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Street Smarts
Love of the land has been infused in Shuki’s blood since birth; he’s the right man for our challenge

By Ariella Schiller

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

By Rachel Ginsberg

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

By Sandy Eller

Street Smarts
“Do your students speak to you about yahadut, about Judaism? Do they discuss their questions and doubts?”

By Rabbi Akiva Fox

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

By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

Street Smarts
“Do you know whose briefcase this is?!” he asked the driver. “Rabbi Hershel Schachter is the Baba Sali of American Ashkenazim!”

By Sandy Eller

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

By Faigy Gold

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

By Margie Pensak

Behind the Book
I’ve heard it said in the name of Rav Shach that our generation doesn’t hear enough stories about kiddush Hashem

By Riki Goldstein

Jolly Solly
“Why don’t you join our family? We have a large succah, and you’re more than welcome.”

By R. Atkins

Rocking Horse
“This is filling me with sorrow,” she says slowly. “Any of these women could be my sister. Or, none of them could be my sister”

By Leah Gebber

B.A.N.G Gang
"I know you: You’re the lads who saved my Tiddles. There’s no way you’re thieves"

By R. Atkins

Parshah
Why a succah that does not have four complete walls can still be kosher

By Faigy Peritzman

Unlock Your Heart
How can we pray with joy when we lack so much?

By Faigie Zelcer and Leah Gebber