Plenty of Isreali families, especially in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa, are eager to employ mother's helpers, even those who lack experience but are prepared to work very long hours.
Many stories circulate of exploitation and ill treatment of live-in helpers.
A considerable amount of housework will be expected of mother's helpers, and plenty of evening baby-sitting.
Au Pairs should receive a day-and-a-half off per week, though those are not always consecative.
Virtually all au pairs work in Isreal on tourist visas.
In return for this hard work, wages are moderately high.
Those who stay for an entire year have a chance of having their fare home paid for by the family as well as a two-week paid salary.
In some cases, families will give their employee a week's holiday after six months.
The standard starting wages in the shekelnequivalent of $750-$799 per month approx.
Advertisments appear constantly in papers like the Jeruselum Post.
Not that many ads that sound attractive are placed by agencies when you telephone they say that the advertised job has been taken but the have others on their books.
You should be prepared to learn how to keep a kosher kitchen.
