Lines 31–47: what are the cultural backgrounds of some of the characters?

In "What, of this Goldfish, Would You Wish?", by Etgar Keret, Yonatan makes a project in which he would go knocking door to door asking people what three wish they would ask if they found a magic goldfish. The story takes place in Tel Aviv, Yonatan plans on asking people from different backgrounds, such as Arabs, Ethiopians, American expats, the unemployed, the ultra religious, the immigrants. He aims to ask as many and different people he can to make the result more valuable and diverse, sort of an "poignant piece of social commentary, a testament to the massive rift between our dreams and the often  compromised reality in which we live."

because you can no longer feel the bubbles or hear the waves.