Inbar called me in a panic. “My colleague’s getting married tonight in Bnei Brak. I need a skirt to wear to the wedding”
I checked the time. By now, my husband should have taken off. I dialed his number anyway. Of course, his phone was off
“He says maybe if he gets rid of all his possessions, his life will become simpler. Life gets complicated when you just have too much”
“He says maybe if he gets rid of all his possessions, his life will become simpler. Life gets complicated when you just have too much”
These stories happen every day, and if I wrote them all down, the magazine would become a book. But I can’t stop from sharing Jake’s story
We boarded the plane, four-year-old, two-year-old, and six-month-old in tow, trying to remain impervious to the looks we were getting
I noticed her torn jeans, multiple piercings, and the tattoo that snaked up her arm. Then she spoke. “If you’re going to the Kotel can you daven for my mother?”
As she tied her own scarf, Sharon turned and thanked me, then she continued on, to reconnect with the place she hadn’t seen in 40 years