Anglos to ring in the new year, Israel-style

30.12.2011                      04.Tewet. 5772

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Anglos to ring in the new year, Israel-style

For many among this burgeoning, 250,000-strong immigrant community teeming with diversity New Year's Eve is laced with strands of hope, symbolism, renewal and transition.

The attitudes of Israel's native English-speakers toward New Year's Eve are about as varied as those of the Four Sons: One celebrates, another abstains, a third is indifferent, and the fourth has been in Israel so long he no longer notices.
For many among this burgeoning, 250,000-strong immigrant community teeming with diversity – from the veteran oleh family to the lovelorn – New Year's Eve is laced with strands of hope, symbolism, renewal and transition….