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Once Again
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Ode to the Carry-on
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Invincible and Vulnerable
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Last But Not Least
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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An Offer We Dare Not Refuse
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
The House That Sarah Built   
A Legacy Reclaimed  
 Who was Sarah Schenirer, and what was her life’s dream?
Rebbetzin Tzipora Weinberg
The House That Sarah Built   
Meeting the Moment  
What are the principles that a school is hewing to with the use of the Bais Yaakov name?
Elisheva Appel
Imperial Moment
Day One 
The new president has a Day One pen – here’s how he’ll wield it
Rafael Hoffman
Imperial Moment
Friend in High Places 
Israel's wish list for Trump
Binyamin Rose
Stranger in a Strange Land
Finally, Home
“What about your second Pesach Seder? I usually have American bochurim. Come to me”
Shoshana Gross
Stranger in a Strange Land
Shift Down South 
“I can’t imagine what it would have been like to raise our children in any other city”
Russy Tendler
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
Stopover
Under the Radar
My takeaway: Ordinary people have extraordinary stories
Sivan Rahav-Meir
Stopover
Far Away from Home 
Sivan Rahav-Meir finds common ground wherever she lands
Sivan Rahav-Meir
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The Embarrassed Zionist

Are the real Zionists those who pray hamachazir shechinaso leTzion three times a day, or those who never give a thought to prayer, to G-d, or to Zion?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Weeping Without Cause

Is this not cynical, to use that in which you do not believe in order to further your political aims?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Top-Sacred Fable

The Messiah has come! Shops closed, crowds began lining the streets, musicians unwrapped their instruments, car horns blared. The Messiah has come!

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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The Only Thing

Is there, underneath it all, some kind of connection between sports and religion?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Glutton-Free Wedding?

Is it somehow anti-halachic to have a wedding that is elegant and tasteful and avoids excesses?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Tale of Two Presidents

Their deeds and values speak for themselves and require no commentary

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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