Yoav Perlman

My brother Gidon is three and a half years older than me. He started birding just before I did – we were both under 10. Thanks to his infectious enthusiasm about wildlife and birding, my childhood growing up in Jerusalem was all outdoors. In 2015 Gidon was diagnosed with a horrible, terminal neurodegenerative disease, ALS. (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.) His disease develops in a medium, steady pace. For Birdability Week, organized by Birdability, I want to share here the inspiring story of my brother Gidon.