SamOrBaum.com
Title
Sam Orbaum's web site - welcome
Description
Samuel Orbaum was born on May 22, 1956, in Otley (near Leeds), Yorkshire, England. He didn't like the weather, so he left: at the age of six weeks, he immigrated to Montreal, where he acquired a Canadian accent -- his most noteworthy success during an otherwise oblivious childhood.
He was diagnosed as "a bad boy" because no one then knew what ADD was. He hated school (and school wasn't crazy about him either). Nevertheless, at the age of 8, he awoke to the world around him: he consumed the 20-volume World Book Encyclopedia, perusing through the thousands of pages three times, acquiring knowledge without any help from education. That same year initiated lifelong passions for philately, hockey, Scrabble and writing (this was the olden days, before computers spoiled the wonders of childhood); in the coming years, he discovered additional loves: the culinary arts, baseball, journalism, the opposite gender.
But admitting that his life had been a thorough failure, on February 18, 1981, at the age of 24, he immigrated to Israel with $23, a change of clothes, pages of poetry and little else. His fortunes changed, literally overnight: his life in Israel has been successful and happy. And by now he has a lot more than $23.
Languages
עברית (Hebrew)
