Profiles



YOUR JOB: To write an autobiographical profile, including your past, present and future. Remember to use your first name only. Consider including a list of the following: toc
 * accomplishments
 * interests
 * hobbies
 * favorites
 * your credo
 * goals for the future

= __//Elisheva//__ = My name is Elisheva. I live in Alon Shvut. I've lived there all my life. Until 8th grade I went to theregional school in Alon Shvut. Since 9th grade I have gone to Neve Hanna. I have 4 little brothers.I love just hanging out with my friends. I LOVE shopping, eating, sleeping' listening to music and a lot more stuff… My favorite color is apple green!!!! I believe that one of the most important things in life is to stick to what you are good at and what that you like.Even if it's hard to do.For example, I really like drama.It is hard for me to actualize my dream of becoming an actress for a few reasons.First of all, being religious makes this difficult:I'm not saying it's impossible to do it, but it makes it much harder. That is the main reason, but there are more.Even thought it's hard for me, I try to do my best at doing drama. Because I believe it's important for everyone to do what they like doing.Doing what you like makes you happy and makes you feel good.Despite the difficulties, I try to do my best, and this year I signed up for a drama class at the Chen Theater in Jerusalem, not like in the past years when I just was in the school productions or whatever came up.This drama class makes me feel good and happy.I believe everyone should do what they like doing.

=Rivka = Her One and Only Autobiography

Apparently, I was born on June 28th in the year of 1993 in Einstein Medical Center in New York, the first child and daughter to my parents. I was named Rivka after my great grandmother who had passed away. My parents also claim that when I was one year old the three of us made aliyah from Scarsdale (where we lived at the time) to the moshav Beit Meir and my only sister was born. A year later we moved to Efrat, a settlement near Jerusalem where my family slowly grew to the size of seven (1 mother, 1 father, 2 girls and 3 boys). My family and I lived in 1 rented apartment and not much later (when I was at the age of 5) we moved to an apartment where we lived for 8 lovely years.

These years of my life were quite uneventful; I went to school every day like a good little girl, made my friends that I have to this day and developed a strong attachment to our beautiful apartment. One thing I clearly remember was learning to ride my bike; when I was still unsteady on my beautiful purple bike my mother decided I would ride down a very short but steep hill. Not able to convince her I couldn’t I got on my bike and started down. The results weren't good: me screaming on the ground with two parallel cuts on my knee (with scars to this day) my front tire a mangled mess and my mother running into a nearby house looking for Band-Aids and some sort of anti-bacterial cream to put on the cut. I remember clearly that they were way too small and hurt like dickens to take off.

During my life I have moved around quite a lot. 3 of the moves I can't even remember since I was under the age of two for those and the next one was only from one neighborhood to one a ten minute walk away which is really not terrible. My major move was to Australia- down under the world in the southern hemisphere 8,808 miles away from home. The move was only for two years, not too bad if you think a little optimistically. The reason for the move was my parents wanted to be traveling teachers and teach some Judaism in another country and Australia became the best option. So at the age of 12 after getting visas and saying goodbye to friends and family we took the 22 hour flight (with a 4 hour stop in Hong Kong) and landed in Melbourne, Australia ready for two very different years of my life.

Settling in wasn’t so bad since I was //'the new girl'// and every one introduced themselves to me. I learnt a lot in those two years and changed so much that I sometimes have trouble recognizing myself. I changed in a positive way though I can't define them just yet. Even if it's hard to believe coming back was harder since we new it would be harder to stay in touch with our friends in Australia because we knew we might not see them again. Settling in back in Israel was also very hard because I expected everything to stay the same but my family and all our friends in Israel changed and we had to get used to each other because we didn’t change together. Although it was hard, I managed and now I am a very different person with different opinions than when I boarded the airplane in Tel-Aviv that was deporting to Melbourne on the 1st of September, 2005.

My favorite quote is "the only thing to fear is FEAR itself" by T. Roosevelt. I can't see anything more true than this sentence. During our whole life we fear things for no real reason usually and avoid them. By avoiding things we lose so much during our short stay on earth and miss out on so many great things. By fearing fear we will avoid fear and than we will just not fear anything and we will have so many more options to choose from because fear won't be blocking our way. Maybe then life will seem a little sweeter than people find it. So far I have led a very optimistic life. I always look on the bright side of life and try not to fall into the clutches of the black pit of despair. I always live in the 'pink' part of the world though to stay realistic I check out how things can fail because there is always the possibility thinks won't go right, but I do hope they go well. My attempts so far have been successful, I keep myself happy by looking at good things and I really hope my life will stay optimistic.

