Returned student profile for Julia Gozdziewski, International Studies, Legal Studies, Social Welfare Major, Tel Aviv University
Israel
English Only is NOT Enough
If you really want to get the most out of your time in Israel/Palestine, it is essential you learn Arabic or Hebrew. Ideally, you should learn both. Learning another language is the best thing you …
Takeoff
Today is Monday, August 19, 2019. The first day of the rest of all my life. I am with my sister watching the sunrise over Lake Michigan from our favorite spot for the last time …
Read This First
Hello/שלום/مَرْحَبًا and welcome to my blog! I am happy you are here. In this blog, I will be sharing with you my journey of my year abroad at the University of Haifa in Israel/Palestine. The …
Israel and Morocco: Kadie Ray ’12
Alumni Profile for Kadie Ray, International Studies, with a certificate in Middle East Studies, University of Haifa and UMN Arabic Language & Cultures, class of 2012
Pre-Passover Break
I’m not quite sure if I’m confused, angry, anxious, or depressed that it’s already April, but whether I like it or not, time is flying by. Next week, I will leave Israel for the first …
A Never Ending Purim
At Wisconsin, Halloween, otherwise known as Wiscoween, is definitely a main attraction that people flock to Madison for. While I thought that no other holiday consisting of dressing up in costumes could ever beat the …
Abroad is not a time for sleep
The past few weeks have felt like a complete whirlwind. Between Ulpan ending, classes beginning, going on overnight trips and having my family come to visit in between, I’ve just accepted the fact that part …
Eat, Beach, Ulpan
Even though I only arrived in Israel about 2 weeks ago, it feels like I have already been here for 2 months. When I think back to the beginning, I think about showing up at …
Ready or Not, Here I Come
It sounds cliché, but it really does seem like only yesterday that I was a nervous freshman, unsure about how I was going to survive living in this new, unfamiliar place for the next four …