If only everyone could see the beauty and diversity of Israel – The writer has an adopted sister from Hong Kong, and her family waited to meet her in the Jerusalem Room in the Hong Kong children’s home. | JPOST

Often during a hard day in the field, I take out my phone and glance at the background. It’s a picture of me and my younger sister that we had taken on the beach the last time my family had come to Israel to visit me. And, despite the few thousand kilometers between us, her smile gives me courage.