Autobiography of =Eliana=

penned by Naomi My Credo is that everyone in this world is different, we all have our own beliefs and thoughts and this world can only work if we respect each others. When I was twelve I made aliya from London, England to Jerusalem, Israel. By changing not only my address but also my way of life, school, friends and surroundings, my credo prospered. Having to need to adapt and make changes to not only my life but also to myself also met that I met lots of new and different types of people; I have a varied range of friends. I'm one of those people who always like to be in full contact and up-to-date with my social life. My mobile phone is even thought to have an invisible sting connecting us to each other, a talent I have learned that I own is that I am able to send a txt message whilst reading, writing listening to music and even sleeping at the same time! My busiest social time is during Shabbat, and Tuesday night when we finish school early- so then I normally meet up and hang out with my friends. As there is no such thing as Sunday in Israel we have a much busier social life during the week after school and particularly on Tuesdays. Having no Sundays is something that we could all do with changing around here! I used to be at home and with my family much more but due to my buzzy social life I find it quit a challenge to keep the balance! When making aliya I matured a lot and grew much more self confidence and became more of my own person rather than as lenient on my Mum and others as I may have been. I have one younger sister whom I used to prefer teasing and using as my little slave, but recently we have grown to become more like….friends!! Although I like to be busy meeting people up during my evenings I also cram in my school work. If I have a test that I want to do well in then I sit down learn hard and succeed in it. I like to set myself goals. I love to have a good old giggle. When I was younger my Bestest Friend Naomi Black and I used to have our weekly sleepover and wake up early to try and make my parents and Happy Morning cake! We still love trying to pull of those random funny times! My greatest blessing in life was when she joined me here in Israel only two years after I had made the move myself. I love having fun! All I need is a few close friends, some of my favorite music and a big bar of Cadbury's chocolate to get the party's started. Smoked salmon bagels, my David's iPod, my dad's knee and a good shopping spree is more than enough to make me happy….together with a good old book to get stuck into!

=TALIA =

AUTOBIOGRAPHY WHO AM I? What are my beliefs? I don’t believe in hypnosis and magic. I TOTALY believe in Superman. I believe people are all here for a reason, and that they were sent to be here for other people. Every person fills a part in someone else's life, and leaves a gap after they are gone. People live to learn and teach each other- every single one something completely different and important in their way. Every person who I've crossed paths with in my life so far has changed me a little. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">I believe that before one arrives in this world, G-d plans out his surroundings; the people that will build and progresses him thru life, and eventually help him become the person he will be remembered as. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">I think my family is the most perfect one for this job. I have five older brothers and every one of them has structured, and still is structuring me in a different- specific and special way. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">A little about them...my oldest brother is Doovi and he's married to Yael and they have the cutest two little kids; Atara- she's four, and Ido- he's two. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Then it's my brother Moshe, he's thirty, and he just moved to Tel-Aviv last week for about the fifth time. Moshe has been all around all kinds of crazy places like India and South America, and now he's here again, writing for a living. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Next there's Uri. He's twenty six and he just finished learning in university. Me and Uri watch a TUN of sports and movies together, and we talk all the time. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">After that comes Aaron. Aaron's twenty four and he's in the USA right now, working as a substitute teacher in a Jewish school in NY. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">My last brother is Yisrael. Sruli's twenty two and he's an AMAZING guitar player. He's in about three different bands, he works with bands-helping them get together and rehearse, and he gives guitar lessons. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">And then its me. I'm fifteen and I've lived in the same house in Jerusalem since the day I came back as a new baby girl from the hospital. I learn in Neve-chana, with most of my closest friends. I'm addicted to TV shows- Gossip Girl, 90210, One Tree Hill, Heroes, Smallville, Ugly Betty, Scrubs...this interferes with my school work, but that's another problem... <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">I LOVE hanging out with my friends just doing anything. But more then anything in this world I love live concerts, and going to watch live sports. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Despite all this, nothing in my life compares to my passionate indefinable love to music. It's just the best thing ever created. . Now I love all the music everyone does-MTV and all that, but I mostly enjoy finding artists and songs on my own. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Music is there when having fun and going crazy with friends, when dancing to its sounds, or when wanting to be alone and get away from everything else. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Any kind of music at any time...its just genius. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">So basically you got me all figured out; school, friends, music...the average fifteen-year-old. <span style="color: #8200ff; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">By the way, I'm Talia.

