some people will do, some people not, that can create a bit of tension if the people that do it, expect everybody to do it but they shouldn't expect that, it's gonna be interesting :-)

So, how multiracial, multinational are you thinking? Will you be very oriented towards people from your country or do you think that will absolutely not be the case? It is my experience that Hebrew finds Hebrew and it quickly becomes a Tel Aviv experience. The problem being that not many non Israeli's speak Hebrew and it is also not easy to learn.