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Favorite character – Hmm, David. I’m studying the book of Psalms right now, and I just get to know him very personally… To the extent think he was claustrophobic 🙂 And he is a literal archetype for Jesus Christ!

Favorite verse – Hmm… It kinda depends on how I feel, because different verses fit for different times 🙂 But I won’t cheat. Hmm, I think Psalm 31:22 is one of my favorites:

”In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!”. Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.”

Current study – As I said, I’m studying the Psalms, one by one – I’m currently in Psalm 33. Sometimes I do only one verse a day, but my goal is quality, not quantity – I don’t want to eat a lot, I want to eat and digest the food, otherwise it doesn’t give me a lot. Though sometimes I AM lazy… Yeah, not something I’m proud of. I should fix it…

I’m from between the Negev desert and the Judean desert, not so far from the Judean mountains. It’s hot and dry there, though the last week was surprisingly cool and cloudy, with an amazing cool western wind. I even slept with a hoodie.

In general, we have cool winters (50-63 f) with a low precipitation – rains, hail once in 2-3 years, and snow once in 7 years. Once or twice a year we have coldwaves, and it’s 38, and might even get to 32 at night. My father says you can easily get frostbites at such a windy night.

The summers are hot (around 86) and dry, but we have cool wind in the afternoon, so it’s not that bad. Sometimes we have windless days, and it’s around 104, and you feel like in an oven 😉

My area is a made of hills, that turn into small cliffs and canyons as you move eastward, towards the Dead Sea. The vegetation there is small, thorny bushes – I think it could’ve been more vegetated, but the Bedouins herd their flocks in the area, so it’s hard for vegetation to grow. As you move northward, there are the shrublands of the mountains of Hebron, and than, there are Mediterranean grasslands, groves and forests.

The cities…  I don’t think I got the question… 😅

The people… Umm, it depends. Much like the USA, Israel is a mosaic of different cultures and ethnicities.

Ethnically, the Jews are made of 3 main groups. Ashkenazi (European) Jews, like me, are light skinned, and have all variety of hair and eye colors. There are black haired, brown eyed Ashkenazis, and there are blond, blue eyed Ashkenazis. Mizrahi (Middle-Eastern and North-African) Jews are olive skinned, dark haired (dark brown to black), and dark eyed. And <b>Ethiopian</b> Jews are dark-brown skinned, and have dark eyes and curly, black hair.

Religiously, things are way more complicated. Secular Jews (like my family and friends) are usually Ashkenazi, and are atheists, agnostics or believe in ”a god”, but it has no influence on their lives. They’re very similar to American secular people, so I won’t talk too much about them 🙂 Tradition-keepers are those who’re not really religious, but are closer to the Jewish religion than the secular people. They usually eat only Kosher food, fast at the day of atonement, and maybe even put Tephilin and go to the synagogue at Sabbaths. There are also more secular tradition keepers, that do keep some Mitzvah’s, but are generally closer in their lifestyle to secular people. National-<b>Religious</b> Jews are actually religious – they wear Kippah’s and Tsitsit’s, go to the synagogue daily, and keep the Mitzvah’s (of the Rabbinical Judaism, not of the OT). Most of them also study some time in a Yeshiva (a Jewish tradition college). They also vary, and I know religious Jews who believe that man evolved from apes and that there are no logical proofs for God’s existence (I have no idea why aren’t they atheists), but those are few. Haredi (ultra orthodox) Jews live in closed communities, with strict dress rules that preserve the clothing of their ancestors from 19th century Poland (I have no idea how they survive our summers with long, black coats). They strictly keep the Jewish traditions, and most of their men don’t work or even go to the army, but dedicate their lives to study the Jewish tradition. Rabbis (Jewish religious leaders) are sometimes viewed there as holy, and in some sects, it’s common to have photos of Rabbis as talismans for luck and wealth. They’re political parasites, and will go with any party as long as it exempts them from paying taxes and serving in the army, and gives them money for nothing.

The Israeli Arabs are ethnically similar to one another, and in general, look like Mizrahi Jews 🙂 The majority of the Arabs is Muslim. The Israeli Arabs tend to be nicer, and while they go to the mosque, wear Hijab and so on, they (thankfully) don’t follow Muhammad’s command to murder unbelievers. The Palestinian Arabs tend to be more extreme, due to their poverty and lack of rights (thanks to their corrupted leadership). There’s also a Christian minority (mostly Catholic and orthodox), that is generally richer and more educated. There are also the Druzes – A sect that nobody, except their elders, really knows what do they believe in, though it’s known they believe in reincarnation, and are monotheists. They’re very loyal to the country they live in, so many Druzes serve in the Israeli military and even get officer ranks.

So, what unifies all of those people to be Israeli? Umm… I’m not quite sure 🙂

I’m male, 15, will start 10th grade in September. I have no idea what to work in… I have so many options! I love Arabic and biology, I’m good in speaking and writing, and sometimes I think if God calls me to be an apologist (I’m not sure yet – He’ll tell me when the time will come). I was in the USA one time, in NJ and NY. I hope to visit the Creation museum and / or the ark encounter someday 😀

How old are you? What do you want to do in the future?