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Bored in the Boardroom
Rochel Samet
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Reboot Your Brain
Eliana Cline
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The Student I Didn’t Reach
Elisheva Appel
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The Bridge Builder
Riki Goldstein
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Home at Last
Tzivia Meth
In the Shadow of Corona
Not Alone
“The birth was smooth, the babies are healthy. My mother wasn’t here, but she got me a neis”
Rivka Streicher
In the Shadow of Corona
Life on Pause
Being brave can make a person break. Being real gives us the strength to carry on
Chassia Thau
Off the Couch
You're Not Alone
“You maligned us! You broke our confidentiality! You terrible, terrible man!”  
Jacob L. Freedman MD
Off the Couch
Don’t Force It
I was a bit overwhelmed myself — it’s not every day you see a person so candidly willing to admit his pain or weakness
Jacob L. Freedman MD
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One Fish, Two Fish
A little orphaned girl who turned away from a life she loved to return to her Jewish roots. The story of Goldine Ehrenfeld Teicher Belgium, 1945. A seven-year-old Jewish girl paces the hall of the Jewish orphanage. She clutches her necklace — a cross. Back and forth, back and forth across the hall. Finally, she
Elisheva Frankel
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A little orphaned girl who turned away from a life she loved to return to her Jewish roots. The story of Goldine Ehrenfeld Teicher Belgium, 1945. A seven-year-old Jewish girl paces the hall of the Jewish orphanage. She clutches her necklace — a cross. Back and forth, back and forth across the hall. Finally, she
Elisheva Frankel
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"I Think Pull Is…"     
Protektzia is baked into our society. Should it be?
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The Parents' Role in Homework Is…  
Kids are overwhelmed, parents are overworked. Just whose job is this homework, anyway?
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Sheltering Your Kids Is…
Is sheltering kids the ideal — or misguided? Ten women share their take
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Collecting the Feathers 

When someone hurts you in a way no words can undo, breaks your trust in a way that seems insurmountable, can you possibly get past it? Four women share how they forgave and let go

By Musia Slavin

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Bringing Holiness to Hanover

Even after loss, Rebbetzin Shterna Wolff is determined to spread light

By Riki Goldstein

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Shehecheyanu Moments: Five Stories

Shehecheyanu is the brachah on fresh chances. At the brink of a new year, we look back with gratitude over what we’ve achieved, and look forward to possibilities and potential ahead

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In Harmony

Wives of famous chazzanim share what it’s like to be the woman behind the sheliach tzibbur

By Brachi Zeivald and Sarah Moses Spero

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The House That Built Me

“There’s a deep, vital security in knowing that, no matter how improbable a visit is, home is still there”

By Musia Slavin

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Painful Warnings

It was a simple case of COVID. So why was the pain off the charts?

By Rachael Lavon