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\"rebecca-1\"<\/a>By Simone Somekh*<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the past decade, the trend has arisen for adolescent Italian high-school students to engage in study-abroad programs for a semester, or \u2014 in order to fully submerge themselves in the foreign country of their choice \u2014 for a full academic year. Despite the Italian schooling system being drastically different compared to the ones elsewhere, more and more students, and their parents, decide that this life changing experience is worth the hassles. Thus numerous young and brave individuals have been travelling to several English-speaking destinations, such as the States, Australia, and England. The aims of such experience are clear: learning English, exploring a new culture, and ultimately expanding one\u2019s horizons before making the difficult decisions that arise after high school. <\/p>\n

Among the many teenagers from the Italian Jewish schools who are studying abroad this year, there is Rebecca Raccah, a 17-year-old girl from Rome, who is spending one semester at Miami\u2019s Sheck Hillel Community School.
\n\u201cI\u2019ve always had the goal to come to the States,\u201d she said. \u201cIn the very beginning, it was a shock for me. In Rome I know everyone in the community. Here everything is bigger and it feels dispersive. There are so many different Jewish communities, so being Jewish here is\u2026 normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"rebecca-2\"<\/a>Such normality implies the lack of the sense of belonging and reciprocal protection that characterizes the Jewish community in Rome, explained Rebecca.
\nIt took a few weeks for the Roman student to feel at home in Miami. The warm weather \u2014 \u201cI\u2019m going to the beach today. And it\u2019s February!\u201d \u2014 the family who is hosting her, and the large, vibrant school she is attending all helped make her experience a relaxed and enjoyable one. \u201cThey call me \u2018the Italian\u2019 at school,\u201d she confessed, \u201cand tonight \u201cmy family\u201d is taking me to see Bocelli live in concert. It\u2019s pretty funny, because I\u2019ve never seen him in Italy. I had to come all the way to the States for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, she found the American society to have a whole different dynamic if compared to Italy. Coming from the frenzy and chaos of Rome, Rebecca was astonished to see how \u201cchilled\u201d Miami is. \u201cI\u2019m a control freak. Adapting to Miami was quite the challenge\u201d.
\nThough she misses her family and friends back in Italy, Rebecca is enjoying every minute of her chilled life in Florida \u2014 meeting new people every day, trying exotic kosher foods, exploring the city from the seat of Uber cars, challenging her level of English with many interesting classes, and hanging out at the typically American \u201chouse parties.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to get the best out of this semester abroad,\u201d she said. The Jewish school of Rome, unlike many other schools in Italy, has been very supportive of students like Rebecca; five other people from her class are doing a similar experience abroad. \u201cIt\u2019s a challenge for me, since I\u2019ve always lived in the same environment. It\u2019s helping me become more independent and to improve as an individual.\u201d<\/p>\n

*Simone Somekh is a student at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, and works as a freelance writer. Shirly Piperno, fashion styling and communication student at Istituto Marangoni, London, contributed reporting.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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