Alex Gossland:
CLASS OF 1964
Beverly Hills High SchoolClass of 1964
Beverly hills, CA
Berkeley Hall SchoolClass of 1960
Los angeles, CA
Alex's Story
O.K., let's see if I can squeeze 70 yrs into a few words. It'll be the shortest autobiography on record, but lets go for it : Just added a couple of updates today - August 23, 2017.
Enjoy ! !
Born December3, 1946
Born in N.Y., Raised in Beverly Hills, West L.A
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Attended Berkeley Hall School, Beverly Hills, 1-9th grades
Started Beverly Hills High 1961 1964
Army service 1966-1969 ( Vietnam Vet / disabled )
Monterey Peninsula College 1969-1971
Moved to Israel as a kibbutz volunteer 1973-75 ( Converted to Judaism 1975 - Israeli name Arieh ben Israel )
Back to California 1975-1977 ( high-risk construction )
Back to Israel 1977-1980 ( Served in Israeli Defense Forces - I. D. F. )
Traveled through Europe for a year in 1980
Returned to States 1980-1984 ( high-risk construction )
Met future wife Jan in San Francisco, we moved to Canada for my work in November '84
Worked in Vancouver, B.C., Canada 1984-1987 ( high-risk construction )
Jan converted to Judaism in Canada. ( Yep, we're both nuts ! :-) )
Married and moved to Israel permanently in 1987
Finally took a 3 week vacation after 25 yrs to Amsterdam ( I'm STILL pretty fuzzy about details . . . . .)
Married 30+ yrs to wife Jan ( Aviva )
Two sons, Ariel and Eliel, both married to Moroccan wives Ariel and Bat-el & Eliel and Tehila ...Expand for more
( One now in Texas, One in Ma'alot, Israel )
One granddaughter ( Micah ) born to Eliel and Tehila in Israel and another ( Ella ) just born to Ariel and Bat-el in Texas
UPDATE/ August 23, 2017 .. . . Welcomed a bright, shiny new grandson, Lee-El, to Ariel and Bat-El in Texas now four months old
LOVE being a grandpa !!
Worked high-risk construction, high tech support fabrication ( quartz glass welder for microchip industry )
Retired since 2003 and LOVING IT ! ! ! !
Just a small note here; on my profile it has me placed in Reston, VA . . . .BUT that's only because my zip code in Israel ( 20196 ) matches Reston, VA while the CM address form DOES NOT ( apparently ) allow for overseas addresses. ? ?? Go figure. . . . .
Hobbies:
Blues guitar ( just started learning from one of my English students ) ( August, 2017 )
History and philosophy buff , but loves to read anything and everything interesting.
Bullfighting aficionado ( Juan Jose Padilla. . . El Pirata !! Conchi Rios !! )
Japanese culture / movies / martial arts lover
Private English teacher
Horseback riding
Darts fanatic
Love the craziness and multiculturalism of Israel, My family and I wouldn't live anywhere else,
O.K. . . . . . . Now lets hear from you guys . . . . we've got A LOT of catching up to do ! ! ! :-)
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