Dr. Efrat Tzadik At the beginning of my academic journey, I conducted research on pilgrimages to graves but not necessarily pilgrimages...

An international conference. One of the participants speaks enthusiastically, lightly touches the arm of her conversation partner,...

Imagine the following scene: You are in a work meeting with a team made up of people from different countries. One of the participants...

Between Biology and Culture: The Role of the Smile in Reducing Otherness, Building Trust, and Creating Interpersonal Bonds in Migratory...

Human relationships are complex. Lately, I’ve been seeing more and more teenagers and adults in my clinic who describe a sense of "social...

“Niksen”is Dutch word meaning doing nothing. I tried. Honestly, I did. The past academic year was intense: multiple projects, studies,...

When a child opens their heart – we should be there to listen. A lesson that wasn’t written in the curriculum.   Yesterday, at one of the...

"But there are those who take a monopoly on wisdom They know better than me They know better than you What’s good for me, what’s good for...

"Do you want coffee?" or maybe "Do you want to drink coffee?" or "Do you have time for coffee?" You could also say "Hi, I’m Efrat, nice...

a few thoughts...  Finding myself again. Discovering things I didn’t know about myself. Understanding things that happened in the past...

I know... I do so many things... 168 hours that I need to fit everything into... actually, not everything... just what is a priority for...

This morning, we celebrated Purim in a small organization I manage. I decided to dress up—just something small—but the moment I put on...

I’ve received many requests regarding my answer to a post on the challenges adolescents face when integrating, so I decided to write a...

Many people ask me how to preserve an identity for our children. My answer starts with a question: What do you want to bring into your...

There’s a saying in French: "Slowly, the bird builds its nest." This was one of the first sentences I learned in French class, and it’s...

In a previous post, we discussed the challenges of illness and relocation. In this post, I would like to share some practical ways to...

For years, I’ve been reflecting on the connection between coaching and the Jewish bookcase. While I’m not a religious person, I see...

In our increasingly mobile society, the interplay between illness and relocation has profound implications for individuals and...

See something else. We all know the iceberg theory. The fact that we look at others who are successful in their fields and don't see the...

I have written a lot about identity in relocation. Today I want to bring up another aspect of this topic: biculturalism. Contacts between...