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Can you tell us something about the area you
are come from?
I am from Haifa, Israel. It’s the 3rd largest city in
Israel. It’s a lovely city located on the northern
slopes of Mount Carmel and around Haifa Bay,
along the Mediterranean coast of Northern Israel.
The people in Haifa are heterogeneous, and
include Jews, Muslims, Christians, Druze and
Bahá’ís.
How did you find out about
the Czech Republic, or
what inspired you to learn
about it?
I had watched the Czech
movie Kolja before I met my
wife. I didn’t know much
about the Czech Republic at
that time but I was certainly
inspired. It is a good example
of how people are responsible for their own desti-
ny and have the power to change things.
Having discovered some facts about the Czech
Republic, what made you actually move there?
My wife is Czech, and we had lived together in
Israel for one year before we ended up moving to
the Czech Republic.”
What does your family think about the Czech
Republic? How is your Czech? What are your
neighbours like? Do you perhaps plan on moving
back?
I have been living here for more than 13 years, and
for now we don’t have any plans to move back to
Israel. I have two sons, the first was born in
Israel, and the other here, in the Czech Republic.
Unfortunately, my level of the Czech language is
still poor but I don’t have any particular difficulties
getting along on a daily basis, and I can get along
with my neighbours either way. My neighbours are
wonderful and very helpful. We get together from
time to time.
Finally, what about your job
as a teacher, what is it like
teaching at The Ostrava
International School? What
technologies and tools do
you use to teach?
As a teacher at The Ostrava
International School, I really
enjoy being with teachers and
students from all over the world.
I believe that technology plays
a significant role in our lives. It improves our standard
of living and increases human productivity. At school,
I use a variety of modern technologies which
students seem to have already mastered, including
standard internet access and Google applications.
Nitzan Hollander
Israeli
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