"""In this gem of a book, Marc Ellis, the prophet, is disguised as a traveler. Ellis's traveling journals are thoughts to be felt, in the tradition of Walter Benjamin, a part of Ellis's own Arcades Project in sync with his journals over the years. Here you have a sense of what it means to travel with a Jewish thinker: the ways Ellis gazes at people and situations, his responses to events, how he constructs his thoughts and, yet, always holding a laser line straight to the heart of things. Encountering Marc Ellis in one of his traveling stops - one is never the same after meeting him. This book is a gift to all who embark on this journey with one of the most powerful Jewish thinkers of our time."" - Cláudio Carvalhaes Associate Professor of Workship Union Theological Seminary, New York City"