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Yossi Ghinsberg is an Israeli motivational speaker and author. He was born and raised in Israel . He served three years in the Israeli Navy on the Red Sea and during this time he befriended the Bedouins of the Sinai Desert . This was his first taste of a new and exotic culture and he was taken with the mysteries of their wholesome philosophy and nomadic lifestyle. In 1981, while traveling in South America ; Yossi was separated from his friends and survived three weeks in the midst of the uncharted Bolivian Amazon . This forming experience left him with many existential questions. Yossi graduated from Tel Aviv University with a double major degree in Business and Philosophy. His thirst for knowledge took him to an extensive study of Kabala Mysticism both in academic and authentic experience. The desire for direct experience and worldly knowledge outside the class room beckoned Yossi to a world of travel and adventure. In 1992, Yossi returned to the Amazon to initiate The Chalalan Project, demonstrating that the best strategy to conserve pristine rainforest is sustainable development in cooperation with indigenous inhabitants rather than mere conservation . Yossi promoted recognition of intellectual properties for indigenous people. In 1995, he was appointed Vice President of The Center for Investigation & Treatment of Addiction (CITA). In this capacity, Yossi promoted a new humanitarian approach to treatment of opiates addiction, establishing 12 treatment and research centers around the world from Mexico to China and finally establishing and managing his own clinics in Australia where he also launched the 'Alma Libre' initiative to educate society about opiates addiction and promote reintegration of rehabilitated patients. In 2001, during the peak of the Palestinian Intifada , Yossi was invited to return to Israel to produce a reconciliation festival. The festival managed to attract spiritual leaders of Judaism and Islam as well as unprecedented audiences. He is the Author of 'Jungle', an international best seller based on his harrowing experience in being lost in the deathly Amazon Jungle. Yossi's survival story was vividly portrayed in a gripping documentary, I Shouldn't Be Alive , produced for and by The Discovery Channel . He is a successful international public speaker inspiring people from many countries. His latest book 'Laws of the Jungle' offers insights, tools and guidance garnered from years of living in the Amazon with indigenous tribes to help people. Yossi is married to Belinda and has three daughters; Mia, Cayam and Nissim. Belinda is expecting a new baby boy.¹

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Yossi Ghinsberg is an Israeli adventurer , author and speaker based in Australia . He is most known for being lost and surviving alone in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon for three weeks in 1981. Ghinsberg’s survival story was featured in a documentary in I Shouldn't Be Alive on Discovery Channel . He wrote his first book titled Back from Tuichi in 1993. The book became very popular in Israel and has been translated into 15 languages and published in several countries under different names - Heart of the Amazon (Macmillen) Back from Tuichi (Random House) and Lost in The Jungle (Summersdale). In 2008, he wrote his second book titled Laws of the Jungle: Jaguars Don't Need Self-Help Books. A Powerful Story of Self-Discovery, Survival in the Wild : BACK FROM TUICHI: The Harrowing Life-and-Death Story of Survival in the Amazon Rainforest, by Yossi Ghinsberg ; Random House, $22, 239 pages" .

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Yosseph "Yossi" Ghinsberg ( ) is an Israeli adventurer , author , entrepreneur , humanitarian , and motivational speaker based in Australia . Ghinsberg is most known for his survival story when he was stranded in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon jungle for three weeks in 1981. Ghinsberg’s survival story was enacted in the 2017 psychological thriller Jungle , starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg. Ghinsberg's story was also featured in the documentary series I Shouldn't Be Alive on Discovery Channel . Ghinsberg is now a tech-entrepreneur and the founder of the mobile applications Headbox, which integrates all social media activity into one feed, and Blinq, which provides social media and activity live updates.

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Israeli adventurer, author and speaker Yosseph "Yossi" Ghinsberg ( ) (25 April 1959) is an Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur , humanitarian , and motivational speaker , now based in Byron Bay , Australia. Ghinsberg is most known for his survival story in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon jungle for three weeks in 1981. Ghinsberg's survival story was enacted in the 2017 psychological thriller Jungle , starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg. Ghinsberg's story was also featured in the documentary series I Shouldn't Be Alive on Discovery Channel . Ghinsberg is now a tech-entrepreneur and the founder of the mobile applications Headbox, which integrates all social media activity into one feed, and Blinq, which provides social media and activity live updates.

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Israeli adventurer, author and speaker Yosseph "Yossi" Ghinsberg ( Hebrew : יוסי גינסברג ; born 5 April 1959) is an Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur , humanitarian , and motivational speaker , now based in Byron Bay , Australia. Ghinsberg is most known for his survival story in an uncharted part of the Bolivian Amazon jungle for three weeks in 1981. Ghinsberg's survival story was enacted in the 2017 psychological thriller Jungle , starring Daniel Radcliffe as Yossi Ghinsberg. Ghinsberg's story was also featured in the documentary series I Shouldn't Be Alive on Discovery Channel . Ghinsberg is now a tech-entrepreneur and the founder of the mobile applications Headbox, which integrates all social media activity into one feed, and Blinq, which provides social media and activity live updates.

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