Not long ago, I celebrated Yom Kippur, the holiest date on the Jewish calendar. Well, not really “celebrated” – I fasted for 24 hours, I refrained from work, I reflected. In the past, I hated the fact that one cannot drive, use public transportation, or dine out during the holiday. I saw it as religious […]

Call it coincidence or call it fate, but precisely one year apart, both my mom and my sister were diagnosed with the exact same cancer. Yesterday, a year after my mom was operated for breast cancer, my sister was in the operating room for the same surgery, in the same hospital, operated by the same […]

There’s this gorgeous beach I like to visit while I’m in Israel. Every sunset it’s filled by senior citizens who park their electric carts on the path leading to the beach. Walking down the path is impossible for them, so they watch the sunset from afar. My heart yearns when I see this. It reminds […]

I love flying. Even the long 10+ hours flights. Even the screaming kids. I know, weird. But that’s me. There are many reasons why I like flying but a big one is that it kind of forces me to be with myself. To switch my mobile into flight mode and unplug. Yesterday, while flying across […]

Yesterday was my last day in the Canary Islands and I spent most of it in nature, in the mountains and the desert lands. There are many great things about the mountains of Gran Canaria, but for me, one thing stood out: The non-existent internet access. The more I travel, the more i realize the […]