Love of the land has been infused in Shuki’s blood since birth; he’s the right man for our challenge
Shuki Atias reminds me of my childhood. Not because I’ve ever met the man before, but because he makes me feel like I’m about to experience Jerusalem for the first time, like back when I was eleven and spent my first summer jeeping through Midbar Yehudah, visiting unknown cousins, and buying potato kugel from Hadar Geula.
We slide into his cab and make room for Elchanan, the photographer.
“Welcome, welcome,” Shuki says, grizzled head nodding regally.
And we’re off.
I’d challenged Shuki to take us on the route he’d take a tourist visiting Jerusalem for the first time. With an intimate knowledge of the city’s every nook and cranny – he’s a born and bred Yerushalmi and a cab driver for Ramot Alon Taxis for the past 20 years — what part of the Holy City would he share with a newcomer?
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