A Jewish power couple ditched Hollywood's glitz and glamour for spiritual treasure
Illustration: Itamar Rubner
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magine the scene: A young couple sits on the steps leading to Mamilla Mall, tears running down their cheeks. Freshly inspired by a kiruv trip to Eretz Yisrael, their neshamos are lit up by the beauty of Torah, and they feel themselves pulled as strongly and inexorably as a wave back to the sea.
But where will that leave them? They’ve both spent an entire adult life trying to build a career in the entertainment business, and each is but a few steps away from breaking into the big time. Can a person be frum in Hollywood? Is becoming frum worth the sacrifice of so many years of scrabbling to get to the top? If they throw it all away, how will they survive financially?
As they sit there in despair, pulled between two worlds, a tourist walks by sporting a crocheted novelty kippah: “DON’T WORRY,” it reads, “BE JEWISH!”
Ari and Nes look at each other with a grin. Clearly Hashem is sending them a message…
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