LONG READS Issue 830 · September 29, 2020

Brother, Need a Boost?

Yisrael Almasy’s volunteer fleet changes tires and bridges barriers

Brother, Need a Boost?
Photos: Elchanan Kotler

That very night, my wife and I got to test the joys of the wondrous new service. Shredding a tire somewhere between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, I nonchalantly dialed the app’s number and reported what had happened.

“You know that breakdown service I signed up for today?” I asked rhetorically. “Well I’ve broken down. How long will your man take to get here?”

There was a pause as the operator calculated my location. “You’ll have to wait an hour and a half,” he said, as one anxious couple exchanged looks.

Babysitter waiting, and the night getting on, I threw up my hands in defeat and called Yedidim. Half an hour, one cheerful volunteer, and a new tire later, we resumed our ride home.

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