CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy every day, try to be a good person

ABOUT ME

I love the little things in life, like admiring the intricate insides of a purple cabbage :)

PHILOSOPHY

"Remember, happiness is not a destination - it is a way of travel." -Ray Goodman

Interests

Cinema, contemporary literature, societies and cultures, environmentalism, health, food, exploring, current affairs.

• literature
• dining
• movies
• traveling

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Cafe Transit, Last Tango in Paris, The Silences of the Palace, Besieged, The Dreamlife of Angels, Will Not End Here, Princesas, The Lives of Others, Zion and his Brother, Another Year, Na Putu, Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi, Ali Zaoua - Prince of the Street, Beautiful Kate, Two Lovers, Gegenueber, La Graine et la Mullet, Le Vieil Homme et l’Enfant, Malena, Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios, On the Border of Desperation, Samson & Delilah, Soul Kitchen, This is England, Tuesday After Christmas.

Books: The Loves of Judith by Meir Shalev, Waiting by Ha Jin, ערבים רוקדים by Sayed Kashua, A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz, The Assistant by Bernard Malamud, Fruit of the Lemon by Andrea Levy, The World According to Garp by John Irving, The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, פתאום דפיקה בדלת by Etgar Keret, Ten Little Indians by Sherman Alexi, Desert Flower by Waris Dirie, The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb, Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen, Persian Brides by Dorit Rabinyan, Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth, The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, Mr. Mani by A.B. Yehoshua, Isaac Bashevis Singer, S.Y. Agnon, Roald Dahl.

Music: Amy Winehouse, Tracy Chapman, Marvin Gaye, Miriam Makeba, Souad Massi, Eric Clapton, Adele, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Yasmin Levy, Fayrouz.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Visited the beautiful site of Petra.

Countries I’ve Visited

Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Malta, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, Germany, Israel, United States