Hey, I'm Jonathan (pronounced "Yonatan" in some languages). Born and raised in Tel Aviv, I grew up becoming a wanderlust. I've lived for some time in NYC, in Jerusalem, in Vienna and in Munich, and often you'll find me traveling somewhere around the world!

I am currently a BA student in Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I also work occasionally as a freelance filmmaker and a video editor. But what truly excites me the most is traveling and exploring the world, studying new languages, cities and cultures, and getting to know new people and making friends in every new place I reach.

Interests

• photography
• vegetarian
• running
• meditation
• walking
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• live music
• cycling
• scuba diving
• languages
• philosophy
• nature
• buddhism
• mindfulness

Music, Movies, and Books

// TV SERIES

Six Feet Under, Breaking Bad, House of Cards, Fargo, Lost, Brön (the Swedish-Danish version of "The Bridge"), The Good Wife, Better Call Saul, The West Wing, Seinfeld, Planet Earth

// MOVIES

Moonrise Kingdom (and all Wes Anderson's movies), Toy Story (and all Pixar's classic movies), Pulp Fiction (Tarantino's best one), Full Metal Jacket (my personal favorite of Stanley Kubrick), Being John Malkovitch (and all Charlie Kaufman's) and many more...

// BOOKS

The Little Prince / Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Old Man and the Sea / Ernest Hemingway
Norwegian Wood / Haruki Morakami
Man's Search for Meaning / Viktor Frankl
The Prophet / Khalil Gibran
Israeli literature (Amos Oz, Meir Shalev, Etgar Kerret among my favorite authors)

// MUSIC

Debussy, Mozart, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Beck, Sufjan Stevens, Velvet Underground, Beatles, Childish Gambino, Anderson .Paak, Air, James Blake, Moses Sumney, Son Lux, Flying Lotus, Snarky Puppy, D'Angelo, TV On the Radio, Belle and Sebastian, Simon and Garfunkel, Polo and Pan, and so much more...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

• I traveled across the desert dunes of Namibia
• I skydived over the skyline of Dubai
• I crossed the world's highest motorable mountain pass - on a motorbike!
• I backpacked all over India and SE-Asia for 365 days

Teach, Learn, Share

I love discussing culture and languages, philosophy, religions and Buddhism, politics or anything that's on your mind. And better to do this while exploring new places, going for people-watching or just enjoying the nature or the city life :)

What I Can Share with Hosts

I'm traveling with a Ukulele (a small 4 string guitar), and I would love to teach you how to play some songs, or just jam and sing together. I would also enjoy having a tandem language exchange - I speak Hebrew and English fluently and would like to practice my German and my French :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, Israel, United States