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Flashback: Editor’s Letter, Issue 788
Bassi Gruen
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Family First Editor’s Letter: Issue 788
Bassi Gruen
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“I Quit!”
Bassi Gruen
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Bassi Gruen
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A Taste of Success
Bassi Gruen
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
Break the Chain: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
Silent No More
Oh, no, I thought, Will I allow Goldie to use the silent treatment as a weapon?
Sarah Nimarov
Break the Chain: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
The Price I Paid
Growing up, I knew that it was bad to spend money and sinful to buy things at full price
Rachel Jaffe
Turing Point: Jr. Chanukah Supplement 5783
Cameras And Confessions
What would I tell her? My best friend was going to be so upset
Rochel Samet
Shul with a View
No Competition
To his shock and amazement, Dovid replied, “I had a great time! It was my best night of the week!”
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
Shul with a View
The Shivah Call
“If a Jew who knew no English was so careful about Shabbos, I know I can keep Shabbos, too”
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
Send Them Off as Jews
Send Them Off as Jews: Chapter 8
“You know,” I tell them, “what’s important now is just being here.”
Rabbi Daniel Rose
Send Them Off as Jews
Send Them Off as Jews: Chapter 7
Facing the end of life — or even seeing that possibility in the distant future — can be a gift, for all sorts of reasons
Rabbi Daniel Rose
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