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In this Project I want to show how one Jew could give his best o help Israel. Nils Natar immigrated from Germany and was a olier in the IDF. There he had a job which wasn't the highest or a battle soldier but he did his job with perfectionism and with loyality. It is fantastic to see how Zionism grows through the little things and the little people who live their live in a way they can say "I am doing everything for my land and my nation". People who live there are looking for their home and their "me" all the time, until in the end they understand that their home is Eretz Israel an their "me " is Am Israel....

=Nils Natari =



Nils Natari immigrated to Israel two years ago from Germany, although he also lived in Israel between the ages of 16-18 and learned at Kiryat Noar. Then he came back to Germany for 9 years, he was 27 when he made Aliya to Jerusalem, and lived a his first month at the absorption center for immigrants “[|Beit Canada]”.

Nils decided to move to Israel already at the age of 12. He sees Israel as the home for every Jew deep down in his soul and he believes that it is the right place to educate his own children in the future. Likewise Nils thinks that every Jew in the Diaspora should think about this since we have, thank G-d, a state and we can live in our land in peace.

Nils left his home, his friends, family, school and everything he was connected to in Germany. When he landed at the airport in Tel-Aviv he had a strange feeling: To be in a country he knows, where he had already lived, but it wasn’t his home in a physical way. Of course, he always felt as a Jew that Israel is his home, but between the affinity and the feeling of a natural home is a big gap. Although he had friends from his school time he missed his friends from the Yeshiva in Berlin. He had a feeling which was mixed with happiness to be back home and fear to be in a strange home. A couple of friends in Israel couldn’t even understand why he came back. According to them it is a privilege to live in an European country. In contrast, his friends in Germany always knew that he would go back to Israel, he was and will remain a Zionist! Very quickly, Nils understood that there was nothing to fear and said to himself and to his friends: “It’s better to miss Berlin from Jerusalem, than Jerusalem From Berlin!!!”



After Nils made Aliya he went to the program [|TAKA] - a program for new immigrants to help them to learn in Hebrew - and then to the IDF. He worked in Liaison and foreign relations, a job which is really interesting and he is happy to do it although he actually to go into army intelligence. (Liaison and foreign relations)

Nils learned a lot through his job like that we actually have some friends in the world, which is a good feeling and there are some who even admire us! Also for himself he learned a lot about diplomacy. Nils learned that decisions in Israel are being made last minute. After personal experiences he understood that it’s not right to plan in Israel for a long time further because facts often change...  His plans for the future after the military are: go to the university and study Middle Eastern Studies, furthers his knowing about diplomacy. Then, he dreams to work for the foreign military attaches. But before then, he has to finish another 6 month in the IDF which are, according to Nils, much too short and he would stay their longer. He would like to stay longer with his friends who are so close to him!

In contrast to his dream-like military service, he hated the boot camp’ where the immigrants were treated like children and the officers where exaggerated pertaining to treatment.

Nils now sees how sad the situation of the Jews in Germany is. In contrast to Israel, there is no real Jewish life there. In Germany, he hated the open fight between the Jews, Russian-Jewish immigrants to Germany are finding their enemies in their own community, though they try o hide their Judaism. In Israel most of the people want to live their Judaism and don’t try to hide them, like the Russian Jew in Germany do!

Beyond his job he has little free time, but when he does Nils likes to go jogging, to cook and to meet friends. He likes to read books with historical background. To the next generations he would like to say not to give up our state, we waited too long for it... In this sentence we can see his love for Israel and sadness when he thinks about all the Jews who are still in in Germany and who will come with G-d’s help as soon as they can to Israel!!!!!!

=Background research - Armon Hanatziv = .

