Health gurus from the most holistic to the strictly medical all agree that when you’ve got stress, it shows up somewhere on your body. Some people get headaches or cramps, others have joint trouble or pain in random body parts. When I’m stressed, I feel it in my upper back and in my throat, […]

Who’d have thought it? Here I am, living out a dream in one of the most beautiful places the world, and yet I found myself overcome with a wave of homesickness today.

I was chatting on Skype with my sister Shira, who was telling me that it’s already getting cold in Boston. Despite my […]

The craziness of the past two weeks–rushing to find a new place, jumping into school, mountain-climbing on a regular basis- caught up with me around noon today, and I hit a major wall. I could barely keep my eyes open, which was a little awkward since I was sitting in the front row of […]

For some reason, I was under the impression that Israel was some kind of third world country where the cost of living was laughably low. I was enchanted by the thought of heading to the shuk (outdoor market) and trading bits of string or an old Debbie Gibson tape for my weekly groceries. Not […]

America is a country obsessed with health and fitness. On every block you’ll find a gym of one sort or another, and all the weekly trash mags are constantly touting the latest health craze (”The Stairmaster Colon Cleanse!”, “Arctic Yoga: Build an Igloo and Strengthen your Heart Chakra!”). But I’ll tell you something: even […]

Quite a bit has changed in my life since last I wrote. After losing my mother to cancer three months ago, I was given the opportunity to reevaluate my life and look hard at the things I wanted. Having carried the dream of living and learning in Israel for over five years, I realized […]