My Home in Israel

If anyone in the US is looking to be a foster parent for an older child, please take a look at this post by MOChassid.

This child really deserves a good home!

After reading The PT’s most recent post,I feel I need to talk about my own situation. I’ve been married for nine years now, and I’ve only covered my hair on Shabbat.

While studying at Pardes, we (a group of female students) met with a variety of female teachers about the issue of head coverings. I’ve never said never, but I just never felt it was the time. Truthfully, I’ve recently felt the main reason for not doing it, was just an issue of having to add another layer of confusion for an already not-so-steady fashion faux-pas known as myself.

So, in late August, I started wearing scarves, first I said I’d only cover while I had a scarf that matched, and since then it has been all the time (outside the house). I chose to start in summer because I had a vacation and I could get used to it prior to seeing lots of people I know. So far it is going okay (although I still have clothes that don’t have a good match…) and only one person has truly angered me by her comments.

So the question is (getting back to the PT’s post) Why? Is it because of the health issues I had earlier this summer? Is it in hopes of petitioning G-d for something I want? Is it because of a vow I made? Is it because of peer pressure? No. Although they all could have been reasons, they aren’t mine.

I think my reason is not to insightful but I looked around me at the women I respect, the women who are my friends, my peers and saw that this is what the majority of them do. I don’t consider this peer pressure, because none of them thought any less of me before–and if they were the type of people that would, they wouldn’t be my friends.

I don’t have any pictures of myself in scarves or hats yet (except for my work ID which was taken a few days after I started covering my hair). I think it looks good, because since the haircut–oh did I mention my hair is now shoulder length now?, my hair looks better and less stringy…and there is a decent amount that shows from under the scarf.

The next question is how to tell the family….but the answer to that is that if they come by the blog (which I don’t think they will) they will see it, and if not, they are coming at the end of January…

I am proud to announce to my three readers that my hubby has officially passed all four exams, and completed his internship in order to be a Certified Public Accountant in Israel. This is a process that has taken three and a half years, and hopefully will be worth all the stress and hard work that has gone into it.

For the last two exams I made a vow that I would make a donation to the Crossroads Center in Jerusalem. Their last donation was a few months ago, and now I will shortly be dropping off a check for the last exam.

**Apparently there was a TV skit about a woman getting dressed up for a wedding and the punch line was “how will they know I’m an Eshet Roeh Cheshbon” (How will they know I’m the wife of an Accountant)

This is a story that isn’t a shocker but it is sad.

92% of employers violate labor laws | Jerusalem Post

Ninety-two percent of employers have violated the country’s labor laws, according to a report set to be released on Sunday by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).

Now why doesn’t this surprise me? The article goes on to say that the most affected populations are Arabs and Immigrants. And lest you think that these companies are small private ones, even the big employers (although not my current employer) are responsible for these injustices.