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Overview

  • 17 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, Hebrew (modern); learning Arabic, French, Spanish
  • 39, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • No occupation listed
  • MBA & Gender studies
  • No hometown listed
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About Me

Hi Hi!
In a continuing journey to free up my mind, educate myself and experience what the world offers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've been couchsurfing for about 2 months back in 2008 in New York, Boston & Toronto and got to meet some awesome people, I was so lucky.
When I was living in Jerusalem I host Mike and then also Brian - both NY folks.

Interests

Languages & Linguistics, Dancing, Music, Tennis, Feminism, LGBTQ issues, Queer Activism, Sustainability, Healthy food etc.

  • dancing
  • vegan
  • latin music
  • tennis
  • table tennis
  • languages
  • lgbt
  • documentary
  • activism
  • feminism
  • queer
  • libraries
  • urbanism
  • academia
  • pinkwashing

Music, Movies, and Books

Manu Chao, Sting, Israeli Yehudit Ravitz, Brazilian Novos Baianos etc.

*Documentary films*

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Participated in Spencer Tunick Installation at the Dead Sea in Israel. It was a life-changing experience!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Hebrew, Tennis and Table tennis.
I can share my experience of being gay in Israel, discuss the tension between hetero-normative society and queer existence, and not necessarily in Tel-Aviv!

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Israel

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