MY HOME IN THE FAVELA
In the past 7 months I was living in Rocinha, a place that had become home to me. There really are not enough words to describe the...
BEING A TEACHER
Being a teacher is a great privilege you have to live up to. Having the ability to share your knowledge with your students, and by that,...
Thoughts of strength and courage | Hanukkah
A little more than 2000 years ago, under the rule of the Seleucid empire, our nation was in distress. A small group, the Maccabees,...
Thoughts for Yom Kippur
“Yom Kippur does not atone for wrongs done against other human beings.” On the most important day of the year for the Jewish religion,...
Thoughts for “Rosh Hashana” | New year resolutions
As kids, we used to play a game, every “Rosh Hashana” we would say one thing that we are going to do different, or better, or new, this...
About Favela | About Rocinha
In Hebrew we have a saying: “A stranger will not understand” The other day I was walking up the street to my English class, when one of...
THOUGHTS OF HATRED AND LOVE
Too often I was underestimating the significance of kindness, of doing good. Being alone, at the other side of the world, I am always a...
SAMBA LIFE
While in Rio, great friends open my eyes to the world of Samba and Carnival, they have let me into their Samba school "Grande Rio" and...
LOST WORLDS
Tikal, Guatemala. In the middle of the jungle there's a lost world. A world that was abandoned 1000 years ago, and now belongs to the...
SHINGLES WITH THE GIRLS
LWH, San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala No such thing as garbage at Long Way Home. Everything is sorted and reused, or recycled for...
