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How I Ended Up Living in Israel: A Guest Post for Molly Greene

By Laura Zera 9 Comments

The international volunteer program on Israeli kibbutzim has pretty much gone away, but like Jerry Seinfeld and Sacha Baron Cohen, I was lucky enough to experience it in its heyday. I invite you to join me in a hop over to Molly Greene’s blog today to read how it turned out to be a life-changing experience. As one of 80+ volunteers on Givat Haim Ihud–some Jewish, most of us not–I was part of a crazy, eclectic mix (and a few lost souls), there to work, learn, travel, party and get up to a variety of shenanigans…sometimes frowned upon by the more serious Israelis…

A big thank you to Molly Greene for hosting me (again) on her most awesome blog. The countdown is on for the release of her new novel, Mark of the Loon, due out in mid-May.

This is what we did to English volunteers
This is what we did to South African volunteers

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  1. Jodi Lobozzo Aman says

    April 17, 2012 at 7:41 am

    Read it yesterday on molly’s blog! I found it so heartening hearing about your surrogate mother!

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    • Laura Zera says

      April 17, 2012 at 10:06 am

      Hi Jodi! Yes, she is truly a wonderful lady. I am SO overdue for a visit. I was last there in 1993 but hope to go back and see her soon.

      Reply
  2. Molly Greene says

    April 17, 2012 at 7:57 am

    Oh my gosh, these pictures made me laugh! Laura, you are a character and I love you for it. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences on my blog this week. I hope it’s the 2nd of many, many visits!

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    • Laura Zera says

      April 17, 2012 at 10:08 am

      Aw, thanks again for having me, Molly. It’s always a pleasure to collaborate with you and you’ve got such great readers. And yes, we had a fine time with the pranks that year. I’m top right in both of those photos (cue evil laugh…).

      Reply
  3. Lee Lambert Dannhauser says

    April 18, 2012 at 11:05 am

    Love the pic of us, Laura – had heaps of laughs!!

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    • Laura Zera says

      April 18, 2012 at 3:57 pm

      You looked so pretty until… HAHA! But you guys really were such good sports about it all. ;p

      Reply
  4. Ellis Shuman says

    July 7, 2013 at 5:59 am

    I just read the article on Molly Greene’s blog but I came back here to laugh again at those pictures = did anyone do that to you?

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    • Laura Zera says

      July 7, 2013 at 11:56 am

      Hi Ellis, somehow I escaped the water-dumping welcome photo tradition but had a few other jokes played on me while there!

      Reply

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    August 7, 2012 at 4:54 pm

    […] about her travels all over the world. Here is a heartwarming story about her stay in Israel: How I Ended Up Living in Israel. She has written a book to match, which I finally have on order, and I am waiting for her next book […]

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