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Riki Goldstein
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Miriam Milstein
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It Sounds Simple
Barbara Bensoussan
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Eytan Kobre
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The Torah Rises Once More
Gershon Burstyn
Hindsight Is 2020
This Isn’t the SHABBOS TABLE of 2010
A historic dedication heralds new hope for Budapest’s Jews Photos: Zsolt Demesc One day in the winter of 1944, the Nazis came looking for my mother. She was one of hundreds of children in an orphanage in Budapest, a safe house set up by the International Red Cross. Her mother had already been force-marched to
Chanie Nayman and Michal Frischman
Hindsight Is 2020
This Isn’t the KIRUV of 2010
This dual focus — on Torah growth, and maintaining Jews’ last Jewish connection — is one that kiruv organizations should embrace
Gedalia Guttentag
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Mood Mix with Shlome Wechter 
His fingerprints are on so many of the chassidish and heimishe releases over the past decade
Riki Goldstein
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Kaddish for Rani
“First to go in, last to come out” was the motto printed on a large backdrop behind the eulogizers at the levayah
Shoshana Friedman
A Better You
Can This Be Fixed?
While repairing doesn’t undo a rupture, it can rebuild safety and trust in the here and now
Family First Contributors
A Better You
Build the Foundation 
Just as you can’t build a home without a foundation, your relationship with hunger and fullness also requires a solid base
Family First Contributors
Vantage Point
A Day Like No Other   
Four steps to help us approach Yom Kippur with the proper mindset, embrace its depth, and carry its spiritual impact into the year ahead
Rabbi Yehoshua Frankenhuis
Vantage Point
Traversing the Sea of Elul      
Everyone must recognize where they stand, and which approach will be the most effective for them to properly return to Hashem
Rabbi Yitzchak Lubchansky
Talk Back
Stop the Single-Shaming
"One thing most definitely does need fixing. And that is the absence of empathy and respect for an entire demographic"
C. Saphir
Talk Back
Emunah Must Be Unconditional
Believe me — I promise you that I’m constantly questioning: Why was I worthy of this miracle?
Charlene Aminoff
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