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Care to Join: Chapter 9
Leah Greene
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Care to Join: Chapter 7
Leah Greene
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Care to Join: Chapter 6
Leah Greene
Care to Join
Care to Join: Chapter 6
Leah Greene
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Care to Join: Chapter 5
Leah Greene
Free Fall
Jumping Into Freefall: An Author Looks Back
Freefall took me 12 months — and 25 years — to write. Now that it’s over, while other old and new responsibilities bang at my door, I’ll ignore the knocking for a bit and share a short retrospective on life during Freefall
Miriam Stark Zakon
Free Fall
Freefall: Chapter 55
The colonel’s lips were a straight, unsmiling line. “Not German, Freed. They need someone who speaks Yiddish”,
Miriam Stark Zakon
The Road Home
The Road Home: Chapter 10
And I… I’m okay being me, even if I’m not entirely sure who that is
Malka Winner
The Road Home
The Road Home: Chapter 8
Somehow, it’s deeply reassuring that the people packing us up are Our People
Malka Winner
One Day Closer
The Lone Learner
“Everyone wants to quit at some point, but if you don’t push yourself, you fall further behind and you’ll soon be off the wagon."
C.S. Teitelbaum
One Day Closer
Born of Grief
The Torah tells us that after the death of Aharon’s two sons, “Vayidom Aharon — and Aharon was silent.” “But what about his wife?” asks Baruch. How did she cope?
Baila Rosenbaum
Normal Like Me
Normal Like Me: Chapter 36
“You told us not to give you a phone, even if you begged for one in the middle of the night”
Ruti Kepler
Normal Like Me
Normal Like Me: Chapter 48
“Bernadine, get dressed and join them!” they urged her. Grandma’s friend Scarlett grabbed Bernadine with two strong hands and started smearing her face with yellow paint
Ruti Kepler
World Travelers
Destination: Scotland 
Scotland seemed like a great choice — majestic castles, gorgeous scenery, charming culture, and numerous distilleries (where liquor is manufactured)
Rabbi Alport
World Travelers
Covid Road Trip
After being cooped up at home for months due to Covid, we really wanted a change of scenery
Rabbi Alport
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Care to Join
Care to Join: Chapter 4

We boarded the plane, four-year-old, two-year-old, and six-month-old in tow, trying to remain impervious to the looks we were getting

By Leah Greene

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Care to Join: Chapter 3

I noticed her torn jeans, multiple piercings, and the tattoo that snaked up her arm. Then she spoke. “If you’re going to the Kotel can you daven for my mother?”

By Leah Greene

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Care to Join: Chapter 2

As she tied her own scarf, Sharon turned and thanked me, then she continued on, to reconnect with the place she hadn’t seen in 40 years

By Leah Greene