-
Dina Yarkoni, Rosh Hanikra Beach October 2018
"Most of my life I hated having my picture taken...but I changed my mind when I realised that in five years time I'll look back at my photos and see how beautiful I was."
-
![Ben & Sarah, Metsitsim Beach, Tel Aviv March 2019]()
Ben & Sarah, Metsitsim Beach, Tel Aviv March 2019
"The sea is the best medicine for me. When I’m in the water I don’t feel the pain. It’s the only time I don’t feel pain. I should have been a Mermaid." Sarah
-
![Nadoush & Dalia, Nitzanim Beach February 2019]()
Nadoush & Dalia, Nitzanim Beach February 2019
"I don't want to study. I want to get married and enjoy my life. To feel free . I want to learn to drive so I can take the car to the beach and watch the sea - no one telling me what to do and where to go. I've never actually gone into the water. I don't know how to swim and I cant wear a swimsuit because I'm religious." Dalia (18 years old)
-
![Itzik Gitan, Poleg Beach January 2019]()
Itzik Gitan, Poleg Beach January 2019
"I lost my arm in the Yom Kippur war. In the armoured division where I served over 100 soldiers were killed. Thousands more were wounded and suffer from trauma to this day...After a week in hospital I went home and forgot about the whole thing. The war had no effect on me."
-
![Katy & Matan, Gaash Beach May 2019]()
Katy & Matan, Gaash Beach May 2019
Matan: "7 years ago I fell from a roof while working and fractured several vertebrae. Out of work and penniless, I lived for half a year on the beach...and began living a nomadic lifestyle. It takes courage to live in uncertainty and faith that at the end of each day, things will be OK." Katy: " When I was 15 I read a romantic novel about a woman who travels to Israel to work on a dig and falls in love with the archaeologist. At 24, I took part on a dig in Jaffa. I didn't fall in love with the archaeologist, instead I fell in love with Israel and Jewish culture."
-
![Rami & Yitzhak, Palmachim Beach November 2018.]()
Rami & Yitzhak, Palmachim Beach November 2018.
"We try to get down to the beach every day at sunrise... After a few hours here, you begin the day in a different state of mind." Rami
-
![Yair Harlap, Hatzuk Beach December 2018]()
Yair Harlap, Hatzuk Beach December 2018
"There's a heated pool where I live in Bet El, but it's not the same. There's no chlorine in the sea. You can feel the blessed eternal. You are witnessing creation."
-
![The Beattie Family, Ma'agan Michael Beach, June 2019]()
The Beattie Family, Ma'agan Michael Beach, June 2019
"The lack of privacy [on Kibbutz] isn't easy for me. My underwear gets laundered together with the rest of the Kibbutz! When I realised I was pregnant the first time, Tom was in Gaza during the 2014 conflict. I wasn't sure whether to get a pregnancy test in the Kibbutz clinic because then Tom would have been the last to know the result." Noah Beattie
-
![Suzy & Ilana, Rishon Le'zion Beach April 2019]()
Suzy & Ilana, Rishon Le'zion Beach April 2019
Suzy: "We have a strong connection to water. We meet on the beach 3 to 4 times a week at sunrise, and walk for an hour. In the evenings we work as attendants in a ritual bathhouse. Water is the source of life." Ilana: "When I was young I really wanted to work in purifying the dead before burial, but they said I was too young - you need to be connected to get into that field."
-
![Oxana Reif, Gador Beach April 2019]()
Oxana Reif, Gador Beach April 2019
A few months ago I went through an ugly separation…I was lost. Then I remembered what I learned in Costa Rica, how mankind has lost touch with nature’s cycles and depression has become the sickness of the modern world. I set myself a 21 day quest, to go down to the beach every morning to watch the sunrise…the sun’s energy literally got rid of my suffering.