= // Hana-Bella // =

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">My name is Hana-Bella, I'm fifteen years old and I live in Israel, in a settlement called Noqedim, which is located on the edge of the Judean Desert (which makes the most beautiful view).

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">My life is pretty much normal, but I guess most people think that way, and does that mean we are the same? Well, that might be the case. Although I think that if it was the case then people might have get along better, having less communication problems, and bottom line- stop killing each other. So- no. I guess everyone is not the same. <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">I have two brothers and one sister. One of them is a year older then me, (although that's not always the impression…), and the other two are younger. As you can imagine, a house of four kids can be quite messy, but can also make it a bit more interesting once in a while. <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">Being someone with problems with gravity (onwards referred as G.C.- gravitationaly challenged.) makes you get used to see the ground getting closer and closer to your face while you crash. But the important thing is- to know that you have to get up again, because staying on the ground won't get you anywhere. <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">My hobbies are pretty much normal too. I like reading. Getting into another person's thoughts and story can really make you think about things from another perspective, instead of constantly judging everything from your own. <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">I also like music a lot. It's a way to express yourself without using unnecessary words, which can sometimes limit you. <span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">As I said- my life is pretty much normal, but I think that the things that makes life into what they are is not necessarily what happens throughout your life, but what you do with the situation granted to you.

<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 14pt;">And the future? Well, I'm not sure. I guess that it doesn't really matter what you do, as long as you do the best you are capable of, and //"makethe change you want to see in the world"// while you've still got the chance. Use the time you've got to do stuff that really matters, because the sand in your hourglass is running out with every second that you waste, and in the end- you wouldn't want to find out that you spentmost of your time for nothing.

My Autobiography =Margalit=

<span style="color: #cc289e; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16pt; text-align: left;">My name is Margalit, and I was born in Misgav Ledach hospital in Jerusalem. I moved to Efrat in the middle of eight grade. Until then, I lived in Neve Daniel, a small settlement nearby. I still have lots of friends there. I was very involved in B'nei Akiva there, but now in Efrat I spend less time with B'nei Akiva, because I have lots of things to do for school, and my friends here are less involved in it. <span style="color: #cc289e; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 16pt; text-align: left;">I love just meeting up with my friends and watch a movie or go to the mall with them. I love getting my nails done with my mom. I love pink!! <span style="color: #cc289e; display: block; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 16pt; text-align: left;">My favorite books by far are the Harry Potter ones!!! I've read them all in Hebrew and in English. <span style="color: #cc289e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 16pt;">I am one of three kids, and five step-siblings, and one half-sibling on the way!!! Even though I am an English-speaking native Israeli of Ashkenaki European descent, two of my step-siblings are actually Yemenite.

I have one 2 months old baby nephew, who in my opinion is the cutest living creature on earth!! <span style="color: #cc289e; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 16pt;">I learn in the ulpena Neve Chana right outside of the settlement Alon Shvut in Gush Etzion. Life and studying in high school can be hard sometimes but I always live through it because I have awesome friends and family that support me and help me in every step of the way.

My dream for the future is that all Jews would make Aliya, and we'll all live in an enemy free country and in peace.

My autobiography: =Noga=

My name is Noga. I live in the yeshuv Elazar, Gush Etzion, Israel. I was born and raised in the city of Haifa, in the north of Israel. Haifa is a harbor city, what makes my childhood smell like the salty sea. In the age of 9, my family moved to a yeshuv Elazar, and there we live today. "Neve chana" is where I study.

My name, "Noga", means a small delicate light. Actually, there is no special reason for my name. Except maybe the fact my parents liked the name, and they also thought I brought light to their life. Sometimes I think that my name makes me see little points of light in people.

I see the world as an art work. Everything around us-nature, animals and people-was maid with a lot of thinking and by an artist hand. Sometimes we ruin his work, by making wars and ruining nature. My dream is to be a movie director, and to document the world as I see it. I dream to change the world with my movies.

My main motto in life is "the best way to make your dreams come true, is to make them come true yourself". You are probably asking yourself how I make my dreams come true. Two weeks ago, I maid my dream come true. As most of my friends, I'm part of the "Beny Akiva" youth group. While the "irgun month" (this is the highlight month of "Beny Akiva"- in this month we are painting our commerce, and learning the month's subject), I've documented the commerce and the people, and I maid a short movie out of it. For the first time in my life (and I hope not the last) I've learned how to use I video camera, and how to make a movie.

