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Unlaunched  
Atara Leah Stein
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Adulting    
Ayelet Dresner
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DIY 101
Goldie Shulman
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The Day the Rabbi Kept Score 
Seema Gersten
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Love and Distance
Esther Mandel
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
Mesorah Quest
Unlikely Covenant
Even a volcano couldn't keep us away from Sicily's first bris in 500 years
Ari Greenspan
Mesorah Quest
Savannah Seder
How did a clandestine Jewish community in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro stay under the radar for so many decades?
Ari Greenspan
Send Them Off as Jews
Send Them Off as Jews: Chapter 8
“You know,” I tell them, “what’s important now is just being here.”
Rabbi Daniel Rose
Send Them Off as Jews
Send Them Off as Jews: Chapter 7
Facing the end of life — or even seeing that possibility in the distant future — can be a gift, for all sorts of reasons
Rabbi Daniel Rose
In the Numbers
Resolved
I felt that this was my one opportunity to introduce them to a bit of Judaism When my cousin Shannon came for a visit to Jerusalem with her 18-year-old daughter Ally, they tapped me to show them around. I wouldn’t have minded, but in deference to the sunny weather, Ally’s clothing choices were making me
Boaz Bachrach
In the Numbers
Two Miracles
“He said you will definitely have two children, maybe even three.”
Rabbi Akiva Fox
Still Open
Perfect Hands
 Ervin Leitman’s shop feels like stepping inside a pocket watch: tiny drawers, jars of gears, and the soft tick of time all around
Avrom and Raizy Rubinfeld
Still Open
In His Shoes   
Little has changed in the 25 years since Ron Holder became a shoemaker
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If he could talk to us now, what would he say?

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Use your foot! You crawl on all fours to the bathroom, in tears. Use your foot?

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The Takeout Fiasco     

“Mmm. . .” he said, picking up his glass of water and taking a long swallow. “That’s really good”

By Lori Holzman Schwartz

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As a parent, I like to think of teacher gifts as a bit of insurance

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Crafting Perspective  

But there’s also this part of me that says, You’re not good at this, no matter how much you enjoy it

By Esther Kurtz

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Quitting Time 

There was a method within the madness, and I was feeling complacent that all was under control

By Tzippi Leibenson

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