Suitcases is meesvadot. That's our funniest story. Still, for the time being, I'm the best Hebrew speaker in the family and mostly I've been able to navigate just fine, often without using English. I certainly wouldn't try to give a talk in Hebrew though. He understands more than half of what is going on, I think, so that's not bad.
School here is different than the states.
Six days per week, with a short day on Fridays. A regular elementary goes from 8 until 1, only 5 hours per day, and on Fridays from 8 until 12. And because of the need to employ so many musicians from the former Soviet Union, the city funds a strong after-school music program where the kids can get their instrument lessons after school. So Joshua will take piano and trumpet lessons at school from concert musicians. Orly is not in school yet.