tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post114801454117493561..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: A long attempt at a follow-upPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1148199886759384192006-05-21T04:24:00.000-04:002006-05-21T04:24:00.000-04:00Hi, Phoebe. Just checked into your blog after a lo...Hi, Phoebe. Just checked into your blog after a long absence. Your posts are intelligent and thought-provoking, as always.<BR/><BR/>I hereby extend an invitation to you to contact me when you finally get to Israel. I'd love to have coffee with you, or show you "my" Jerusalem, or if you want I could just give you some ideas of good sites to visit, or where to stay. <BR/><BR/>Best wishes from a fellow blogger, <BR/>Sarah<BR/>aka Chayyei SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1148101976121885992006-05-20T01:12:00.000-04:002006-05-20T01:12:00.000-04:00"...you are suddenly the American/Anglo girl. Peop..."...you are suddenly the American/Anglo girl. People will assume you are rich, timid, gullible, loud (in a different way than Israelis), and will never learn Hebrew."<BR/><BR/>My (public, science magnet, coed) high school classmates assumed all these things when I transferred from a stuffy private girls' middle school. All, that is, except the part about Hebrew. But still, I think I could take it.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1148025429954155452006-05-19T03:57:00.000-04:002006-05-19T03:57:00.000-04:00Based on what you said, you've probably heard that...Based on what you said, you've probably heard that once you're in Israel, all the stereotypes and labeling change.<BR/><BR/>In the States, you may have always been labeled a Jewish girl (along with everything attached to that). In Israel you are suddenly the American/Anglo girl. People will assume you are rich, timid, gullible, loud (in a different way than Israelis), and will never learn Hebrew.<BR/><BR/>And despite all these new assumptions, you will still probably identify more easily with everyone around you than you did in the US.Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02597510798676166378noreply@blogger.com