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When the President Came to Shul
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
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When the Founding Fathers Spoke Yiddish
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
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The Torah Leadership of Rav Elye Pruzhaner
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
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A Place Called the Pletzl
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
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Signed in Knyszyn, Sealed in Eternity
Dovid Safier and Yehuda Geberer
Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
Hidden Assets
I was the stereotypical newlywed, setting up my best friend with my husband’s kid brother
Esty Heller
Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
Birthright
Ninth-grade bochurim would huddle in a corner, daring each other to make the plunge and ask Mordy a question
Shmuel Botnick
Kovna Rewrite
Kovno Rewrite — Revisited
Stepping into the Moadon HaYehudi in Kaunas, Lithuania, feels like venturing up (down?) Penrose’s impossible staircase, stepping back in time while moving forward just the same. It’s been almost two years since we left, and we’re back as visiting lecturers.,Kovno Rewrite — Revisited,We’ve gone back in time in Lithuania
Esther Teichtal
Calligraphy: Succos 5786
Pink Tiles
Leah stood there with empty arms. As usual, everyone else seemed to get what they wanted
Esther Kurtz
Calligraphy: Succos 5786
Where Peace Begins
“You listen to me, boys,” she said fiercely. “I’m coming back for you. This is only for now. Soon you’re coming home”
Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz
The Current: Israel vs. the World
Israel vs. the World    
As Israel faces its seventh month of fighting, diplomatic isolation raises a number of questions
Mishpacha Contributors
The Current: Israel vs. the World
Expect More of the Same
“To understand how remarkable the accusations against Israel are, one needs to know about how other countries fight wars”
Eugene Kontorovich
A Summer Well Spent
The Higher Part of You
"To see how 'I' and 'me' are just ways to say ‘us' and 'we'; to expand yourself to include others"
Yosef Herz
A Summer Well Spent
The Real Teachers
"It was all part of being there, showing the unaffiliated that bnei Torah can be fun, normal, and serious about Yiddishkeit at the same time"
Yosef Herz
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The Long Gray Line Ends in Israel

An unexpected surprise awaits the casual visitor: the Jewish grave of the only officer in the entire cemetery who died fighting under another nation’s flag

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

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The Last Interview with Rav Shayale

Most of the information we have for him comes from oral traditions among Unterland Hungarian Jewry

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

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A Blood Libel in New York

The blood libel was leveled collectively against the Jews of Massena

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

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An East Side Story

In the winter of 1916, amid the economic pressures of immigrant life, a dispute erupted on Rivington Street 

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

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Industrial Pogrom

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory blaze claimed the lives of 146 workers, mostly young Jewish women

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

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The Galicia–Vienna–Tel Aviv Express

Over seven decades after the Ruzhiner’s midnight ride from Russia to Austria, his descendants were to complete his journey

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