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Fallout: Chapter 16
Miriam Zakon
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Fallout: Chapter 15
Miriam Zakon
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For Granted: Chapter 7        
Gila Arnold
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Fallout: Chapter 14
Miriam Zakon
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For Granted: Chapter 6 
Gila Arnold
Match Quest
Questioning the "Dating Rules"
Rules are a lot like clichés. They came about for a reason. And like clichés, sometimes they apply and sometimes they don’t
Sara Eisemann
Match Quest
"We Have to Skip Our Oldest Daughter… but How?!"
I discovered two significant patterns regarding the women who were “skipped”
Sara Eisemann
Speechless Moments
Mrs. Rifka Katz
She was stopped by her mother’s voice saying, “Raizele, no. There will be better times”
Adina Lover
Speechless Moments
Rochel Goldbaum
The night of the speech, I still couldn’t talk. But I couldn’t cancel, either
Adina Lover
Eternal Wall: Pesach Theme 5782
Sacred Route
Motti Levy’s been driving for Egged since 1969, when access to the Kosel was still a newly won thrill
Penina Steinbruch
Eternal Wall: Pesach Theme 5782
Eternal Wall: Editors' Letter
We hope you can savor this offering as we pray for the time when the Kosel will again be not a final destination, but a gateway to Hashem’s presence on earth
Nomee Shaingarten and Shoshana Friedman
Veiled Reference Podcast
Glikl Unveiled: Reading the Memoir through a Master's Lens (Feat. Dr. Elisheva Carlebach)
Glikl of Hameln is a familiar and beloved character to Jewish history enthusiasts. In this episode, we dive beneath the surface of Glikl’s words to deeply appreciate the forces at play for women of her era. In conversation with Professor Elisheva Carlebach. Dr. Carlebach is the Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society, at Columbia University.  
BONUS MINIPOD: Shabtai Zvi, Birkas Kohanim, and the Path Away from the Kosel
Tzipora Weinberg
Veiled Reference Podcast
Who was Joanna of Burgos? (Feat. Yael Krumbein)
The Silent Strength of Joanna of Burgos Joanna is a name most people won’t recognize, but her story is one for the ages. This episode describes one woman’s faith under fire, in the aftermath of the 1391 massacres in Spain, and the ways women kept their faith throughout the years of the Spanish Inquisition. In conversation with Yael Krumbein. Yael teaches European History at Touro College’s Lander College for Women in New York City and Jewish history at Bais Yaakov Machon Ora High School in Passaic, NJ   MINI-POD: The Rivash and the Chasid Yavetz on women's challenges and triumphs in Spain, 1391-1492
Tzipora Weinberg
Beltway Brief
Department of Ed Sentenced to Hard Labor
The bureaucratic earthquake that could’ve been a WhatsApp status
Jake Turx
Beltway Brief
Between Obit and Orbit
How to get fired by Trump and still get your job back
Jake Turx
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For Granted: Chapter 5 

“This isn’t about a medical issue. Or am I not allowed to talk to you about something that’s not related to Chesed Tzirel?”

By Gila Arnold

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Fallout: Chapter 13

“…and Marjorie is so good with them, and I shouldn’t complain, but Perele, I miss my kids. My life”

By Miriam Zakon

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For Granted: Chapter 4

After 13 years, why couldn’t her parents come to terms with the fact that they’d chosen to make their lives in Eretz Yisrael?

By Gila Arnold

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Fallout: Chapter 12

“I come here a lot on Sundays. It’s a great place to think about what I want from life — and what I don’t want from it”

By Miriam Zakon

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Fallout: Chapter 11

“Papa, right now Annie can’t help anyone. She’s got to take care of herself — and the baby she’s expecting.”

By Miriam Zakon

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For Granted: Chapter 3

It was easy to spout values like “chesed starts at home” when you didn’t have a distressed woman in the hospital begging you to come help her.

By Gila Arnold