Tag: Culture
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Aliyah and Identity: ‘The heartache of two homelands’
Perhaps only migrating birds know– Suspended between earth and sky– The heartache of two homelands. —Leah Goldberg, 1970 Leah Goldberg’s poem ‘Pine’ poignantly captures the ambivalent position of many Olim caught between two countries and two identities. For many, negotiation of a more complex, integrated identity that sits between two cultures is realisable.…
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Can you tell how I feel just by looking at me?
It has been widely researched and assumed since the work of American Psychologist Paul Ekman in the 1970’s, that human facial expressions are universal. That is, no matter where you grow up and who you encounter, you will always be able to recognise the six basic human emotions of happiness, sadness, fear, surprise, anger and disgust on…
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Aliyah: a rollercoaster
Making Aliyah and the years that follow bring with it a rollercoaster of different emotions and experiences, some liberating and exhilarating and some more complex and stressful. So how can we better acclimatise to a new culture? What predicts a softer landing and an easier ‘settling in’? When are we more likely to adapt…
Dr. Lisa Law, ClinPsyD 