-
![Thomas & Martina Schwartz, Students' Beach, Haifa June 2019]()
Thomas & Martina Schwartz, Students' Beach, Haifa June 2019
"As Germans, confronting the Holocaust is always very difficult for us...We feel guilty, even though it wasn't something that our generation did. We try to show that there are Germans that think differently - we both wear Star of David necklaces." Martina
-
![Maria & Oksana, Zvulun Beach, Kiryat Yam February 2019]()
Maria & Oksana, Zvulun Beach, Kiryat Yam February 2019
"Nowadays Ukraine is a sad place. It's hard to make a living and nothing ever changes for the better. In Israel people are happier." Maria
-
![Jonathan & Jorai van Driel, the Aqueduct Beach, Caesarea March 2019]()
Jonathan & Jorai van Driel, the Aqueduct Beach, Caesarea March 2019
"When you've got a career, a house and a family, you always find a reason to give up on your dreams. That's a mistake. I decided to live my life in reverse - to begin as a pensioner and do all the things that are really important to me, and then to work until I die. Not to work for 40 years in a career and then realise that i'm too old to travel." Jorai
-
![Iris & Shelly, Ha'Tzuk Beach South December 2019]()
Iris & Shelly, Ha'Tzuk Beach South December 2019
"I've had all kinds of mystical experiences...Once, while I was driving, with my son in the backseat, I came to a traffic light. It was green, but I heard a voice in my head shouting, "stop, stop, stop!" I stopped and watched as a car coming from the other direction ran the red light. We could have been killed." Iris
-
![The Balint Family, Ashkelon National Park Beach April 2019]()
The Balint Family, Ashkelon National Park Beach April 2019
"Immigrants are the solution to Europe's problems. They bring new ideas with them and they are prepared to take chances...Mixing cultures is a wonderful thing. In my opinion, the most significant innovation in Israeli culture is in the increasing influence of the Arab language on Israeli music and cinema." Gery Balint
-
![Pipman Team, Sela Beach, Bat Yam October 2018]()
Pipman Team, Sela Beach, Bat Yam October 2018
"The hardest thing in sport...[is] to get out of bed at five in the morning, especially if the weather's bad. What helps is the commitment to the group." Tami Shoham (3rd from right)
-
![Yassir Makhata, Zikim Beach November 2018]()
Yassir Makhata, Zikim Beach November 2018
“When I escaped from Gaza I was scared for my life. I said [to the Israeli authorities] that I want to go right now – afterwards we can bring my children. I haven’t been back since. I miss my children that stayed there - we are in touch occasionally. “
-
![Maayan Pitussi, Ashkelon Beach January 2019]()
Maayan Pitussi, Ashkelon Beach January 2019
"There's no lack of unpleasant sights in a nurse's work, but you learn to see the person in front of you and not their wound."
-
![The Dumanski Family with their dog, Chuck, Dor Habonim Beach February 2019]()
The Dumanski Family with their dog, Chuck, Dor Habonim Beach February 2019
"My maternal grandparents mined gold illegally from abandoned mines in the Ural Mountains. The mines were guarded, but a cannon shot would signal the end of a shift, at which point my grandparents would run into the mine before fresh soldiers arrived...The gold money vanished quickly because they drank themselves to death and didn't work...eventually my great-grandfather got a life-sentence for murder, but he evaded punishment by volunteering to fight in World War I." Dominik Dumanski
-
![Manny Sokolovsky, Shave Zion Beach, February 2019]()
Manny Sokolovsky, Shave Zion Beach, February 2019
"In 1982, a few days after Rosh Hashanah, my unit was sent to help our forces in purging the PLO from West Beirut. A RPG missile was fired at us, killing my friend, "Roli" Becher...When we came back from the fighting, we went to the memorial for Roli. That's where I met his sister, Shosh. We began dating and eventually married."
-
![Jonah, Shlomi & Belai, Zikim Beach November 2018]()
Jonah, Shlomi & Belai, Zikim Beach November 2018
"At the start of our service, the commander kept saying that he loves us. 'What are you talking about?', I thought to myself. Later, I understood that he was referring to a brotherhood where you look after one another. If you have an apple you share it." Jonah (on left)
-
![Akiva, Avi, Joseph, Rachel & Atara Cohen, Neve Yam Beach December 2018]()
Akiva, Avi, Joseph, Rachel & Atara Cohen, Neve Yam Beach December 2018
"The kids surfing class was cancelled this week because it was stormy. When they woke up this morning I said, "Instead of going to school, let's go surf!". They didn't argue." Avi
-
![Olena Dobroslavsky, Nahariya Beach November 2018]()
Olena Dobroslavsky, Nahariya Beach November 2018
"The main aspect which made us move to Israel was the Russian annexation of Crimea. Our business was destroyed."
-
![Tess, Eyal (standing) & Itamar, Bet Yannai Beach December 2018]()
Tess, Eyal (standing) & Itamar, Bet Yannai Beach December 2018
"I hitchhiked around the world on boats...The highlight was sailing from New Zealand to the Solomon Islands with a group of marine biologists. That's how I ended up studying Marine Sciences." Eyal
-
![Adi, Anita, Ilana & Yoram, members of "Matkot Ashdod", The Arches Beach, Ashdod January 2019]()
Adi, Anita, Ilana & Yoram, members of "Matkot Ashdod", The Arches Beach, Ashdod January 2019
"The beach is my psychologist." Ilana
-
![Smulik Garciani, Achziv Beach Decemcer 2018.]()
Smulik Garciani, Achziv Beach Decemcer 2018.
"About 15 years ago...I found a champagne bottle with a note inside on the beach...A German couple, Brigitte & Bernd had thrown it into the ocean on a Mediterranean cruise. I got in touch by mail and we wrote to each other until one day I went to visit them in their village near Frankfurt."
-
![Elad & Yarden, Nitzanim Beach February 2019]()
Elad & Yarden, Nitzanim Beach February 2019
"My eldest brother was killed when he was 5, before I was born. It happened 36 years ago at a military paratroopers' display at Kiryat Malachi. The winds were very strong, but the army decided to go ahead with the display despite the conditions. One of the paratroopers lost control and landed on my brother." Yarden
