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50 Years Later, a Bet on Israel Pays Off
by Zev Chafets
August 2, 2017

This week marks a personal milestone: the 50th anniversary of my arrival in Israel. I was a junior year abroad student from the University of Michigan, in search of college credits and a look at Jews in their natural habitat. It didn’t occur to me that I would wind up going native. It was not love at first sight. Israel lacked things that a boy from Pontiac, Michigan, regarded as essential elements of civilization…Everyone asked if I was planning to stay. When I said no, I got a lecture on my Zionist obligations; if I said yes, they told me I must be crazy. READ MORE