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Share the Mic
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Passenger or Pilot?
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Short-Circuiting Connection
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Steer Clear of Scams
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Day in the Life
Day in the Life of... Jonathan Heller
Jonathan Heller is the CEO of MikvaTech, a water purification company based in Jerusalem, where he lives
Rachel Bachrach
Day in the Life
A Day in the Life of...Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Resnick    
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Rachel Bachrach
Crisscross
Crisscross: Chapter 45
I understand that she wants to tell me something. I stroke her hand and force myself to be patient as she struggles to form words
Tovy Mann
Crisscross
Crisscross: Chapter 44
“Mommy? Mommy!” I say. Two tears travel slowly down her face. I jump up and bend closer to her. “Ima! Ima! Mommy’s crying!”
Tovy Mann
Namesakes
Make Me a Corner
"He made a neder that if he got out alive he would dedicate his life to avodas Hashem”
C.S. Teitelbaum
Namesakes
A Bridge Too Far
“I didn’t care how quickly it happened, I was thinking about the future. I wanted it for posterity so that Ari should be remembered every single minute and every single day.”
C.S. Teitelbaum
Dream On
Dream On: The Conversation Continues — Readers' Questions     
Vivianne Willig, MSW, responds to reader questions about Dream On
Vivianne Willig MSW
Dream On
Dream On: Chapter 60  
Whatever she ended up doing in life, she’d do it as herself. If nothing else, she’d learned that this year in seminary
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Stop the Single-Shaming
"One thing most definitely does need fixing. And that is the absence of empathy and respect for an entire demographic"
C. Saphir
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Emunah Must Be Unconditional
Believe me — I promise you that I’m constantly questioning: Why was I worthy of this miracle?
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