Ten days to go!

On January the 30th I'm going to visit Israel for the third time.
First there was a holiday with the family, a lot of sightseeing and really not eanough icecream for us children considering the hot desertweather.

About ten years later I returned to visit some friends, to see the most impressive spots with the eyes of an adult and to get a first impression of the daily live of Israelis.

This time my friends will celebrate their wedding, I will show my favourite places to another friend who hasn't been to Israel so far - and I will visit, live among and study the Domari Society of Jerusalem.

Coincidence and my friend Julie brought me in contact with the Domari Society Center which was founded in 1999 to establich a better live for the Dom people - the gypsys of Jerusalem.
Thats how I started my research and with every word I read, with every book that didn't mention the Dom of Jerusalem and with every question I couldn't answer my interest in the Dom grew.
I decided to stay for five weeks in Jerusalem and I want to get to know them their traditions and ideas, the way they live and - and this will be the subject of my study - about their economical strategies.

But this blog is not about economy at all. I will need a lot of help, information, patience, openness and other things I don't even expect today from the Dom people to fulfill my task. This diary is my thank-you-gift for them where I want to share my experiences and my fascination, where I will tell about my impressions and - if they allow me to - about some of the people I meet. This blog is supposed to make the Dom people and their issues a little bit more popular.
So: spread the word, please.

Join me on my journey and don't hesitate to ask questions or comment.