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Vaccines, what we should all know

Vaccines, what we should all know

3 October 2011

When I was in my twenties, and spent many a night out partying at fundraisers for Magen David Adom, I never imagined it would be my kid sitting in the back of one of those donated ambulances. I supported those events wholeheartedly, partly because I always thought a [as a fundraiser myself] that a houseparty …

My Story

This is the story of one family’s aliyah in 2010 to the North of Israel from just North of London, beginning 26th July 2010. At the time we were a family of 3, our delightful toddling little boy was 18 months and we were expecting a new baby just 7.5 weeks later.

In 2017 we are now a family of 7, after 4 boys we were blessed with a daughter. We invite you to join the trials, tribulations and (possibly) triumphs of emigrating to the holiest, and craziest country in the world, Israel.

Sadly, in 2020, just before the pandemic hit, the family became a family of 6 when the author, Deganit, passed away, suddenly and unexpectedly, age 40.

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