I guess I was good at it, because after the public screening, people asked me where I learned to photograph so well…. So you can actually say I maid my first movie two weeks ago. I maid my dream come true-I mean, I've started to make it come true. ….

So maybe I live in a small yeshuv, but for me, and I hope that for everyone- the sky is the limit!.

=** Aliza **=
 * My Autobiography **

My name is Aliza. I'm fifteen years old and I live in Israel with my parents and my four younger siblings. I was born on February 1st 1993, in the Mount Sinai hospital in Manhattan. Until I was seven I lived in Teaneck, New Jersey. Just a few weeks short of the start of the Intifada, I made Aliyah with my family, which at the time included me, my parents, and my brother and sister. We moved to a small settlement, Efrat, near Jerusalem, and have lived there since.

My mother's name is Bashi, and she's a clinical psychologist (AKA a shrink) which is rarely fun for me. My dad, Yoni, is a businessman, and works in Tel Aviv. I have two younger brothers and two younger sisters, who are tons of fun and the bane of my existence, respectfully.

I'm one of those people who can wear black nail polish and listen to //30 Seconds to Mars// (the most awesome band ever!!!) and still get totally hyper. I love going crazy with my friends, watching freaky TV shows and reading dark fantasy books. I'm obsessed with writing (short stories, poems, etc.) despite the fact that most people find my writing depressing and dark. My most prized possession is most probably my black Converse Allstars, or maybe my computer. My dreams are to publish a bestselling book, become a doctor, and dye my hair black (no way my parents are ever going to let me, though).

My favorite quote is "Carpe Diem", or, in English, "Seize the day". I believe that although life isn't easy, it's up to us to make the most of it. There is so much we can change, so much we can accomplish, in this world. Life may, at times, hurt, but that doesn't mean you should close your eyes to the world. Live life, don't just survive. Reach for the sky. Make your dreams come true. And seize the day; start now, for tomorrow we die.

=<span style="color: #0072ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">Avichayil =

<span style="color: #0072ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">My name is Avichayil, I was born in Jerusalem, Israel in 2.12.1993. I'm the youngest in my family after 5 brothers & sisters. The oldest is married and learning in college, then my sister she's now in college, one brother who's in the army, after that I have another sister who's doing National Service, a brother in pre-army mechina "Eli" and then me! I have 2 wonderful parents and a grandma who came on aliya 5 years ago from South- Africa and now she lives with my family. I learn in religious girls' High school – Neveh Channah. I live in Efrat, I love playing the guitar, playing soccer and spending time with friends and family. I love to go to concerts, I'm a member of Bnei – Akiva and Etgarim.

<span style="color: #0072ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">I think life is full of surprises, every day is a new day and a different day than the day before. You have the chance to do something new, special. You can help other people without noticing, you can learn something new even from friends, family and people from the street. I think that life isn't just – waking up in the morning, going to school or work, eating and going back to sleep, there is something bigger and more meaningful than that and every person needs to find it in his life.
 * <span style="color: #0072ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">"Life is like a box of chocolate – you never know what you gonna get" **

<span style="color: #0072ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">In the future I hope to be in the army or to do national service because I think that it's **really** important to give of yourself to the country (or to any other thing you believe in) and to contribute. For example my friend is volunteering in "Kav l'chaim" – an organization that helps sick children to ease their suffering and improve their chances to get better.

<span style="color: #0072ff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">I think that is amazing thing to do, to make an effort to help someone in need with out any return and to give from your time to people who are in danger and make him forget even for 2 seconds about their sickness or to make him laugh. It's not good to sit back and let the days go by… it's your life and your opportunity to do something good for you or to someone else and not just waste your time. Time is precious!

=__ Shira __=

My name is Shira. Shira, the most popular name in Israel- and I had to have it..!! Boring…just like my name is boring and un-rare- so can my life be, but I decided to make it interesting and fun. And so, every Shira I meet is different. So just like 134 million babies who are born per year I was born in 1993, April 12th 1993. I'm the oldest of 5 children, in other words- lab rat. I'm not complaining of course, I just wish I wasn’t the oldest. On the other being the oldest gives me POWERRR!! Not really... I just like to think so it makes me feel good, in some way… My sister is a year younger and one of my best friends .really. I know she copies what I wear even though she won't admit it… she lives in denial… poor girl… I love truly with all my heart. My younger bro is 11 years old and I think he thinks of me as one of his close friends witch is cool with me, he's a really good kid, sensitive and all. My 8 year old sister is an adorable spoiled brat. Just like my 4 year old brother. I love my siblings and I can't complain that I work to hard, because I don’t. I'm not spoiled, I help around the house and I help take care of the kids and of my dog- Marley. Marley is cute, loud, small and furry. She's a really good listener and good to cuddle with at night, even though she doesn't stop moving…

