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friends with whom I live, I feel that I am exactly where I am
meant to be.

In my day-to-day life, I am an educator at the Eshbal Youth
Society boarding school – a place for at-risk youth who
need distance from their homes seeking to make for
themselves a better path in life. This work has been very
important and central in my life for the last few years. My
students have been my window into Israeli society, in every
way. They come from every corner of society and bring me
new perspectives and new connections. Last year, my
students finished senior year and headed off to the pre-
army prep program. This year, I joined the 11th grade staff
and I had the chance to fall in love all over again with new
group of teenagers who have come from all over Israel and
are striving together for a better life. They live together,
work together, learn together, struggle together, and
succeed together. It is my great joy to stand by their side
and witness their growth and their strength.

Just like my
students, I live
communally.
Just over a year
ago, five friends
decided to start
out on a new
adventure
together -
establishing a
new group and
living together.
Over the course
of the last year, I got to fall in love for the millionth time with
the idea of communal living. I found myself staying up late
talking to my new partners, feeling like I had all those years