“I had to give up everything I cherish for what this bike symbolizes for me. I left my husband and kids because I came to the conclusion I can’t live a lie. Coming from the Jewish Ultra-Orthodox world, I got married when I was twenty and immediately found myself pregnant. I felt that I was living the life that someone else chose for me. It has been a hard and painful journey but in order to save myself I had to choose life. Freedom comes with a great cost that I will have to pay for for the rest of my life”. “Ex-Haredim are the true freedom fighters of this world.”
Meet Akiva. “I was born in Singapore and was raised as a Christian. All of my life I have been asking myself existential questions. After a long search I found all the answers in Judaism and decided to convert. It was a long and meaningful process but it was all worth it. Sometimes I feel like a biblical character for deciding to leave my HOME and family behind me and devote myself to God.”
Meet Javier. “It’s amazing how social media changed my life. Ten years ago when I came here I felt all alone. All of my friends and family where 10,000 miles away from me and The only way to connect with them was by a lousy payphone. Today I just need to log on Facebook, Twitter or Whatsapp and I get the latest news from back home.”
Meet Aharon. “I have been a carpenter for the past 40 years, But if I could turn back time I would rather be a sailor. There is something in the sea that has always mesmerized me.”
Meet Argo. “I was born in Kenya to the Maasai tribe and moved from The African Savanna to the concrete jungle of Tel Aviv. The thing I miss the most is walking around naked. There is no greater sensation than feeling the breeze over your naked body.”
“When I was a kid I suffered a lot from bullying and was not treated fairly. Every day in elementary school I was abused, but it was not ‘ordinary abuse’. I would be beaten, spat on, bonded in the shelter, and shouted at: HOMO, HOMO, HOMO (gay in Hebrew). The worst part was that I was excommunicated. The kids burned my books and my notebooks. The SHITTY principal did nothing to help me and even threatened to kick me out of school if I continued complaining to her about being abused. I didn’t want my parents to know about my situation so I kept quiet and kept to myself hoping that it would all pass along. That is the reason why I decided to open a kindergarten when I was older. Kids are born pure, but they are checking their boundaries all the time. In that process they can behave ...