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Sep 22, 2019, 8:07 AM

And sometimes, it’s okay not to be okay

Foreword: I'm not trying to give advice, just sharing my narrative and putting my perspective out there. If there's something that you find applicable or relatable, I feel that I put my energy into the universe. As I write...

Oct 13, 2016, 5:48 PM

A New Year, A New Me: Tales from a Struggling 20 Something

CAUTION: This is long and filled with many entertaining exaggerated similes. I am not a clinical psychologists, but it may be worth your time if you're a "20 something", or any stage in life, and you are feeling all...

Jul 14, 2015, 4:33 PM

An Intern’s Promised Land of Start-ups

Offices of a Jerusalem start-up (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Small but very tech-savvy, Israel offers a plethora of possibilities for students seeking a summer experience they can bank on for the future

Jan 28, 2015, 1:06 AM

After All This Time, and The Wounds Are Still Sore…

Today is the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army, and at the former concentration camp world leaders and survivors congregate to remember the anniversary of liberation and those who perished. For the survivors, their...

Nov 25, 2014, 8:53 PM

The Burning of Two Cities

I couldn't sleep at all last night. Not because I had a midterm today, not because my room isn't winterized, but because of the violence and deterioration that is occurring in my city. No, I'm not talking about Jerusalem,...

Jul 24, 2014, 11:59 PM

Are you being helpful or hurtful?

I can't imagine how the summer for the residents and tourists of Israel has been, especially in the southern region where the rocket bombardment is never ending and a new terror tunnel is discovered. There are thousands of different...

May 22, 2014, 12:30 AM

A little belated Independence…

Advisory: I wrote this about a week and a half ago around Yom Ha'Shoah/Yom Ha'Zikaron/Yom Ha'Atamaut. Enjoy. I call this, "Independence from What?" --- Today may seem like any ordinary day, but I woke up today with a sense of meaning. ...

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Gayleh (Gay Oleh), once hailing from the middle west and ventured to the Middle East. Avid adventurer, investigator, and passion discoverer. I like to tell stories and embrace the power of story telling to leverage different narratives.