#beginning

3 stories

At Ben Gurion Airport, a returning Israeli and a first-time visitor share a taxi—and discover that some journeys end where others begin.

A reciter in medieval Mecca learns the grammar of breath through الوقف والابتداء, where silence speaks as loudly as words.

At Tashlich by the sea in Tel Aviv, a woman throws away her sins—and finds something unexpected in the waves.