I wish I had something more profound or interesting to tell you. I love it here, I really do. Experiencing open hospitality from everyone. Everyone's door is open, and they want you to eat their food!

I don't feel judged or like I am expected to do or be anything; I feel I'm welcome and encouraged to be myself.

Spending Shabbat with my new friend Maya's family. About to meet her grandfather, who speaks only yiddish. To Zfat tonight for a "spiritual retreat" and community volunteering. Feeling in love with humanity. Feeling strong in my previous beliefs and convictions, but not needing to prove anything. Planning a trip into the Negev desert to work on an orchard, then to the West Bank to learn about the other side of this strange relationship with colonization and displacement.

I am realizing how easy it is to practice Judaism from a secular and inclusive standpoint.

Love you all.


"All our dreams and ambitions involve us dying at some point. But it's weird because our fantasies are supposed to be ambitions. No matter what you want in life, house, money, love,  you're still going to die at some point, and our dreams should include that." -Justin