I love art. I love sketching and I love looking at things I've made in the past, I think its amazing a person can see his past through the creation he made, to be able to see your progress along time. To learn from what you've made. I write a lot to, I write letters to someone and don’t send them, I keep them in a box. I write my "philosophical theories", I'm a thinking girl, sometimes too much, I think think think and I write. After a while I read what iv written and its interesting to see where iv been. Where im at now. I think we always make progress and we're never at the same place, we should always be going forward, finding good points in ourselves, trying to be in harmony with ourselves and the people around us…

=Tamar=

**<span style="color: #993366; font-family: 'Viner Hand ITC'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">The world, the people in it…and me: ** <span style="color: #993366; display: block; font-family: 'viner hand itc'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni; msobidifontfamily: aharoni; text-align: left;">My name is Tamar and my life is a moving progress. <span style="color: #993366; display: block; font-family: 'viner hand itc'; font-size: 16pt; msobidifontfamily: aharoni; text-align: left;">I was born in 11\2\93, I live in Efrat and I have two big brothers and one little sister. <span style="color: #993366; font-family: 'Viner Hand ITC'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni;">Every day that past is just another normal day. When I grow up I want to do a long trip at the east, just to live the life I want, forget everything for a few months, and then to come back home and continue with my normal life. I feel there is something under everything – I know there it's there. I hate my life as they are now, I can't find something that really means for me, something meaningful. Right now I don't like the way I have to act. I learn, I eat, I sleep. I go to Bnei Akiva… and I know there is something behind all the physical things, just waiting for me to find it. <span style="color: #993366; display: block; font-family: 'viner hand itc'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni; msobidifontfamily: aharoni; text-align: left;">Last week there was an attack in India. 150 people were killed, out of them were those married couple. They lived in the Bait Chabad house (they run it), and now their one child is orphan. <span style="color: #993366; display: block; font-family: 'viner hand itc'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni; msobidifontfamily: aharoni; text-align: left;">And I keep on asking my self: why? What for? Why are there such cruel people in the world? <span style="color: #993366; display: block; font-family: 'viner hand itc'; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Aharoni; msobidifontfamily: aharoni; text-align: left;">Inside those questions the answers I look for are hidden. I think the goal and commitment of every person in the world [it doesn't matter if he is a Jew or a Christian] is to make sure the world is a safe place to every human being.

=Elisheva Ar= <span style="background-color: #004fff; color: white; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">My name is Elisheva. I was born in 15.8.93, in the capital of Israel- Jerusalem. I am the last offspring of my two shrink parents, after four successful tries. My family and I live on top of a mountain, ten minutes drive from Jerusalem. Until 8th grade I learned in a public elementary school, in 9th grade I moved to Neveh Channa- a high school for Jewish girls and I learn their until this very day. <span style="background-color: #004fff; color: white; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">My credo is "If you live in a shell, can you feel the wind?" If you live in a protective cell, you become numb to the world outside. When you're on defensive mode you will never understand any opinion other then your own. I know this is a hard way to live, I don't always manage to follow the rule I set to myself, //but I try.// <span style="background-color: #004fff; color: white; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">For example; the moment I came up with the sentence was in middle of one of my and my Jewish philosophy teacher arguments. You see, he and I don't always agree with each other, sometimes more than other. (That's an understatement.) At this occasion, we discussed about the conflict between Darwin's evolutionary theory and the Torah's man from dust story. I, of course, was on Darwin's side. After almost a whole lesson of clashes between me and him, I had an epiphany; both of us were wrong. We didn't think about what the other person was saying but how we will answer it. We were concentrating too much on replaying witty remarks and defeating the enemy that we couldn't even start to understand the others questions and answers. Unfortunately my epiphany was followed by the schools bell to end the lesson, and after that lesson the teacher avoided the subject so I didn't have the chance to try again. <span style="background-color: #004fff; color: white; display: block; font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif; text-align: left;">I still regret the lost chance, but since then I have improved a lot and I am planning to improve even more. Although I fall a lot in the temptation to just misunderstand something so that it will fit my liking, I work to overcome my urges. I have no idea what my future will hold, but every day I work to shape my future in hope that the shape won't become a bomb that will explode in my face.

