Anglo shuls in the population, mainly from England.
there are over 150 shuls. Many Russian Lehmans’ neighborhood, where the There is also a Chabad kehila with a
and French immigrants and lots of rabbis give their speeches in English. shul next to the boardwalk. The
Sefardim live there. Dina describes the One shul is the Young Israel synagogue,
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