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John Powers
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John Powers was born and raised in Oklahoma. After graduating from high school, he made his way to Massachusetts to study philosophy at Merrimack College. After MA, he joined a volunteer organization and moved to the Bronx to work as a citizenship teacher at an immigration center, as a server at a soup kitchen, and as a liaison to the United Nations for a small NGO. When his term of volunteer service was up he stayed in the Bronx another year and taught sixth grade at a local middle school. Teaching was, by far, the hardest thing he has ever done. Because of that and an itch to write, he moved to the Washington, D.C. area and worked first as an intern, then as a full-fledged reporter at the Washington Times Insight On The News Magazine. After the Washington Times downsized Insight, he rambled up to Maine and worked with the mentally challenged before finally moving back to Oklahoma to work as an editor for two trade publications covering the energy industry. After getting his 401(k) started and gaining 20 pounds in his cubicle, he decided he needed something different. Today he resides in Israel as a second-year medical student in Be’er Sheva. He loves his wife, Jack London and U2.

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Surviving explosions and IDF artillery in Israel

June 29, 2012June 29, 2012 John Powers 299 Views

The first time it happened to me I was sitting on a bench outside of my Israel apartment in late

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Suffering from The ‘Tetris Effect’ in Israel helps me see Baltimore

June 19, 2012June 18, 2012 John Powers 221 Views

Have you ever heard of the Tetris effect? After playing the Soviet puzzle game for, say, hours and hours and

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Stopping to enjoy a moment in Israel

June 3, 2012June 3, 2012 John Powers 232 Views

I had only a week until my final exam in clinical communication skills. A class like this would be, in

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Kafka would be proud: Banking bureaucracy in Israel

May 20, 2012May 19, 2012 John Powers 237 Views

I decided to treat you to another flashback I had while attending medical school in Israel. It’s more than just

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Sweating Hebrew in Israel

May 10, 2012May 10, 2012 John Powers 520 Views

If you’re keeping up with this blog, you’re joining me in the latter half of my second year as a

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What I love about Israel

April 29, 2012April 30, 2012 John Powers 248 Views

The weight of culture shock isn’t easily thrown off. Even though I am just several months away from having been

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Movie time in Israel provides study break for med student

April 20, 2012April 30, 2012 John Powers 552 Views

Life in medical school is mostly sitting in lectures and studying until bedtime. However, one has to unwind from time

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Taking a trip with Indiana Jones

April 12, 2012April 30, 2012 John Powers 468 Views

What is Easter like in Be’er Sheva? It’s not like anything because it’s Passover here. I’m such a funny guy.

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How did I end up in Israel studying to be a doctor?

April 6, 2012April 30, 2012 John Powers 221 Views

You may ask, well, how did I get here? Heavy brown fabric covered the three walls of my cubicle. It

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