How I Became a Proud Wandering Jew

By Dani Plung December 19, 2013

In high school, I idolized Jack Kerouac. I dreamed of beatnik-esque wanderings, of driving wherever the highways took me without a particular destination in mind. I had a realization, though, when some friends and I waited on the el platform in one of Chicago’s northern neighborhoods to return to our campus in the southern part…

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Wandering Jew: Shabbas in Beijing

By peil August 28, 2009

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, of blessed memory, had a special fondness for French Jews,” Rabbi Shimon Freundlich said. He raised his glass, nodding toward a cluster of guests seated in the crowded room, and took a healthy swig. It was a recent Friday night at the Chabad Lubavitch House in Beijing, a villa on a tucked-away…

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