[|Armon HaNatziv] is a neigborhood in the south-east of Jerusalem. The neighborhood is named after the palace of the British governor who built it. At the time that the British governor lived there, wasn't a neighborhood yet, so the only Jews who lived there were in the "Chavat Limud" which was next to the palace. "Chavat Limud" was built in 1929 and in the beginning was used to train young farmers. Later it used a dormitory for agriculture for children. The "Chavat Limud" which was located south-east from the old city, of that they were surrounded by Arab villages. On the 29th of November 1947, the day the United Nation announced the establishing of the State of Israel, while every one was dancing and laughing in Israel, the residents of "Chavat Limud" were in fear. They knew it would only last another couple of hours and then they would be attacked. They were right: the next day before sunrise the first bullet penetrated through a window. Throughout the war in 1948, Rachel Yanit Ben-Zvi, the principal of the farm, was concerned for the children who lived in the farm; however, never one of the children got killed. Then a couple of days after the war, the territory was at this time half Israeli and half Jordanian, one of the boys went out accidentally entered a field with mines. He picked one of the mines up because he thought it was a kerosene burner. He brought the mine back to the farm and the other boys surrounded him, when the mine exploded and killed 7 boys. After the establishment of the State of Israel, the United Nations took the Palace of the British governor. At this time there was a Border in Jerusalem which divided the territory of the farm between Israel and Jordan. On the 5th of June 1967, the Israeli conquered the Jordan territory, and also conquer the palace but they gave it after the war back to the United Nations. Since then the neighborhood has been like every other neighborhood of Jerusalem. Armon HaNatziv contains about 9 synagogues from every tradition: Ashkenazi, Sefardi, Moroccan et cetera. There are also 5 schools and 3 Youth groups: one religious – Bnei Akiva, one conservative – Noam and one secular – Machanot HaOlim.

(Bnei Akiva) (Machanot HaOlim) (Noam)

Also there is an absorption center for new immigrants "Beit Canada". One extraordinary thing the neighborhood has is that all the street names are named after the "[|Olei Hagardom]" –Those "Hanged in the gallows", the warrior from the Jewish underground who fought pre-state Israel and had to go on the gallows by the British Mandate. There are name like: Dov Gruner, [|Meir Feinstein] and [|Moshe Barazani].

(Meir Feinstein and Moshe Barazani) There is a really great story about the last two: They both were convicted to go to the gallows after heroic actions and got caught. They were sitting in prison and waiting for their death. Meir Feinstein was so into the bravery and to sacrifice himself for nation of Israel that he said even while he knew he is going to die things like: "It's better to die with a weapon in the hand than to live with raised arms!" or "Who ever wants to live in honor has to fight for his life!" They both decided that they wouldn't give up and succeeded in bringing into the prison two grenades which were disguised as oranges. Their plan was that at the time the entourage would come in, they would throw one on them and with the other one kills themselves, with that plan they could die like Shimshon. But it turned out that there was a problem: Rabbi Goldman said he would come together with the entourage, and after long doubts they decided not to kill them but to kill themselves. At eleven and 40 minutes on the 21 to April 1947 an explosion was heard in the cell of Meir Feinstein and Moshe Barazani…. Today are living in the neighborhood about 15000 inhabitants from different backgrounds: there are Russians, religious, liberal, secular Ashkenazim, Yemenite, Americans and so on, but they have one thing together: They all live in Armon HaNatziv!

=Literature Connection – The little prince =



//"If someone loves am flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself, 'Somewhere, my flower is there…' But if the sheep eats the flower, in one moment all his stars will be darkened… And you think that is not important!" (The little prince)//

That's what the little prince told the storyteller who had to stop in middle of the Sahara desert because his vehicle broke.

All this is now 6 years ago, and this weird creature who was called "the little prince" is long ago back on his planet, somewhere in the huge universe, but before he goes back he tells a long and fascinating story… After the little prince had an argument with the fascinating flower, which grew suddenly on his little planet, he decided to go on a journey to discover what he wants. On his trip he meets and gets to know very different creatures, in the end he comes to the planet earth and there he meets the storyteller. The two get to know each other, until the little prince goes back to his planet.

In the story the little prince is looking for one thing: the love he has for his flower and how much he misses it. The flower symbolizes a home, a place, where there are people you know and love you. Sometimes it doesn't matter how angry we are one on the other, or how many arguments we had, and it doesn't matter how many great things and adventures we experience, we always want to go back to the place we come from, a place we have a connection of pure love to, we always want to go back home…

Now how is al this connected to my project?!

