Today our “lift” came – the last remaining material possessions from our last home in the U.S. arrived in Israel, and its contents now fill our small living room in Jerusalem.
As you may recall, when we decided to move to Israel last year, we gave away, donated, or threw out 93% of our worldly goods. We invited newly married couples to come over and take what they wanted. I told them people helped us when we started, and it is our pleasure to help them.
What did I keep? Many boxes of photo albums and my husband’s “Seforim” his library of Jewish books of study. Some art pieces, some kitchenware, and only 2 or 3 pieces of furniture. Besides our bed, I kept a cedar chest that was my paternal grandmother’s, and a fold-down table that I light my Shabbat candles on that was my maternal grandmothers.
Inside the cedar chest are hand-knit baby blankets that my mother-in-law made for our children’s children. Each one comes with a handwritten note from her to them. It says in part that when you read this, I will be gone, but I made this blanket for your babies — remember me with love.
What do we really need? Very few things, but much more love.
It’s not easy to make new friends, network new connections, and figure out new social norms. Now throw in a foreign language.
More than a year later, David Shevrin reflects on his MoMENtum Men’s Trip – how it changed his relationship with his family, the impact of meeting Israeli soldiers who are younger than his children, and what he wishes he could tell his pre-trip self.
I have asked myself a thousand times — what would I have done if I had lived at the time of the Holocaust?
For Jewish mothers with children age 18 and under
Participants only pay their acceptance fee and airfare
To participate in the Momentum Yearlong Journey, women must live in close proximity to a Partner Organization. See our partners list here. Please notify your Community Leader with any updates to your application
Mainly for the husbands of Momentum sisters
$900 for Momentum husbands
Each man get a scholarship of $2,100-$2,400
Partner Organization contributes $700 per man
The Israeli Government does not contribute to the Men’s Trips
To participate, men must live in close proximity to a Partner Organization. See our partners list here. Please notify your Community Leader with any updates to your application
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