My two homes - Israel and the US - feel like they're in collapse. What do I do next?

(JTA) — Last month, I filled out a request for an absentee ballot for the U.S. presidential election. At the top of the form it had two relevant options — I am a U.S. citizen living outside the country, and I intend to return; and I am a U.S. citizen living outside the country, and my return is uncertain. Both of these have been true for almost two decades.

I’ve spent the last 17 years split between the United States and Israel — and for the first time, I’m not sure I want to be in either place.

Back in March, a few weeks into Israel’s first lockdown, I was feeling fortunate about riding out t...