Ari & Ari relive the unjust jailing and dramatic homecoming of their Addis Ababa host
Seeing Menashe Levy a free man notwithstanding, Dr. Mekonnen says his most precious souvenir from the entire saga is Ari Greenspan’s tallis with the techeiles strings – the tallis Ari gave him Shabbos morning outside the prison, as a sign to Menashe that the doctor was on their side. After leaving the prison, Dr. Mekonnen wore the tallis all that day, and asked Ari if he could keep it. He still has it in his Washington home. “It embraces me,” he says. “It’s about connecting to all the previous generations.”
— Rachel Ginsberg
(Originally featured in Mishpacha, Issue 768)
