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Midlife Non-Crises      
Chaya Berger
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A Tale of Two Shoppers
Esty Heller
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Good Enough 
Myrna Weinberger
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Light Dawns
Fay Glick
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Off Track      
Shevy Rosen
Always in Season
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
Rochel Burstyn
Split
Split: Chapter 10
People expected me to have a holy perspective about our children’s conditions from the beginning
Musia Slavin
Split
Split: Chapter 8
At nine days old — an incredibly young age for a child with both a cleft lip and a cleft palate! — they weaned Tali off the feeding tube
Musia Slavin
I of the Storm
I of the Storm: Chapter 20
I pinched myself. Could it be that the entire Shafer crew is cooperating, smiling — and genuinely happy? Could it be that our family portrait is not a complete farce?
Ilana Shafer
I of the Storm
I of the Storm: Chapter 19
So I’m not a tzadeikes, I shot back to my ever-present faultfinder. I haven’t got bottomless reservoirs of patience. But I’m not so bad, either
Ilana Shafer
On Topic
Quiet People in a Noisy World
On Purim, Esther Hamalkah reminds us of the strength that lies in silence
Esther Ilana Rabi
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Everybody's Looking at Me
What triggers and exacerbates self-consciousness — and how can you overcome it?
Miriam Bloch
The Gadol Down the Block: Shavuos 5782
Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky — The House at the Bottom of the Hill   
Rav Yaakov’s house was the lodestar of our family’s spiritual identity
Mrs. Suri Cohen
The Gadol Down the Block: Shavuos 5782
Rav Shlomo Zalman Friedman — Holy Fire
And then, one Friday night before Succos, the Rav’s home was destroyed in a devastating fire
Moshe Benoliel
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Really, have you ever seen anything as endearing in your life?

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Coached to Clarity   

 I have lots of help from lots of coaches — but they all disagree

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