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July 31, 2005

having goals changes everything

Right now, I'm sitting in on a virtual open house for the RRC on the subject of the year in Israel. Other than admissions requirements, this is the area of rabbinical school that concerns me most. How does one pick up and move away for a year and then come back? What is Lauren supposed to do with herself for a year in Israel? How can we survive financially with neither of us working? Will Lauren be able to find a job again in the same city when we get back?

I've gotten the same answers repeatedly (except for the last question -- no one seems to be able to answer that), but it hasn't made me any less scared. Living a year in a foreign country is just plain terrifying, and not knowing how we'll survive when we get back is even scarier.

In the meantime, I got up my guts and turned in my application to the RRC's institute for prospective students, and it should get there in time to qualify me for the priority decision deadline. I'm still trying to get ahold of the Hebrew teacher here so that I can get into her class. I've just been informed that signup for winter Birthright trips will be September 8th, so now I need to go get my passport. I'm committed and excited and scared out of my mind.

And I'm really glad to have somewhere to focus my attention, because otherwise, I might die of boredom before the year ends.

Posted to Jew-mania at July 31, 2005 01:15 PM

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