Dorit Sasson, the author of two memoirs entitled Accidental soldier, and Sand and Steel, shared her incredible journey as an emigrant who moved to Israel and served in the Israel Defense Forces. Though Dorit's father is an Israeli, Dorit was raised in a hugely different environment from Israel, the US. Dorit's desperation to move out of the US got reinforced by her will to escape from her mom - who, at that time, negatively contributed to Dorit's inner maturity as a teenager.

Despite the fears presented upon her by her mom, Dorit was persistent in pursuing a volunteer spot in the Israel Defence Forces. We all might portray living in Israel as scary because of how the media present, but for Dorit, living in Israel and interacting with her fellow Jewish people made her feel alive, passionate, and safe. Everything was a blast compared to her life abroad.

While leaving the US was her escape as a teenager, Dorit had to escape again from Israel after eighteen years due to the economic mindset of the country - keep their citizens poor. Now, building a new life was the US is the start of Dorit's reverse culture shock experience. The attachment she created within the eighteen years of living in a country like Israel did not quickly fade and forever lives in her heart.

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TOPIC WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE

• Leaving the US at 16 years old
• Serving in the Israel Defence Forces
• Reverse Culture shock
• Judaism and antisemitism

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