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The Existential Question
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Pruning
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Moving Closer
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“It” Is for Objects
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A Face and A Place
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Rebbe Gedalya Moshe was buried in one of the tiny graveyards in a corner of the city. Who knew of it’s power?
Hodayah Cohen
Theme Section: Wandering Jews
On a Truck to Freedom
My parents had survived the Holocaust, but Communism in Hungary was a noose around our necks. Would that small crack during the uprising be the window for our escape?
Riki Goldstein
Theme Section: Wandering Jews
Theme Section: Wandering Jews    
Modern exiles of an ancient people: Four personal accounts of those seeking safer ground
Rachel Bachrach
Minhag Match-up
Matzah Brei Waffles
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Chanie Apfelbaum
Minhag Match-up
“Rice Is Nice” Brunch Salad 
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Chavi Feldman
The Gadol Down the Block: Shavuos 5782
Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky — The House at the Bottom of the Hill   
Rav Yaakov’s house was the lodestar of our family’s spiritual identity
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The Gadol Down the Block: Shavuos 5782
Rav Shlomo Zalman Friedman — Holy Fire
And then, one Friday night before Succos, the Rav’s home was destroyed in a devastating fire
Moshe Benoliel
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