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My family and I came from Ethiopia. The day was sunny and the kids were playing. My father and my mother were sitting and having fun. I was playing with my little sister.
Suddenly I see strangers. I don't know them. But my father goes to the stangers and talks with them. How does he know them?... In the morning my father tells me, "We need to leave."
We are in the airport. Oh, it is so big. And here is the airplane. It's so crowded. Three hours we are on the plane. I'm so hungry. The pilot says to us, "We are landing."
I see Israel!!!!! It's so... The people are so nice!!!
I'm in Israel!!!
I want to tell you about my family history. My mother was born in Israel and she is a 2nd generation Israeli. My father was born in Morocco and came to Israel in 1961 by ship.
They sailed to France and from France they sailed to the port of Haifa.
When they came down from the ship, they kissed the ground and cried. They were taken to Zefat.
My parents were born in France. My father was born in Paris, and my mother was born in Lyon, France. My mother came to Israel for training, and my father came to Israel for Yeshiva (Jewish religious study) and to go into the Israel Defense Army.
A few years later they met and married in France. I was born one year later in France. My parents decided to come to Israel. In 1986 we came to Israel by airplane and we decided to live in Zefat.
We have lived here for 11 years. You know, it is fun to live in Israel and in Zefat!
My father's parents came to Israel from Libya in 1949. They came to a little village near Zefat named Biria. They had 11 children. My father was the fifth child. He was born in 1953.
My mother's parents met in Morocco and they got married and moved to Algeria. They had five children. My mother was the fourth child. She was born in 1954.
In 1961 my mother and her family came to Israel. They sailed by ship from Algeria to Marseilles in France. From France they sailed to Israel on the ship "Theodore Herzl". The ship was glorious. On the ship there was a big dining room, a swimming pool, a library and a cinema. After a week they came to Israel and lived in Hatzor, in the North. After a long time, my parents met and got married.
My grandfather and my grandmother were born in Tunisia. They came to Israel on a ship. My mother's parents were born in Morocco. They came to Israel by ship, too.
My mother was born in Israel. She is the first generation here. And my father was born in Tiveria (Tiberias, Israel) as the first generation, too.
I was born in Zefat. I am the second generation.
My grandfather and grandmother on my mother's side came to Israel by ship.
They were born in Tunisia. My mother was born in Israel. My mother is the first generation here.
My grandfather and grandmother on my father's side came by ship. They were born in Romania. My father was born in Israel. He is the first generation, too.
My mom was born in Morocco and came to Israel when she was one year old.
She got here on a ship and lived in Shlomi. She learned at The Rabbi Maimon School until 8th grade and after that at a dorm school. Today she is a teacher.
My father was born in Zefat. He learned at Chabad School. Today he is a policeman. These are my parents' stories.
My mother was born in Zefat. She was born in 1961. She is the first generation in Israel. My mother studied at Beit Yaacov School and at Ulpanit Meron. My mother lived in my grandmother's house until she was 18.
Since then, she has worked at the Rozenberg's office.
My father was born in Zefat. He was born in 1957. He is the first generation in Israel. My father studied at Mamlachti Gimel School and at Amal High School. My father studied 12 years and after that he has worked in the army.
