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Eyes Wide Shut
Elana Rothberg
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When Pesach Looms
Miriam Maggid
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The Giving Trees
Maayan David
Make Her Day: Succos 5782
Oasis of Relief  
“Strong” is so overused that it’s too trite to give people a real understanding of who she is and what she has gone through
Ariella Schiller
Make Her Day: Succos 5782
Always a Mother  
"I’d love to give her something to brighten her Yom Tov so that she feels special and knows how loved she is"
Ariella Schiller
Staying the Course
Staying the Course: Chapter 6
Against the odds, I had done it. Not only done it, but done it well
Yossi Myers
Staying the Course
Staying the Course: Chapter 5
As foreign as some of the classes were, ultimately, the questions raised in every course brought me back to where I came from
Yossi Myers
Elevate
Our Nation’s Strength and Beauty
“Could there be a greater demonstration of the strength and beauty of our nation?”
Family First Contributors
Elevate
We Know You Will
I asked my students to think about the words “Ein keitz l’yemei hara’ah — there’s no end to the days of evil”
Family First Contributors
Seven Facts
7 Fact You Should Know About Jet Lag Travel Woes
I t all began about ten years ago when a small African laboratory published research on the properties of a rather scraggly-looking shrub dubbed the “Never Die” tree by the locals. This indigenous African bush called a Moringa can survive long-term harsh conditions and bad maintenance and even when it’s shriveled and has lost 98
Devorah Weiss
Medical Mysteries
When the Cure's the Cause
All the tests came back clear—but something was very wrong
Faigy Peritzman
Medical Mysteries
Spot It
What was behind my son’s attacks of agonizing pain?
Faigy Peritzman
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Eyes Wide Shut

I can sense she’s enamored of our kollel lifestyle, about the simplicity, about the inner happiness that radiates from our home. So perhaps I should disillusion her

By Elana Rothberg

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When Pesach Looms

It’s not shopping or outfitting the kids. It’s not any of that. Those things — I can handle those things. They’re easy. They’re Normal People Problems. Unlike mine…

By Miriam Maggid

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The Giving Trees

Chemist and plant researcher Dr. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, president of the island nation of Mauritius, is on a mission to harness the properties of ancient healing plants near extinction

By Maayan David