Beshert | Open Book Finds Editor
The truth is, we are an odd couple, Gidon and I. He is from the Czech Republic, I am from California, I like cats, him...
Beshert | Wait, No Drama?
He once asked me, “Does it bother you that I spend so much time inside my head?” And hand to G-d, my answer was, “I’m sorry, what did you say? I wasn’t listening.” Now if that isn’t beshert…
Beshert | ‘April Fool’s!’—The Prank That Made Them Partners
We settled on his idea to prank mobile users into thinking they were getting a call from Ashton Kutcher himself. And for the next week or so, the two of us “partnered” on a project that would go on to garner media attention from national publications large and small; an April Fools’ Day prank that did, in fact, fool millions of people over the course of one, silly day that spring.
Beshert | A Life of Adventures and Surprises
Most of our adventures have been wonderful. We’ve met and become friends with great people, seen beautiful things, and have become part of people’s lives. (Some adventures weren’t so good; accidents, hospital stays, illnesses, and sometimes boredom and culture shock.)
Beshert | Meant to Be?
For the first hour or so, it seemed like he was putting on airs, so I didn’t feel particularly interested. But at some point, he suddenly dropped the act. In retrospect, he remembers feeling that he was too tired to keep it going. He told me his mother’s memorial service was the next day, and he showed me the eulogy he had written. It was not a normal date. And I’ve never gotten to know someone so quickly. I don’t remember how I felt or how I reacted to the news of his mother’s death, but Tom remembers I took his hand.
Beshert | A Feline Love Story
Beshert surprised me in the five-pound form of a rescue cat with one eye and a crooked gait.
Beshert | ‘Pardon Me, But Is This Seat Taken?’
A cute British man, my age, randomly met on a train in a foreign country (for me) that I wasn’t supposed to be on, shared my quirky passion!
Beshert | From a Shiva to My Lifetime Love
I was at a Labor Zionist meeting the night my mother died.