Category Archives: Blog

Out of the fire and into the fire. Moving. Emergency change of flat. Left without things and warm food, and suddenly made new friends. Don’t have a hundred things, have three neighbors. And now I have a stove, a microwave, … Continue reading →

No, I am not being kicked out of Israel. The fact is that, as a new Israeli citizen, I initially had a darkon (foreign passport) for a year. To obtain a 5-year passport, you need to have a year pass … Continue reading →

Now if anyone asks about my business – I’ll just send this photo: I’m doing okay personally, I’m in Israel. I moved. Israel was attacked from Gaza. The war started. I was looking at tickets to Moscow a couple days … Continue reading →

“I had to move to a new country with a small backpack” – sounds depressingly sad, doesn’t it? On the other hand, “how interesting it is that I packed up my documents and came to live in a cool new … Continue reading →

I came across a book with the promising title “Film Theory”. I opened it, thinking that it was a textbook for film directors. And I read: “in this book we will talk about classic black-and-white cinema, and although there are … Continue reading →

Everyone likes to philosophise, asking what is the meaning of life and where are the limits of knowledge? But few people understand what philosophy is – a science or not a science? A way of thinking or a form of … Continue reading →

I read Cavell on film, a book by a philosopher who put cinema at the center of his interests. From this rare book I wrote out in simple words the main ideas that wittily and well describe the essence of … Continue reading →

Fate plays out in a strange way – it takes me to one unexpected place and then another. And now I find myself in a very unusual apartment on the sublet, where an artist and a scientist lives. We met … Continue reading →

When I was a child, I had a Barbie and Ken doll, they lived in a big pink house with a swimming pool and a terrace. Each person played Barbie in their own way: someone played out love scenes, someone … Continue reading →

Israel is an amazing country. Small, cosy, diverse – there is snow and desert, the lowest point on land (the shore of the Dead Sea) and mountains where even in summer a cool wind blows. Living in Israel as a … Continue reading →

Do you ever get the feeling that there is not enough useful information, like an intellectual hunger – you want to watch, listen, read something, but as if there is nothing. You start looking through YouTube for intelectual and interesting … Continue reading →

You’re right that I look better in Israel – my skin is glowing and refreshed. What do I do for that? My self-care is very simple and available to everyone, I don’t use any expensive products or fancy rejuvenation procedures. … Continue reading →

How is it that now live in Israel? I see questions from viewers: “Are you Jewish?”, “Why Israel?”, “When are you coming back?” – and this prompted me to write this post to explain what I am doing in Israel … Continue reading →

In Israel, everything is complicated and simple at the same time – Schrodinger’s cat dualism. On the one hand you have all your documents and you are technically a local. On the other hand, you rente little box for $700 … Continue reading →

We’ve been together for 18+ years, we’ve been together 24/7 for the last 10 years – doing things together, working from home, walking and relaxing, spending all our days and nights together. Psychologists like to say that being too close … Continue reading →