Shlomo and Rina Shoshana live and farm in Bat Ayin, a town in the Israeli hills that's one of the most singular places on Earth. Part One in a new film series.
This is the part when your mind wants to fight you. I promise it is worth the struggle. I’ve yet to have anyone regret passing through this gate.
I resist the urge to grab him by his arms and shake him. Instead, straddling life and death, I am patient.
Every inch of the store serves him with a different memory.
NYC is glorious: the street life, the food, the energy. But Boston is much cheaper and carries much less stress. The dilemma is intense and even spiritual.
We look at others on Social Media and we think we know them. But we don't know them at all.
There's something about the way Shabbat is Shabbat wherever I go.
We have to use the tools at hand to do the most good. Soldiers fight. First responders save lives. Donors fund. The rest of us can emanate peace, which is no small thing.