= Meital =


 * My name is Meital. I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1.1.1994, after a boy and a girl and before 2 other twin girls. My mother is from Israel and my father from CA. They got married in Israel and went to the states to finish my father's degree. When I was 5 years old my family came back to Israel and decided to live in Tekoa, near Jerusalem. **
 * I learned in the elementary school in Tekoa, middle school in Alon Shevot and today I learn In 'Neve Chana' in Alon Shevot. **


 * I love music. I listen to music half of my life and the other half I play with my band. From age 5 I'm learning to play on different instruments such as: the recorder, organ, guitar, harmonica and flute but only in the past 3 years I feel fulfilled from playing the drums. I listen to music all the time on my ipod. I love many kinds of music, my favorite geners are: gothic rock, rock&roll, ambient, jazz and bossa nova. **
 * I also like very much to do sports. I play basketball since like age 9 and never stopped playing. I played in my schools team, competed in competitions and I learned 1 year of professional basketball in the Hebrew university, Jerusalem. I go several times a week in the evening to play soccer or basketball at the court next to my house, and I go 2 times a week to the Jim to work out. **


 * I don’t really know what im gonna do when I grow up. Well, I have some ideas of things that intrest me today and I consider make a living from them: music, basketball, mathematics and physics. **
 * I plan on finishing high school, going to the army, traveling around the world and then maybe go to learn in the university and work. i just want to do something that I love and that also brings in some big money. **

**<span style="display: block; font-family: 'french script mt'; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Estrangelo Edessa'; msobidifontfamily: 'estrangelo edessa'; text-align: left;">My autobiography **

Aviya I was born on March 9, 1993 in misgav ledach hospital, in Jerusalem. My parents say I came into the world with a boom. I was born with a heart defect and was immediately operated on, causing my parents to sort of miss out on the simple joy of having a first child. When I was two, my family went on shlichut for two years in Cleveland, Ohio, where I promptly forgot all my Hebrew. I now live in Efrat, and have ever since I was 4 years old. I have a difficulty recalling my earliest memory, but I am sure it consisted of having another brother. You see, I am the eldest of 6, all the following are boys. You can imagine how upsetting it was, (at the time), to find out again and again and //again//, that yes, I had //another// brother. However, I have managed to be excessively girly in spite of the male atmosphere I endure at home. My favorite movie as a girl was "the sound of music", and I sang the score from the top of the banister at home all the time. My music career started at age 7, approximately, when I began to play violin. Throughout the years I switched teachers, and won 3 scholarships between 7th and 9th grade. I began going to music camp in the country which was for all kids- religious and non-religious alike. Just like any after-school activity, practicing violin, which with the years took more and more time, clashed with other interests such as social life and school. Therefore, ever since first grade, I've been juggling all three interests. problems for me began with entering high school. I was never good at math, but I was a bright kid. So when I began 9th grade, where things got serious, math was the first thing to slip. That was the first issue, as a bright student with no problems, I had to deal with. That year was a hard one. I was thrown into a situation where my only option was to deal in the best way possible. My writing was always a way out, as I get stressed easily. I wrote from an early age and it has always been as good a way as any to express myself. So what started out as poetry and eventually stories with outlines and plots, turned into a way to let out whatever I held inside. as for hobbies,i usually enjoy sports, even though i don't play often. I like reading, listening to music of all kinds, even the crappy new stuff in addition to classical.

My favorite quote is from lord of the rings 1; "All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you." I have no doubt that I was placed where I am for a reason. No one is perfect, and the trick isn’t getting around it, it's dealing. I don’t believe in a decided future, but rather in destiny. The future is up to you, to plow your way to your destiny. There are some things I can't change; how a look, who I am and what circumstances I meet. But I do have certain opportunities, and my job is to decide what to do with what I am given.

