Many of you may not be familiar with the website listed above, but this is a place where many video gamers showcase their abilities and for the more talented one, they gain spectators. The most talented (and persuasive) can even make some money with this. Professional Streamers gain donations from fans and can also set up subscription plans
I know some of what is contained here is a repeat of what I told you guys at the end of the trip, but I wanted to immortalize how I felt in the infinite vastness known as the internet. I went on birthright very much afraid of how things might play out. Being that I have Aspergers which until
Rather than write a snide post about America’s problems, or political crap that I tend to write, I will take a moment to remind those of you reading this to appreciate each other this holiday weekend. Too much negativity is spread around the world. Take this July 4th weekend to do what you love. Soldiers have fought for their lives
In this 3 part controversy series, I have moved from the most exciting issue, to finally, ending with the most bleak. The Trans-Pacific Partnership has been a controversy of late. Especially as cited by the Nay Sayers who claim that the other two issues that I have already written about in length: Marriage Equality and the Confederate Flag, are nothing
Well I already addressed one of the three major issues that are all abuzz in America right now. Might as well deal with the other two. Lets get down to business. The whole country is debating about whether a certain flag is an infringement of free speech or not depending on whether one can fly it or not. Instead of
In case you have not heard by now, either due to this not being a big deal to you, or living in a country that is not the United States, or a combination of both these factors, the United States Supreme Court has upheld that all over the country, Humans have the right to love whoever they want, regardless
Birthright came to a close. As I sat in Miami looking around at the world around me, as well as looking into the mirror at the new me that had emerged from this journey, I added to my resolve to create a better me. When looking at my peers on this trip, I found that I have a lot to
The second and final Shabbat of Birthright was spent in a Kibbutz not far from Jerusalem. By this time, I was coming to the realization that my trip was coming to a conclusion, and that real life was just around the corner. I spent much of the day reflecting what I had learned. Spent other parts preparing myself for the
Day 8 marked an infinitely more lighthearted day than the darkness that lurked all around the day before. We explored two different places that reminded us that where there seems to be nothing but emptiness and death, life lurks not far away. Ein Gedi was our first stop. Situated in the middle of a vast desert, it does not
The number 7 is seen as divine in Judaism, but I did not feel so as this day completed. This would soon to prove to be the heaviest and darkest day of the entire Birthright Experience. As we headed back to Jerusalem, our destination was the Holocaust Museum, and even an ironic interruption of travel due to a police escort