By Ethan To volunteer for Israel’s national ambulance service, I took a sixty hour course that lasted just over a week. Morning ’til night, every day, learning everything from CPR to responding to poisonings and septic shock. Passing this course is the minimum requirement to be allowed on an ambulance. It was grueling to sit […]
By Ethan When trying to explain to someone its small physical size, people frequently compare Israel to New Jersey. But what you don’t hear as much is that Israel feels much smaller than New Jersey. I gained a new appreciation for this small-world feel when I went to a quaint cafe across the street from […]
By Ethan I anticipated that joining the Israeli workforce, even as an unpaid intern, would open my eyes to new elements of Israel’s culture– I was right. Over the last couple months, I worked at two different places, met many interesting people from varying backgrounds, and poured long hours in to feel the rewards of […]
By Ethan Through a month and half in Israel, I feel like a tourist and a local simultaneously. Like a tourist, when Israelis speak to me in English, even when I speak to them in Hebrew. Like a local, when I can adeptly navigate Israel’s public transportation, from bus to train to bus to final […]
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