Making Aliya isn't easy, and finding what you are looking for takes a long time. The flower in the story is our soul which is living and works in Israel. The day you come, you don't know where you are, you have no idea what are you doing here and what is happening now. After this first feeling you have to understand what to do, this decision brings you to strange places and persons: someone who feels like a King, and behaves like that or a place which is similar to a drinker…

Of course the whole life is a search, but with Aliya you start a new life and you can feel these feelings better than someone else. We have to remember that no matter how hard the time is, in the end we will come home, probably in the days of the Mashiach…

To the full story: [|The little prince]

=**Creative Connection** = =**Home** = = =  Motzaei Yom Kippur, „Leshana Habaa Beyerushalaim Habnuia“ - the women are arranging a table with coffe and cake and everyone is happy after a whole day in synagogue. A whole day where we had a chance to ask for another year of life. But I didn't just want another year: I requested a home, a home in Eretz Israel. On Rosh Hashana will be inscribed and on Yom Kippur will be sealed how many will be pass from the earth and how many will be created, who will live and who will die.. Whenever I prayed those words I thought to myself: Could my life really be in Israel? That day, in the Munich Synagogue, I couldn't believe or conceptualize that in a few hours I'd really be living in Eretz Israel. About eight hours later I sat in the car on my way to the airport and after another eight hours the plane landed at Ben Gurion airport. It was about eight o' clock in the evening when we opened the door to our new home in the absorbation center Beit Canad. While my mom opened the door there were a few seconds in which I imagined how our home looks. When I came inside I saw just white, white walls, white beds, a white kitchen, white shelves, white chairs and only in the middle was a red table. I felt a sort of white shock. That place didn't look like home, more like something really cold that doesn't really want to welcome us. That night, after we came back from a restaurant, I stood next to the window and looked over Jerusalem and thought how long will it take me to feel home, and with what feeling will I wake up tomorrow? When I got up, I had the feeling that now after one night I am home, especially after we went to the supermarket and bought some items to make the apartment a real home. After 24 hours I was at home, Jerusalem is like a really nice family you come to and after an hour you already feel right at home and you just don't want to leave anymore. A Jew who comes to Jerusalem can't just not feel at home he is right at home. My first month at school was really hard, I hardly slept: I just read, studied and memorized stuff by heart... but after much hard work everything started to grow on me and it got much easy Once I said to a friend To find a friend is hard, to keep him is even harder but you can lose one in an hour, my first friends were at Amalia school but I wasn't very close to them (Later on I switched to Neve Chana, where I found amazing friends!). Six months after our Aliya I started to attend Bnei Akiva, the place where I felt the biggest Ahavat Chinam and right at home. People there did not categorize others into better or worse. It doesn't matter how outwardly frum you are or weather you are a native Israeli, American or German - you just became a part of their family no matter what. In Bnei Akiva I found my first best friends, I learned, laughed, cried, everything. Next to my home it became to another home, it became a part of myself, just as my family is a part of me and just as Israel is a part of me...

After that we moved to Berlin, there I grew up until the age of 13. At this point my family moved to Jerusalem. The first moments were hard but we got through it pretty well. Today I couldn't imagine to live somewhere else. Israel is our home!**
 * I was born in Germany, until I was 3 years old we lived in a little city which is called Kaiserslautern.

=**Reflection **=

In my project I wanted to show that Israel is the home from every jew. It doesn't matters where he comes from or which colour his skin has, he is home in Israel. Through Nils Natari, for whom it was just natural to make Aliya, I came to the story from the little prince. The little prince looked for his home **everywhere** and only when he got back home he felt really at home. In the end I put my personal story about my Aliya in a creative story. I think that with my own story I could show the best how Israel is the home from everyone.

I wouldn't change much things in my project. Maybe do the Profile longer, but I am happy with what I did!

=**<span style="color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">Biobligraphy **=

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">de Saint Exupry, Antoine. //The little princ//. //N.p.//, n.d. Web. 2. April 2010. <http://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/frames.html>. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Meir Fenstein." //wikipedia//. //N.p.//, n.d. Web. 5 May 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meir_Feinstein>.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Moshe Barazani." //wikipedia//. //N.p.//, n.d. Web. 5 May 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Barazani>.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">Olei HaGardom." //wikipedia//. //N.p.//, n.d. Web. 5 May 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olei_Hagardom>.

אודות השכונה //Talpaz-net//. //N.p.//, n.d. Web. 5 May 2010. <http://www.talpaz.org.il/Index.asp?CategoryID=131>