=NAOMI= my life. Sup? My name is Naomi.(Well actually my name is eliana-I'm writing this for her and she's writing my one for me!) Born and bred in London England. I was born in st. marys hospital on the 3rd of February 1993. I am 5.1 feet tall. With crazy curly blond hair, a wild smile, and shining blue eyes. (as deep as the ocean so I am told). (Please remember-this is ELIANA!) I have three siblings and thank god two healthy parents and 4 grandparents. One of the most important things in my life is sport. Netball, football, gymnastics and more. I just love being active. One of the other important things in my life is FOOD! In my opinion food is one of the main reasons for living. For example…I can honestly say that "Bailey's Irish Cream" has saved my life on a number of occasions. I don’t know what id do with out it! My mother Mrs. Madeline Esther (even though I hate saying it) is probably the coolest mum I know! She is my role model my rock and my best friend! From an early age my mum would die her hair purple, green, orange, and that was on her less adventurous days.She would take me shopping, chat with me and my friends…basically a dream mum. At the age of fourteen- my life came to an end. (well technically I am being a little dramatic) I didn’t die, but in some ways I did. My parents decided to come on Aliya. My whole life I have dreamt about coming to Israel. But when it came to crunch time, honestly…I was petrified. Now exactly one year later I am sitting in a Neve Chana classroom and although I wont admit it to my parents I am loving the life I have in Israel. (Tip: if you say your miserable you get LOADS of presents) As I mentioned earlier I love sports. In Israel there aren't many options for girls to do sport. But after a little searching, determination and practice I managed to get my self onto the "Israel Maccabai Netball Team" one day I plan to be professional. (And people will pay to read this). My best friend is girl called Eliana. She lived in London on the same street as me for 13 joyful years. And then to my great dismay she abandoned me and made aliya. Obviously we are a match made in heaven, because as you might have guessed, we know live (once again) 5 minutes away from each other, and carry on our troublemaking just in a little hotter climate. God and Religion is a big part of my life. The Kotel (Waling wall) for me is like a second home, were I am always welcome. I believe God is my father and I love him. My life motto is: "don’t let the fear of striking out, keep you from playing the game"-I believe that life is hard, we constantly run into problems but you cant let that stop you from living your life, the way you want to. You have to get out there and do what you have to do! Another one of my hobbies is shopping. I find the joy of wondering around with not a care in the world through a shopping mall is bliss. Last year I went through a life changing experience. I discovered Abercrombie! The best clothes store on gods planet. I hope you have learned a little about me. Honestly I don’t think you can learn that much from a paper on the internet, but I hope you have some idea of what kind of person I am. To get to know me more, please do come and visit me! At my home my school or at the kotel! Il be looking out for you! You know you love me….xoxo….gossip girl……… (By the way- hi...I'M Naomi - that was Eliana!)

=**Lelly**=

Hi I'm Lelly. I was born on the 26th of November 1992. Now I'm sixteen and like it. I am optimistic about stuff. For example throughout my life I've moved around a lot and I always tried to be optimistic about how things would turn out; and they really have turned out alright considering I moved from a small commune named 'Merav' on the top of a mountain to a big city on the other side of the world at the age of 6. And then at the age of nine I came back to the commune which had really changed while I was away in Australia and then I moved again at the age of 12 to another city- 'Beit-Shemesh' where I live to this day (way too long). Throughout my moves I found friends that helped me along and made these moves alright.

Now, when I say used to live in a commune you probably see the image of a bunch of hippies with long hair hanging around getting high. It wasn’t like that. Unfortunately. It was a much too organised little place full of young, idealistic, hard working, educational… parents. But as a kid I was the greatest way to grow up. I would finish school at one thirty and go eat lunch at the dining room with all my friends and then we would have after school activities with our age groups till four. These activities were for 1st to 6th graders, the older kids would work.

My family; lets start with my parents. My daddy's name is Daniel and he was born in England; my mummy's name is Lisa and she was born in Melbourne, Australia. They met when they where in Israel for a year after high school and then my mummy went back to Ozzy-land for Uni (university in Australia for all you outsiders) and my daddy went to the army. And then they got together again and got married and lived happily ever after. That is, till my brothers came along. The oldest one, Harel, was born in Mevasseret-Zion about 22 years ago. He's an interesting character. Original –I'll give him that. Then my parents went on a three year trip to Australia where my other two brothers where born. Naty – also an interesting young man, all I'm gonna say. And Chucky. Later on I was born and then my little sister, she's cute, but also the source of all evil. My future: I would like to be happy and influential.

**__ My Autobiography/ Einat __** I was born on the 14th of November (my mothers 25th birthday) 1993 in Hadassah Ein-Carem in Jerusalem. My dad lived in Jerusalem as a kid. My mom on the other hand my mother was born in Riverdale which is where she grew up. They met after my mom made aliya when she was eighteen. I have a big brother who's seventeen in 12th grade and 3 little sisters. One is 12 and in 7th grade, another is 8 and in 3rd grade and the last is 2 and she's the cutest thing you'll ever meet. I also have a puppy named Miko (from Pocahontas). He's a mix between a golden retriever a German Shepard and a Labrador. He is currently in doggy military school where he will be trained because he already managed to eat a full plate of brownies by jumping on the counter. I live with my family in Beit-Shemesh Israel. I go to Neve Chana (shocking news…) in Gosh Etzion and life's good.

