Natalie interviews two people who both moved to Ashkelon, and neither is taking Ulpan. Miriam 26, nurse and mother made Aliyah in May 2025 from Far Rockaway with her husband and baby, and Dr. Howard Eisenberg, 71, made aliyah in March 2024 from Baltimore with his wife. Miriam and her husband are starting out in life, and describe "working hard" and "life being expensive no matter where you are." The couple is on their own here, no family. Miriam is working for an American company now, but will eventually work in Israel, and her husband is studying to be a scribe. Dr. Howard Eisenberg and his wife life are at the end of their careers, working because they want to. They live in the Anglo section of Ashkelon, and say all their friends keep busy working, volunteering, or traveling. Dr. Howard stressed being outgoing and friendly and described joining an organization as a board member from a chance meeting on the beach. Sometimes things happen that way here.

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