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learn to live in a country where Jews are
in a minority-, making living a Jewish life
harder for her.
In Israel, interdating or intermar-
riage was never an issue since she was
surrounded by Jews. Keeping kosher
also was easier in Israel where the rab-
bis control the content of the grocery
stores, an issue that seems to surface
for her each year at Passover. You
really have to be careful here," she
said.
The life she led in Israel was harder,
she said, but it was more rewarding in
a way that defies explanation. She
noted the difference between the
American Memorial Day and the
Israeli Yom HaZikaron. Both holidays
honor fallen soldiers, but in America,
there are barbecues to mark the occa-
sion; in Israel, the whole country
comes to a full stop for two minutes
when the sirens blast at mid-day.
"I know that when you grow up
there your sense of being Jewish is so
much stronger," she said. "Here, peo-
ple are comfortable. They worry about
having a bigger house or a bigger car.
In Israel, it is such a struggle. There is
pain and deaths in that struggle. I
want to be a part of that struggle."
Helping her make the transition has
been Eric's family, Bosmat said. "I love
his family so much that I feel very
lucky. I have two loving families who
are so very warm to me."
Eric agrees. "It is challenging," he
said. "I have been patient and under-
standing and trying to help her here.
We all have."
Both hope that the transition is not
permanent as the Dovases would like
to move to Israel in the not too distant
future. The recent spate of violence
there, however, has forced them to put
off such plans for a while, Bosmat
said. About a month ago, three bombs
went off in her hometown, killing a
53-year-old doctor outside of his
house.
An ideal time for them to move,
Bosmat said, would be after the vio-
lence and unrest dies down. If they
were to go before then, she would be
too concerned about the safety of her
family,.
Eric said that their focus on Israel
has intensified as a result of the vio-
lence. "Every time we hear there is an
incident in Israel, it draws our atten-
tion back there."
In the meantime, they travel to
Israel as often as possible, visiting
Bosmat's mother about twice a year in
Kfar-Saba, just north of Tel Aviv.
Her mother, in turn, visits about
four times a year. rfi