One thing that is extremely important in my life is my sniff. No, I'm not talking about the action you do with your nose. The sniff is my branch of the youth group (Ezra) to which I belong. On Tuesdays and Saturday we all meet at the end of my street and the counselors do an activity for the age group they were assigned to. You get assigned to an age group at 10th grade and then you become their councilor for 2 years (in most cases) and the age groups are in the range of 3rd to 9th grade. Till now I was one of the kids who gets o be part of the activities. In the beginning of this year along with all the rest of my friends I got assigned to an age group-as did all my friends- and now I'm their counselor (all by myself <span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Script MT Bold'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Script MT Bold'; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings; msoasciifontfamily: 'script mt bold'; msochartype: symbol; msohansifontfamily: 'script mt bold'; msosymbolfontfamily: wingdings;">L ). My age group is 5th grade. So every Tuesday and Saturday I go and give an activity to twenty adorable 10 year olds whom I absolutely love! In the past month there's been this thing where every group makes up a dance and in the end of a month we have a big Shabbat where throughout the whole entire Shabbat we have all our meals together and then on Saturday night (after Shabbat is over) everyone performs the dance they invented. So for the past month it's been sleepless night with many, many, many rehearsals and night where I listened to same song over and over again until I found the perfect move to put in. but I know that the performance will be amazing and I trust them to be awesome so it'll all be worth it.

Speaking of the sniff I have there the best friend in the world! We are a small group of ten girls so we're all best friends and we talk and hang out all the time. And it's not like there are cliques inside this group of ten girls we're all literally best friends and we talk with each other about everything. In this autobiographical profile thing I'm also expected to tell about my favorite things. So my favorite book would have to be __"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"__. The Sisterhood books are really good and I recommend them to anyone who was considering reading them! They're fun' interesting good for any mood and talk about situations that come up in our everyday lives but still have that little bit of fantasy that makes it such a good book. These books will make you laugh and they'll make you cry. They'll make you feel exactly what the characters are feeling. The books talk about a group of four best friends who have been together since they were born and have never been apart. The first time they separate is on the summer of they're 16th birthday. Right before they part they find a pair of pants in one of they're closets that magically fit them all regardless to their different body structures. These pants keep them together every time they part throughout the four books. These books talk about friendship and about life in general. They show that as close friends as you are sometimes you need to take some space. You still need to keep in touch but its important to have your own life.

I've experienced this personally when I had two best friends. One of them was my best friend since she made aliya at the end of 6th grade. The other was my best friend for forever. The three of us were inseparable. We were ALWAYS together. Even after school instead of going our own ways we would hang out. In 8th grade I decided I needed to get out (and I was sick of my school) so I moved a school. It was hard moving without them, being here just me (and a friend who I'm slightly less close to) in a whole new place. I'm still not fully myself here without them but I think it did us some good not being together twenty four\seven. Even though one of them didn't speak to me for 4 months and I barley saw the other eventually we made up and our friendship is better now than ever.

Another thing you should probably know about me is that I'm extremely tall. When I say extremely tall I mean that when you ask my friends to describe me the first thing they'd say will be "other than tall?" (About 1.72 centimeters and in feet I'm like 5"10). I have brown eyes and brown hair (well dirty blond-big deal) and I'm not that much of an interesting person other than what I already wrote (which I can't say was extremely interesting...) if you really want here are more details about me:
 * Favorite Movie: ** I have none. It's somewhere between __A Walk to Remember,__ __The Lion King,__ and __Pirates of the Caribbean.__ So I'm pretty much good with any movie.
 * Favorite Artist: ** I don't have any favorite song so I can't go by that and as for favorite artist I have a new one every month. This month it's Taylor Swift. This month I think she's awesome and she writes really good songs. Next month I'll probably find someone new but for now she's my favorite.
 * Favorite Food: ** again I don't really have one. I'll eat almost anything but I'll probably choose chocolate. (I should probably choose something I actually have a clear answer. On that note-)
 * Favorite TV Show: ** Gossip Girl. No question. It's my guilty pleasure. My mom's not so happy about the fact that I watch it but she's not stopping me from watching it. I know it's really shallow but it's a really fun show to watch and it's really addictive.

So I think that basically sums up my amazing interesting life and personality. As for the rest of life- well I guess we'll just have to wait and see.