Jo Sugarman

A humourous take on making Aliyah

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Jan 11, 2025, 4:03 PM

Exercise is not for me

Triathletes. (iStock)

But my husband is a pro, so I go out to cheer him through his triathlon, gel-packs and all (no, I don't know how we last as a couple)

Apr 24, 2020, 2:24 PM

Lockdown Schmockdown

Things have changed rather a lot since my last blog (which I think was back in 1979). People are finally cottoning on to the fact that the only way to save the world and all of humanity (in the...

Aug 2, 2018, 2:46 PM

I’m not a great housewife

If I could clean just once, I'd pat myself on the back, and put the cleaning stuff away. Forever.

Oct 28, 2016, 6:38 AM

I’m a TV addict

So I have a confession to make… I’m a TV addict. Which means I spend an awful lot of time on my beige sofa. Friends and family are taken aback to see me standing up. When face-timing, (an extremely rare occurrence),...

Oct 19, 2016, 3:18 PM

Where it all began

The decision was made. We were making Aliyah. We had hummed and haa-ed for 20 years, should we, shouldn’t we? (We’re not the quickest decision makers). After extensive internet research and googling ‘Reasons to make Aliyah’, it boiled down...

Jan 20, 2016, 7:13 PM

I can’t speak Hebrew

After a year and a half in Israel – I have a confession to make…. I can’t speak Hebrew. It’s mortifying. Every time a visitor arrives, their first words are ’How’s your Ivrit? You must be fluent by now’. And I...

Jan 7, 2016, 4:58 PM

God I miss Tesco

So a year and a half after making Aliyah – I have a confession to make… I am not a huge fan of Israeli supermarkets. It’s been a long time coming. At first, I loved them. I was amused by the...

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About Me

Jo Sugarman is a reasonably good mother and wife and just wants an easy life playing Candy Crush. But when her husband informed her that you don't get an ACTUAL prize for reaching level 14,896 she thought she would try writing a blog instead. She is 55, made Aliyah 10 years ago from the UK and lives in Netanya, Israel with her husband and two of her three adult children. She still cannot speak Hebrew.

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