Based on interviewing and observation in a "transition village" near Jerusalem, inhabited by newcomers from Kurdistan (Iraq). The description contains: establishing of new families, pregnancy, the newborn and interest in his education (toilet training, sleeping, suckling, weeping), the infant (emotional relation to him, eating and sleeping habits, washing, interest in the child and taking care of him). Not irrelevant changes in traditional rearing patterns are observed in the new dwelling place of the newcomers.