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I love learning from my father. He has a unique way of explaining things that stay with me for years. He knows how to explain history through the dry records of what happened and by connecting it to society, culture, geopolitics, and, most importantly, the perspectives of the people and professionals who executed initiatives. After all, it’s easy to criticize governments, leaders, or experts, but it’s not easy or immediate to understand what led them to a specific course of decision making.
It’s easy to be wise in hindsight. In real time, decisions are made based on a given mix of knowledge, while professionals, elected officials, and leaders navigate the decision-making process. Sometimes, certain factors are overlooked or given low priority, only to prove later to have a significant impact on real-world outcomes. We will never be completely free of problems, but our ability to identify and address them more quickly demonstrates the right, efficient, and effective way to handle challenges for the public.
My father is the best storyteller I have ever met. His style of mixing history with humor, and if possible, a personal connection is a model for how intergenerational conversations can work. If more Gen Z or Woke and their parents approached discussions this way, they’d bridge gaps instead of widening them.
Many Gen Z kids are passionate about social justice but often lack historical and geopolitical context. They grew up in relatively safe, stable environments with unprecedented access to information. However, social media echo chambers shape much of their worldview rather than deep historical or political understanding. Even when their parents are liberal and modern, Gen Z may not fully grasp the complex realities of how cultures, governments, and global alliances were formed.
Many Gen Zs see Western problems as global problems but have little exposure to countries and cultures where democracy, human rights, or basic infrastructure are still in medieval conditions. My conversations with my father are an example of how a constructive dialogue should flow.
Dismissing these kids’ views only pushes them further from reality into a more imaginary world. Guiding them toward deeper understanding by learning about a specific period in time and then reviewing it from every angle of life could help them see the whole picture.
Because right now, culture, religion, health, military, individual and national security, unemployment, entertainment, financial status, research, education, innovation, housing or freedom are not connected into one picture. They only see some parts of it and form decisions based on partial knowledge.
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In my imagination, I hold these conversations with my father in my show, which runs five days a week. We start the day with a 13-minute session you can watch on the way to work or school or while drinking your coffee as you settle into your day. Each session features a story about culture, history, music, food, entrepreneurship, or other topics and explores how they connect to today's reality. The last show before the weekend will include a game we will all play together.
Various classes on social media will follow the morning session. We can start with a reading class in the digital world, practicing the Liat Portal Method for reading online. This session will focus on developing skills to read correctly in a digital world where information is in motion and constantly shifting.
One of these sessions will be the conversations with my father. Since English is not my father’s first language, we use technology to help him speak English fluently. He can talk in Hebrew, Moroccan, and English together, and the software knows how to create cohesive sentences in the language the audience chooses. Is there a startup that is working on developing this kind of product? If so, I want to meet you!
To read the storythey talk about, click the link: How the Industrial Revolution Transformed Housing and Shaped Modern Cities.
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In this journey, I weave together episodes from my life with the rich tapestry of Israeli culture through music, food, arts, entrepreneurship, fiction and more. I write over the weekends and evenings and publish these episodes as they unfold, almost like a live performance.
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