Amy Klein is the Journal’s Religion Editor. She is on assignment for the Journal in northern Israel covering the war.
[ISRAEL, August 1]—Your underwear is showing,” a voice behind me says in Hebrew.
” target=”_blank”>“Heveinu Shalom Aleichem.” The Bnei Akiva girls run up and down the aisles. The air in Tel Aviv is oppressively sticky and hot, but it smells different from Los Angeles.
Sweet.
—Amy Klein, Religion Editor
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