◆ Nonfiction · 2026
Seeking
Clarity
A Lens for Living Between Worlds
In a world where information is abundant and clarity is rare, Israeli-American author Shahar Masori offers something different: a lens.
Drawing on a lifetime spent between two worlds — the collective intensity of growing up in Tel Aviv during the Gulf War, the individual freedoms of building a life in America, the disorientation of October 7 watched from a kitchen in California — Masori traces what it means to see clearly when the answers will not simplify.
Through specific scenes from his own life and the practices he has developed for navigating them, Seeking Clarity offers readers a way of meeting the present moment that is neither despair nor false certainty.
What the book covers
An honest look at six entangled questions shaping modern life:
“
The sealed rooms are already there.
The question is who you will be when
you look up from the phone.
— from Seeking Clarity
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Shahar Masori writes a regular column for the San Diego Jewish World, covering identity, family, technology, and life between Israel and America.
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