• Trinov said on May 04, 2008....

  Hi, ever join the Americans and Canadians in Israel?
  
  There may be a guy from the States or Canada who is more 'user friendly'. They used to have a clubroom near the American Embassy but that is gone There is also a British immigrant organization, and a Spanish one etc. (Do you get along with Russians, there are lots of those guys out there?)
  
  Sabras do tend to think that they know everything and are the utlimate 'males' . I decided, after a few experiences, that I wanted someone who shared my background and way of thinking, and I met my husband on kibbutz, but his parents lived across the street from where my parents had lived before they moved to Israel.
  
  May you find your 'beshert' soon. (Also, maybe there are groups who share your hobbies and interests)

• silverwhisper said on May 05, 2008....

  zsuzsio, with kids i'm sure it's hard to meet people, but surely there has to be someplace you go where there are eligible men, no? bookstore, maybe?
  
  ed

• ZsuzsiO said on May 05, 2008....

  Hi Trinov!!!

  Thanks for commenting! I agree about joining an American or Canadian groups. I would love to join a Hungarian goup too, if I'd only know how to find these groups. I live in Rishon and I know there are some Hungarian nights in Tel Aviv, but that's too far for me in my situation. Even if I could get a baby sitter for a night, in order to get to TA I'd have to pay a cab to get there above the expected spendings of the night.

  I really need to find out if there is anything like that going on here, in Rishon. Any idea?

  There is a restaurant/bar here, called Soho, where I know for a fact that the high class American basketball and soccer players go on Wednesdays when they paly R&B there. But the place is extremely expensive! Even if I'd find a girl to go out with without worrying about her reaction to my choice of interest in men, I could not afford going there in hopes to find the right guy. And let's be honest - do these rich guys really want to date a 30 years old short bit over weight single mom? I don't think so. I need to find a place with simple people whom I could connect with.

  Silver, my friend, you make me smile. We don't have the kind of book stores here, where you can sit down with a cop of coffee to read. You can get English books and magazines in a regular book store (for double price) and yes, you could sit down if you don't mind people pushing you all the time, and book keepers keep on asking you if "they can help you with something". Again, in Tel Aviv there are lot's of cofee shops with English speaking customers, but it is a bit far a way for a coffee. Anyway, I think most of those people are only visitors here.

  It's OK, I don't really have the time to waist on men right now.....

• Trinov said on May 05, 2008....

  Hi, let's see, how about taking a for credit in-service English course? It is free, paid for by the school, they are supposed to pay you back for the carfare (I got ripped off and never got the money) and the credit you get will up your salary a bit. The course that I took was about teaching remedial English (which I needed like a hole in the head but that is another more political story.) There were quite a few young single guys in that course 9 years ago, (the teacher was married).
  
  There was a wealthy Hungarian community in New York that had put up some things here, I'll try to see if they are on the web and in Rishon. How about taking an advanced ulpan course? Quit if there are no guys there. The Americans and Canadians have trips and picnics all over the country, and baseball games now I believe also. Also single parents clubs, there are some guys there also from what I've read, and ditto-- quit if there are only other women unless you can maked some good helpful friends there. There is also the Mishmar Ezrachi, which should have more guys than gals, but once you join it is not that easy to get out, but maybe there is something similar where there are 30something volunteers, like Haganat HaTevah, which has trips and hikes and also does environmental things like patrolling beaches etc. They may or may not have the right kind of guy for you, but this coming summer you should try to find as many groups as possible with 'possibilities'. How about a vacation on an American Kibbutz--more kibbutzim were founded by Americans than any other group. I don't thing there are any mass groups going anymore, but American Kibbutzim used to have lots of single guys who were just sitting there waiting for a new face they hadn't seen since they were 14 in the youth movement. When I was younger, I took a course in Bar Illan and found out that it was the MRS University. ( A neighbor later told me that she and I were the only women not to get our Mrs from there, we were both brain dead I guess) There were lots of possibilities that I didn't appreciate there-- since I didn't like their 'style', being still a New Yorker in my head. Lots of pick ups happened with others at their reserve library-- of all places. Also at the beach, with a kid especially, there should be openings for meeting people. There are lots of divorced guys and being a bit 'softik' as they say in Yiddish does not turn off Jewish guys. Being Hungarian you have got to be beautiful (a Hungarian friend of mine in her fifties suffering from a long illness still looks incredible) so don't worry about looking like a starved model. Zaza never did.

• Trinov said on May 05, 2008....

  Oy sorry I forgot to put in the paragraph stops.

• Trinov said on May 05, 2008....

  Hi; this is the organization that could be helpful: It is the Hungarian Immigrant association in Israel
  
  http://www.ivolunteer.org.il/Index.asp?ArticleID=677&CategoryID=122
  
  

• Trinov said on May 05, 2008....

  This is something with an HUNGARIAN page , about Hungarina culture in Israel:
  
  http://www.hungjewmus.org.il/
  
  (my husband found these, he's excellent in using search engines, I'm an idiot)

• Trinov said on May 05, 2008....

  Here is the American and Canadian organization in Israel:
  
  http://www.aaci.org.il/
  
  

• Trinov said on May 05, 2008....

  Hi, here is a volunteer organization that has people getting food from restuarants and parties and getting it to the poor. It might be the place to find some guy with his head on straight:
  
  http://www.tabletotable.org.il/english/
  
  

• ZsuzsiO said on May 06, 2008....

  Trinov!
   
  Wow, that was really usefull!
   
  I checked them all out - thanks!
   
  The last one was especially interesting to me, and already sent the link to my principal to see if we can get involved. What an idea!
   
  As far as finding a mate... well you are right, it might just be the way..:)

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