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In Defense of Seminary

Shmuel Winiarz

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Beyond the Campus: The Quiet Revolution in Kiruv

Dovy Grossman

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Embrace the Gift, Guide the Experience

Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield

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Enough Is Never Enough

Rabbi Yaakov Barr

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Calendar Conundrum

Anonymous

Profiles

A Page from His Book

Rabbi Meyer Yedid is showing how the power of a daf Gemara can reshape not only a person, but an entire community

Yisroel Besser

Profiles

Front-Row Seat to History

As Israel’s ambassador Ron Dermer is about to leave his Washington posting after seven years, he recaps the challenges and triumphs of a transformative term

Gedalia Guttentag

Bakeaways

Cheesecake Cookies

I figured I’d try to pack all my favorite flavors of a classic cheesecake slice into a bite-size portion

Faigy Grossmann

Bakeaways

Blueberry-Corn Muffins

While corn muffins have similar ingredients, they’re sweeter than corn bread

Faigy Grossmann

TLC Talks

"My Son's Rebbi Is Too Serious"

“Many types of mechanchim can be successful teachers and reach your child”

Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield and Rabbi Ari Schonfeld

TLC Talks

"My Husband Drinks and Vapes Regularly. Is It Inevitable That My Children Will?"

This question has as much to do with Purim as it does with shalom bayis

Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield and Rabbi Ari Schonfeld

Sister Shmooze

In Tears and Love

While his job was covert, his faith was overt. Remembering Dr. Sheldon Meth

Emmy Leah Stark Zitter and Marcia Stark Meth and Miriam Stark Zakon

Sister Shmooze

Like so much in our lives, Old is only as good or bad as we make it. It’s all about how we look at it. And that’s a lesson that never grows old

Emmy Leah Stark Zitter and Marcia Stark Meth and Miriam Stark Zakon

Second Thoughts

Some upside-down wishes that would require miracles to be fulfilled

Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Second Thoughts

My Rabbi Is a Jew

What began as a slight watering down of Jewish law has today reached tsunami levels

Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Britain Is Bowing to Terror

How can anyone claim surprise? Jews have been warning of this for years. We all knew it was not a question of if, but when

By Dov Forman

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Are Parents Giving Too Much?

The entitlement and quiet greed we’ve allowed to creep into our culture is tearing families apart

By Joseph Kahn

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Over time, I realized that maybe I couldn’t change anyone else or how they felt about me, but I could change me

By Sandy Eller

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The Art of Defense and the Scales of Justice

We believe the earthly court doesn’t have the final say; there’s a Ribbono shel Olam Who is the Ultimate Judge

By Yitzchok (Steven) Yurowitz

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Let’s Turn Luxury into Lifelines

A few days later, one of them texted me: “Just did it — $6,500 order, sent $650 to a kollel I support. I’ll sleep better tonight”

By Dovid Aryeh Rosenblatt

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Forever and Ever

Where a kumzitz fails, an article might work. And the added advantage to this is that the message can now spread far and wide

By Shmuel Botnick