I am a 20 year old currently living in philadelphia. I grew up in philadelphia, spent two years away from it, and now am back. The first year away I spent in Israel, doing social justice work/informal education/anti occupation work. It was a challenging year for many reasons, mostly because Israel is an incredibly hard place but also very connected to Judaism which is something important to me. The next year away I spent at a small liberal arts school in North Carolina. the school is focused on environmentalism and sustainability, both important things to me, so I spent much of my year doing stuff around that. I worked at a recycling center where I worked on waste management and waste decrease. Now I am living in philadelphia doing community college, working, activism, and volunteer work.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've spent a long time being part of a Jewish youth movement, and it has been an important community for me. It has shaped me and made me who I am today. But recently I am realizing it is the main source of community for me, and I want to have more places of community. It has been challenging having one mocement be the center of community for me. I realized that community is so so important and gives me energy and guidance in life, so I want more sources of community. I want to meet new people and explore new places, and couch surfing seems like an amazing community to do that through.

Interests

• reading
• hiking
• rowing
• farming
• being in nature
• being outside
• compost
• being goofy
• dancing silly
• sorting trash

Music, Movies, and Books

Books: this changes everything by naomi Klein,
the art of loving by erik Fromm,
Deep nature by bill mckibben
On care for our common home by pope Francis
On palestinian resistance by mazin quimsiyah
the beauty myth by naomi wolf

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Cyprus, France, Israel, Palestine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel, United States