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Fighting for Freedom on the Holiday of Freedom
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
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Beef Boycott by Brave Women
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
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Purim Edition: Readers’ Mailbag
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
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Pockets of Poppy Seeds for Happy Holiday Hamantaschen
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
True Colors
Standing Up for Myself
The only thing I thought I was good at was being lonely. And trust me, it’s not a good thing to be good at
Chaya Rosen
True Colors
My House in Flames
Since when do fire alarms actually mean a fire?
Chaya Rosen
Map the Starlight
Map the Starlight: Afterword
Why do maps fascinate me? Partly because I love fault lines. The border between doubt and certainty. The place between choice, faith, passivity, and acceptance
Leah Gebber
Map the Starlight
Map the Starlight: Chapter 60
Who is he? A man who seeks goodness and truth, or a man who burns books and people? Is he heir to his great-grandfather’s legacy?
Leah Gebber
Outside Chance
Outside Chance: Chapter 28  
Chaim picked up his laffa, then put it down. He seemed to be thinking. “I don’t remember ever making a conscious choice in my life”
Esther Kurtz
Outside Chance
Outside Chance: Chapter 27
My breath caught in my throat. Every time I let myself picture that awful moment, I felt first-trimester nausea
Esther Kurtz
redo and renew
Resell Your Real Estate
Hamantaschen have played a large role in Purim celebrations for centuries Title: Pockets of Poppy Seeds for Happy Holiday Hamantaschen Location: New York Document: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Time: 1917   Jewish studies scholars have unfortunately not given the topic of culinary history the attention it deserves. Very few scholars have researched this neglected subject. —Mordecai
Malkie Gordon-Hirsch
redo and renew
Expectations versus Reality
Hamantaschen have played a large role in Purim celebrations for centuries Title: Pockets of Poppy Seeds for Happy Holiday Hamantaschen Location: New York Document: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Time: 1917   Jewish studies scholars have unfortunately not given the topic of culinary history the attention it deserves. Very few scholars have researched this neglected subject. —Mordecai
Michal Frischman
Branding Together
Stage 7: Start Spreading the Word
Seeing Calmin’ Ground’s website finally going live was an incredibly rewarding experience for everyone involved
Sandy Eller
Branding Together
Stage 6: From Rustic Place to Cyberspace
The transformation of the Lowensteins’ farm was really starting to take shape
Sandy Eller
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