ያሉበት ነባራዊ ሕይወት ሳይበግራቸው እርሱም ሆነ ወንድሞቹ ማንኛውም የገጠር ተማሪ በሚያሳልፈው የሕይወት ውጣ ውረድ ውስጥ አልፈው ትምህርታቸውን ተከታትለዋል።
His parents couldn't read or speak Hebrew, and he and his siblings - all of whom, like him, have graduate degrees - made their way through the no-frills school system in Israel's periphery.