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Blog #10 – Chagim & Holidays

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October 26th 2011
After the better part of two months getting settled into a routine, we spent the last two weeks during the Chagim (Jewish Holidays) free of routine. For two weeks the boys went to bed way too late, and then slept well into the mornings. But after a challenging month of new beginnings at school, music lessons, and chugim (extracurricular stuff) the boys well-earned their break. We did a number of d ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more