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Behind the Book
Against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush, life on a Louisiana plantation, and Cherokee clan rivalries, the characters struggle with their own family dramas and dilemmas
Riki Goldstein
Behind the Book
M. Kenan shows her versatility as an author, crossing cultural worlds with integrity while remaining in the modern age
Riki Goldstein
Moonlight
When Shabbos Chazon falls on Erev Tishah B’Av, it’s a powerful reminder that the end of galus is near
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Moonlight
No matter how much we try to fit in, the world will remind us that we don’t
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Podcast: Knesset Channel
LISTEN: Join Gedalia Guttentag as he speaks to voters at the polls in Israel's key swing areas
Gedalia Guttentag
Podcast: Knesset Channel
What does MK Moshe Gafni expect from Monday's elections? What's it like to run the Finance Committee without a government? And what does Rav Chaim think about the Trump Plan?
Gedalia Guttentag
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
PlateArt
“Did you also call Asher’s mother, Tzivia,” I asked, “and tell her how wonderful her son is?”   When my children were younger, I loved to send mitzvah notes to school for every good deed they did. Mitzvah trees, mitzvah charts, and mitzvah banners flanked the preschool and elementary school walls. I remember tearing many
Esther Ottensoser
PlateArt
Enhance your Yom Tov table with these simple yet sharp ideas.
Esther Ottensoser
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By comparing loss, I was invalidating the pain of others

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She doesn’t notice the click of the shutter as I snap her picture

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