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Chashie Stern
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Millie Samson
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Calm Down
Leah Wachsler
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Eighty-Five Years in the Making
Yosef Zoimen
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The Advocate
No longer would I be a businessman who squeezed in some medical consulting between meetings. From now on, I realized, I had to devote the bulk of my day to medical advocacy
Sandy Eller
Why I Do What I Do
The Sight of Spilled Blood
“Come and join us!” he shouted. “We need you. Help us bring these remains to a Jewish burial!”
Eliezer Shulman
From A to Z
From A to Z: Chapter 16
“You're my teacher?” she asked, incredulous. I took her little hand in mine
Rikki Baum
From A to Z
From A to Z: Chapter 15
“Why,” I demand, “do I have to go to stupid graduation?”
Rikki Baum
Diary Serial
Save the Date: Chapter 8
“Dating is about meeting the person you’ll spend your life with. It deserves preparation”
Rachel Burnham with Bassi Gruen
Diary Serial
Save the Date: Chapter 7
Feelings are a package deal — avoiding the hard ones means giving up the chance to feel the amazing ones
Rachel Burnham with Bassi Gruen
Hindsight Is 2020
This Isn’t the SHABBOS TABLE of 2010
An honorable Japanese diplomat put his career on the line, granting more than 2,000 visas to Lithuanian Jews fleeing the Nazis — in defiance of orders from Tokyo Sugihara. Just hearing the name evokes a visceral reaction. An honorable Japanese diplomat put his career on the line, granting more than 2,000 visas to Lithuanian Jews fleeing
Chanie Nayman and Michal Frischman
Hindsight Is 2020
This Isn’t the KIRUV of 2010
This dual focus — on Torah growth, and maintaining Jews’ last Jewish connection — is one that kiruv organizations should embrace
Gedalia Guttentag
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Always in Season: Eli Ribak
How holiday businesses stay lucrative year-round
Rochel Burstyn
Always in Season
Always in Season: Yehoshua Berger
How holiday businesses stay lucrative year-round
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