That evening my wife found me lying on the floor in the living room. Hands tossed aside, gaze unfocused, my breathing heavy. Lying next to me, she gently put her arms around me. “What happened”, she asked. “I think I’m having a panic attack”, I told her. It was the first of many.
Continue reading “The Breakdown of an Immigrant Brain – My Neurotic, Year-long Journey to a Life Without a Country”Dear Expat, So Where is Your Home?
Ever since we left our familiar life in Israel, and moved to the Аmerican continent, we haven’t stayed long in one place. Six months living in Vancouver, five months in Mexico, two months in the heat and rain of Nicaragua and Costa Rica, four months in Colombia, followed by Ecuador and Peru. One of the things I have been enjoying most about this nomadic lifestyle is the sense of living in the present. Gone are the days of planning holidays, vacations, next career steps. In a few days we’ll pack our bags again and head to Chile. How long are we going to stay there? I don’t know, and that’s what I love about it. Continue reading “Dear Expat, So Where is Your Home?”
If You Want To Live In a Great Country, Move to Australia
My last post, in which I call for a new agenda for Israel (one that focuses more on being a great country for its citizens and less on being a Jewish state) has gathered a lot of comments on Facebook, and so I thought I should reply to one of the most popular arguments that have been voiced. Continue reading “If You Want To Live In a Great Country, Move to Australia”