Light Years Away

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May 31, 2022 · 3 min read
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#68
Issue 913
May 31, 2022 · 3 min read

Light Years Away: Dear Readers…

It seems that many readers missed the essence of the story

#67
Issue 912
May 24, 2022 · 3 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 68

Her son looks at her directly. He’d gone to speak with his father, not with her. He’d intentionally…

#66
Issue 911
May 17, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 67

“You don’t need to explain it to me,” Dudi whispers back. “Obviously that would be the right thing…

#65
Issue 910
May 10, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 66

I can hardly believe it. “You mean I have two ears?!”

#64
Issue 909
May 3, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 65

Shua points to a piece of jewelry. “This one here… is this suitable for a very chareidi woman?”…

#63
Issue 908
April 26, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 64

“Maybe I was wrong to bring you here with me,” Abba says to him, with a look that…

#62
Issue 907
April 11, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 63

Her hands were trembling. “I’m no-o-t, I’m no-o-t, I can’t breathe,” she sobbed. “The room looks all dark,…

#61
Issue 906
April 5, 2022 · 3 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 62

“But that’s crazy!” I was mad. “Who chooses their friends by the number of ears they have?”

#60
Issue 905
March 29, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 61

Yaffa’le, a good girl at heart, from a good home, was alarmed. This was more than she’d bargained…

#59
Issue 904
March 22, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 60

"As long as I consider him my rav, I can’t go against what he says— and he put…

#58
Issue 903
March 15, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 59

“Have a look at your ticket,” Dudi said, waving some printed papers in front of me. “And think”

#57
Issue 902
March 8, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 58

Gedalya shrugs and closes his Gemara. “I thought that was another joke from your never-ending comedy routine”

#56
Issue 901
March 1, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 57

"It’s not my style. Everything is exactly the same here— 500 young couples, all alike, thrown together in…

#55
Issue 900
February 22, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 56

“Rav Silver, don’t ask me silly questions. Open the paper from last year and the year before, and…

#54
Issue 899
February 15, 2022 · 3 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 55

“I’m not going anywhere with Aunt Ita. Not even from the Kiryah to Ramah Beit. She’s an old…

#53
Issue 898
February 8, 2022 · 3 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 54

"No airline will allow her to board, no doctor will give her permission, and no insurance company will…

#52
Issue 897
February 1, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 53

“Lighten up a little, Gedalya!” says Dudi, trying to calm him down. “It’s just a game! Ima doesn’t…

#51
Issue 896
January 25, 2022 · 3 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 52

Abba is such a good man. He tried to tell me that even now, if I don’t want…

#50
Issue 895
January 18, 2022 · 3 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 51

. When will Israel wake up to the fact that Sunday isn’t meant to be a legal work…

#49
Issue 894
January 11, 2022 · 3 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 50

she really doesn’t know who in this house would have such particles of science, such bits of biology,…

#48
Issue 893
January 4, 2022 · 2 min read

Light Years Away: Chapter 49

Raphael remains behind, pensive. He hopes his revelation hasn’t messed things up too much for Gedalya