7 posts (4 chapters, 3 poems)
April – June 2024
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The Holy Land | ארץ הקודש
Two weeks in Israel. Here’s everything I missed and didn’t.
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Hibernation | תרדמת חורף
War, alienation, and unrequited love: life in Israel.
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The Land of the Undead | ארץ האל-מתים
The Hebrew on the tombstone is the name of my maternal grandmother. Behind her is my maternal grandfather.
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The Ghost Writer, Part 1 | סופר הצללים, חלק א’
Earth was a haunted mansion, and I believed in ghosts now. I was falling in love with them.
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The Ghost Writer, Part 2 | סופר הצללים, חלק ב’
More war, more nightmares, and more alienation take me back to middle school. I finally begin to fall out of love.
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The Ghost Writer, Part 3 | סופר הצללים, חלק ג’
Free from the shackles of love, I regain the ability to cry, grow close to my Israeli friends and family, attend Tel Aviv Pride, and bid war-zone Israel a sad farewell.
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Shalom | שלום
Shalom to Israel, shalom to love.
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Israel, Synopsis | ישראל, תקציר
I returned to my most hated place on Earth after the trip of a lifetime to war, arguments, and peer pressure. After sinking into loneliness and depression, I finally got over my unrequited love, grew close to my friends and family, and left Israel as a tougher, more appreciative person.