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Malka Grunhaus
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Malka Grunhaus
TLC Talks
The key is to know when and how to react, and when to turn a "blind" eye
Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield and Rabbi Ari Schonfeld
TLC Talks
Our role as parents is to build the bridge between what exists and what our child needs
Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield and Rabbi Ari Schonfeld
The Opinionator
The culture war over gun control
Gedalia Guttentag
The Opinionator
“The Iranians want nuclear weapons, but on the cheap, and safely”
Gedalia Guttentag
Every Song Has Its Story
Do we ever think much about, or even know, what motivated our favorite song?
Riki Goldstein
Every Song Has Its Story
“In place of a sefer Torah,” he told the group, “let us carry this child, who represents the future of the Jewish people”
Riki Goldstein
Turning Tides
I almost fainted at this blatant anti-Semitism. I quickly ran through appropriate responses in my head, and rejected them all. It would be a waste of breath to even respond
Leah Gebber
Turning Tides
What would Rivka want her bas mitzvah to look like, now that there could be none of the big ideas she’d dreamed about?
Leah Gebber
heartbeats
Yitzchok just stared at me, his hand on the doorknob. “Are you crazy?” he whispered Dovid “C ome into the kitchen,” Mama said, and we followed her dumbly, sitting down in the chairs she guided us to. Mama busied herself by the stove while I calmed down and stopped crying. I looked over at Yitzchok,
Refoel Pride
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“No, really, Dovid,” Zalman continued, dropping into the seat beside me. “I care about you. Something’s bothering you. I can feel it”

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“Is that all everyone knows me as? The granddaughter whose father was killed? The orphan?”

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I ran as fast and hard as I could, twisting through alleyways only a Yerushalmi would know, hoping to lose the men I imagined were following closely behind me

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It was only Mama’s voice in my head whispering: Slow down. Think about what you’re saying

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Three stops and then I was supposed to get off. And then Bubbe would be waiting for me. Three stops, I told myself

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Building Dreams

It was a crazy plan but I didn’t say anything. Nothing would happen with this plan either

By Malka Grunhaus