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Journey to Ma’ale Amos Life Response of Maryland –
In Our 27th Year!
communities. Many government bureaucratic services were
also provided on the premises. 410-833-1067
For the families, it was a comfort to grapple with Israeli life “Seniors who use a PERS system live in their home six
together with other new olim, whether it had to do with the years longer than those that don’t!”
school systems, adjustment to Israeli winters without central
heat, or medical issues. Aryeh and Shoshana took advantage of (AC Nielson Study as quoted in The Senior Solution: A Family
the ulpan in the absorption center. Shoshana laughs: “When Guide to Keeping Seniors Home for Life)
did I ever spend five hours a day next to my husband?” adding
that the ulpan was “humorous and light, with a minimum of • Providing 24hour monitored
homework.” During breaks, the couples would go home for a PERS (Personal Emergency Response Systems)
light meal and wave to their children playing in the daycare yard. • Local, Personal service
Shoshona enjoyed the experience of meeting people from all • We install and service equipment in your home
over the world, and she and her family retain many connections • Works with all types of phone service- Even no Phone Service
they formed from their early days in the absorption center. • Free Installation in our local area when you mention this ad
While in the absorption center, the Weinbergs connected CHANA
to Rav Sinai Adler, who was mashgiach of the yeshiva of
Mevaseret Zion and formerly Chief Ashkenazic Rav of Ashdod. Offers a Jewish community response
The Rav is chareidi, although the yeshiva has chareidi, dati, to persons who experience abuse and
and chardal (chareidi leumi, i.e., strongly religious and also other forms of interpersonal trauma.
nationalistic) bachurim. The Rav and his Rebbetzin provided
fatherly and motherly warmth for the Weinbergs, who were • Community Awareness Programs
privileged to attend a Rosh Hashana meal at their home. Rav • Legal Advocacy
Adler became their address to ask questions to regarding • Educational Workshops for all ages
functioning in Israeli chareidi society. • Trauma Therapy
• Supportive Counseling
While the parents were acclimating, the children went to • Consultations for Institutions & Professionals
school. The Weinbergs sent their two elementary age daughters For more information about our programs, visit
to nearby Telz Stone and their son to a cheder in Yerushalayim. chanabaltimore.org or call 410-234-0030.
The older Weinberg girls went to a Bais Yaakov high school in
Yerushalayim that had many English-speaking girls. It wasn’t a
perfect fit but was the best option at the time. Their daughter
Tzippy, in first grade, had the hardest adjustment and became
distressed with her new situation. Coming from a comfortable
preschool in Baltimore where she was smart and well-liked, she
was now thrust into a situation which was totally unfamiliar:
larger classes, teachers and students speaking a foreign lan-
guage, and a bumpy school bus ride. The school didn’t know
how to handle Tzippy’s adjustment difficulties, so Shoshana
finally made use of another benefit in the absorption center. She
consulted the social worker on premises and with her help was
able to transfer Tzippy to the preschool in the absorption cen-
ter, where the young girl blossomed once again. The downside
was that the group was coed and a bit too Zionistic for the
Weinbergs’ liking.
◆◆◆
Many of the communities that the new olim explored on
the Sochnut (Jewish Agency) tours were yishuvim, small settle-
ments as part of the Sochnut’s agenda was to encourage the
development of yishuvim. Although the Weinbergs eventually
settled in Ma’ale Amos, a small yishuv in Gush Etzion, they did
not find it through the group tours, nor was their initial inten-
tion to settle over the Green Line. But it was on the group
tours that the idea of a cozy, quiet yishuv life began to interest
Aryeh and Shoshana. The problem was that most yishuvim
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In Our 27th Year!
communities. Many government bureaucratic services were
also provided on the premises. 410-833-1067
For the families, it was a comfort to grapple with Israeli life “Seniors who use a PERS system live in their home six
together with other new olim, whether it had to do with the years longer than those that don’t!”
school systems, adjustment to Israeli winters without central
heat, or medical issues. Aryeh and Shoshana took advantage of (AC Nielson Study as quoted in The Senior Solution: A Family
the ulpan in the absorption center. Shoshana laughs: “When Guide to Keeping Seniors Home for Life)
did I ever spend five hours a day next to my husband?” adding
that the ulpan was “humorous and light, with a minimum of • Providing 24hour monitored
homework.” During breaks, the couples would go home for a PERS (Personal Emergency Response Systems)
light meal and wave to their children playing in the daycare yard. • Local, Personal service
Shoshona enjoyed the experience of meeting people from all • We install and service equipment in your home
over the world, and she and her family retain many connections • Works with all types of phone service- Even no Phone Service
they formed from their early days in the absorption center. • Free Installation in our local area when you mention this ad
While in the absorption center, the Weinbergs connected CHANA
to Rav Sinai Adler, who was mashgiach of the yeshiva of
Mevaseret Zion and formerly Chief Ashkenazic Rav of Ashdod. Offers a Jewish community response
The Rav is chareidi, although the yeshiva has chareidi, dati, to persons who experience abuse and
and chardal (chareidi leumi, i.e., strongly religious and also other forms of interpersonal trauma.
nationalistic) bachurim. The Rav and his Rebbetzin provided
fatherly and motherly warmth for the Weinbergs, who were • Community Awareness Programs
privileged to attend a Rosh Hashana meal at their home. Rav • Legal Advocacy
Adler became their address to ask questions to regarding • Educational Workshops for all ages
functioning in Israeli chareidi society. • Trauma Therapy
• Supportive Counseling
While the parents were acclimating, the children went to • Consultations for Institutions & Professionals
school. The Weinbergs sent their two elementary age daughters For more information about our programs, visit
to nearby Telz Stone and their son to a cheder in Yerushalayim. chanabaltimore.org or call 410-234-0030.
The older Weinberg girls went to a Bais Yaakov high school in
Yerushalayim that had many English-speaking girls. It wasn’t a
perfect fit but was the best option at the time. Their daughter
Tzippy, in first grade, had the hardest adjustment and became
distressed with her new situation. Coming from a comfortable
preschool in Baltimore where she was smart and well-liked, she
was now thrust into a situation which was totally unfamiliar:
larger classes, teachers and students speaking a foreign lan-
guage, and a bumpy school bus ride. The school didn’t know
how to handle Tzippy’s adjustment difficulties, so Shoshana
finally made use of another benefit in the absorption center. She
consulted the social worker on premises and with her help was
able to transfer Tzippy to the preschool in the absorption cen-
ter, where the young girl blossomed once again. The downside
was that the group was coed and a bit too Zionistic for the
Weinbergs’ liking.
◆◆◆
Many of the communities that the new olim explored on
the Sochnut (Jewish Agency) tours were yishuvim, small settle-
ments as part of the Sochnut’s agenda was to encourage the
development of yishuvim. Although the Weinbergs eventually
settled in Ma’ale Amos, a small yishuv in Gush Etzion, they did
not find it through the group tours, nor was their initial inten-
tion to settle over the Green Line. But it was on the group
tours that the idea of a cozy, quiet yishuv life began to interest
Aryeh and Shoshana. The problem was that most yishuvim
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