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...intentions, points Mendy in the direction of a brothel that changes his life. The rabbi quotes an obscure Talmudic passage that authorizes restless young Hasidim to “get it out of their systems.” But, true to cliché, Mendy falls in love with Sasha (Tchelet Semel), the beautiful prostitute he meets at the Love Boat, his bordello of choice, and never comes back...
...Holy City to be closer to God and starts working for Mike at Mike’s Place, the Jerusalem version of the Star Wars Cantina bar. Here Arabs and Jews co-mingle, yarmulke-wearing rabbi-types perform Bob Dylan songs, and, most importantly, Mendy can see lots of Sasha. Mendy has entered a world of extreme characters who use him, come to love him and ultimately betray...
Mendy plans to escape to Florida with Sasha once they marry, using his U.S. passport—his mother is American—and her money. But the characters Mendy has met get in the way. They make Mendy doubt Sasha’s love for him, and, in his disillusionment, he tries to return to his family and the safe Hasidic world he left behind. In this world of ideologies gone wild, however, going home is not an option. Mendy’s adventures in the real world end with a bomb he unwittingly helped smuggle across a checkpoint...
Other panelists, Sarika P. Bansal ’06, Bob T. Elliott ’05 and Sasha Post ’05, spoke of their experiences working for international health and development in India, Botswana and Washington...
...Sasha Post ’05 is a social studies concentrator in Adams House. His column appears on alternate Thursdays...