1987-1988 Rothberg Yearbook

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If you thought that Givat Ram was bad in the summer, try it in the
winter. The overriding theme of Winter Ulpan was the cold.
Everything was cold—our rooms, the showers, the constant wind
and rain, the Israelis on our halls trying to study for exams, the
antique kerosene heaters, and the walk to the gate when we missed
the 28 Aleph; and who among us has never missed a 28 Aleph? But
despite being chilled to the bone, we Second Semester students
soon learned the simple pleasures of Winter Ulpan: making that
7:35 am bus, eating cheesetoast every day for breakfast and lunch,
making it to the bank or post office before it closed, sunning at the
beaches of Tel Aviv and Eilat, getting lucky in the housing lottery,
discovering mail in the daily stampede to the Goldsmith
mailboxes, and complaining non-stop about the inhuman
conditions at Givat Ram. And, of course, learning Elebrew.
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Laurie Neustadt
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