Reply To: Moving To Israel On Own

Eclipse – That’s almost exactly what my folks say as well. I still think though that i could make through with all those nisyonos.

Feif – Correct me if i’m wrong but i think NBN caters specifically to the Modern Orthodox crowd with college degrees.

Cshapiro – Yeah when i was in Israel it was amazing and i was living at my parents expense.It is hard to live there but i think if I live like an Israeli and forgo all the American luxuries (well most of them anyway) i’d be ok.

Fabie – I’d love to live in Yerushalayim obviously but i wouldn’t mind other cities with cheaper rent. I do have some Israeli cousins and some friends from my Yeshiva days. I’ll hopefully find a Kallah just like anyone else who lived in Israel and got married there. People do get married in Israel, no?

Haifa- Yeah i know it takes commitment and i am committed . I do know Hebrew quite well as my Father is Israeli so i have an advantage with the language. I’m sure Chaifa is much cheaper and all but i had a brother who studied there and when i visited him a few times for Shabbos i was very disappointed. On the bus ride when we entered Haifa i saw a huge sign on the mall that said in Hebrew “now opened on Shabbos!”. The Frum community seems very small and there seemed to be too many drunk Russians and arabs walking about. Didn’t feels safe there. Do you like it there?

Smart- Nope but funnily enough they don’t grow on trees in NY either.

Haifa – lol cleaning toilets?! Wow that’s harsh! I’m still willing to go though.