Street Smarts
Love of the land has been infused in Shuki’s blood since birth; he’s the right man for our challenge
Street Smarts
“‘What are you doing in Tel Aviv with no money?’ I asked him. I have strong intuition, so I knew this fellow needed a little hadrachah, not just a ride
Street Smarts
My driver thought for a minute, then pulled out his phone and called a boy from Los Angeles and announced that he had a girl for him
Street Smarts
“Do your students speak to you about yahadut, about Judaism? Do they discuss their questions and doubts?”
Street Smarts
My wife and I got into the taxi expecting a trip across the holy city, but instead we got a trip through a seminal moment of Jewish history
Street Smarts
“Do you know whose briefcase this is?!” he asked the driver. “Rabbi Hershel Schachter is the Baba Sali of American Ashkenazim!”
Street Smarts
I marveled at the hashgachah that had brought this driver back to Tel Aviv that day, and had brought me to his taxi
Street Smarts
The driver told me that he eventually discovered that the wall was the Kotel, and he learned what it was and what it represented
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Is Rabbi Yehiel Kalish's short-lived political experience a portent for the future of religion in an increasingly progressive America?
Magazine Feature
Some people call it the “Kennedy Curse.” But does that mean a series of coincidental tragedies over the decades, or an other-worldly campaign targeting the progeny of one of the ...
Off the Couch
"At least I’m not being pressured into learning 24/7 to the point where I’ll end up in an asylum”
Magazine Feature
Five men whose namesakes were famous Jewish personages share what it’s like to carry their names
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If there’s one thing that hasn’t changed, it’s our determination to put you — the reader — first
