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On Call: Chapter 3 — Jeopardy 
“Shabbos is Shabbos,” he said with finality. “Shabbos comes first. Looking for heterim is not the proper approach”
Shoshana Gross
Diary Serial
On Call: Chapter 2 — The Match 
“I just stitched up a boy who fell out of bed and bumped his head — for real! How’s supper coming along?”
Shoshana Gross
Bentzi and the Mystery in the Museum
Bentzi and the Mystery in the Museum: Chapter 22
I didn’t know what else to say. Poor Asher! How would I feel if I was suddenly cut off from Yoel and Yom Tov and Tulli and all my friends?
Shifra Glick
Bentzi and the Mystery in the Museum
Bentzi and the Mystery in the Museum: Chapter 21
So, can it really be…? No! It seems I was wrong to suspect Shuki. I don’t want to risk suspecting Asher wrongly too
Shifra Glick
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Dovid Bashevkin
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Tu B’Shevat tells the world what kind of Jew you are
Dovid Bashevkin
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Meet five women who’ve found careers that keep them on their feet and in action
Miriam Milstein
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So You’ve Always Loved… Science
Four women who got their dream career down to a science
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Self, Sacrificed: Reader Roundtable
The making of a martyr
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The Ball I Dropped 
14 women give us a look at the balls they’re keeping in the air — and the ones they’re letting go of for now
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