Being among huge crowds of Anglos is not necessarily the best thing. On one hand, your kids will have an easier time in school if they are in an area that’s used to dealing with olim. On the other hand, the Hebrew skills develop much faster if you are not among so many olim. We rejected Beit Shemesh for the same reason Anonymouse1079 did. Almost all the kids in our neighborhood here (in the Shomron) were born here to American parents, so they are fluent in, and prefer to speak, Hebrew. My kids’ Hebrew is much better than their friends in Beit Shemesh who have been here longer.
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