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Rivka Streicher
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Rivka Streicher
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Zehava Kaner
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Zehava Kaner
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Shifra Margolis
20 Questions for 20 Years
“The goal isn’t just to retell a story or profile an individual, but to add something new” 
Riki Goldstein
20 Questions for 20 Years
"I love writing, and I also love that it’s not part of my job, which means I can write only when I feel like I have something to say"
Riki Goldstein
Guests of Honor
Is it true that love is blind? Doesn’t it hurt her anew every time she thinks of how her son rejected the world she chose?
Rachel Newton
Guests of Honor
Do we ever fully appreciate the immigrant experience of so many who have come before us?
Sarah Moses Spero
The Great Beyond
Globetrotter Moshe Klein’s journey of history and mystery in Portugal
Sandy Eller
The Great Beyond
A Southeast Asian country currently in the midst of a civil war whose Jewish population can be counted on just one hand
Sandy Eller
Hanging in the Balance: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5784
Sometimes it feels as though your entire future hinges on an upcoming verdict that will change everything. 4 stories of women left hanging in the balance
Family First Readers
To the Letter
As we know in so many areas in Judaism, the end is really just the beginning of something new, something greater
Mindel Kassorla and Cindy Landesman
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As I signed form after form with that name Sara, I pondered this strange predicament that seemed to bring me full circle

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Everyone here is a living, breathing proof of the eternal miracle of Chanukah

By Esti Zelkovitz

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Did they ever imagine that he’d be able to repeat a prayer in Aramaic, in front of 200 people, in memory of his father?

By Ahava Ehrenpreis

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  The flashbacks are constant. The one I’m reliving now is my husband coming home from shul Friday night, finding me in tears as I read. “Suri, put that magazine away. Why do they have so many sad articles? They should call it Meis-pacha,” he would joke. It’s hard to believe it’s been two years.

By Suri Madras

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My mazel, however, has never yet helped me fill my bank account, my sheitel boxes, or my jewelry rolls

By Raizy Sprung