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Part III: Light It Up

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Part I: The Two Foundations

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Counter Point

Yiddishe Gelt: Issue 881 — the conversation continues

Our Succos supplement Yiddishe Gelt, about the price of frum life today, drew significant and spirited feedback. Here is a sampling

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Counter Point

Yiddishe Gelt: The conversation continues

"The discrepancy between the rebbeim and teachers’ gifts is definitely not warranted"

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Ask the Expert

Ask the Expert: How to Bake Best

Producing those pictures is no magic trick; good photography is a science you can learn In this series, I break down the formulas and methods I’ve developed over my nearly 20 years in the industry so that anyone — whether you’re an amateur photography buff with your first DSLR, still holding on to your point-and-shoot,

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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

Off the Couch

You're Not Alone

“You maligned us! You broke our confidentiality! You terrible, terrible man!”

Jacob L. Freedman MD

Off the Couch

Don’t Force It

I was a bit overwhelmed myself — it’s not every day you see a person so candidly willing to admit his pain or weakness

Jacob L. Freedman MD

News Feature

Bittersweet Return

As selected hostages emerge from Gaza, joy mingles with dread

Avi Blum, ESQ and Binyamin Rose and Chananel Shapiro and Yaakov Lipszyc

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Dark Days in August

The Crown Heights riots, 30 years on

Yochonon Donn

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Part III: Light It Up

The literal definition of photography is “drawing with light”

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Part II: In the Background

You gather your kids, wash their faces, and pose them, but are you thinking about what’s behind them? The background is generally what makes or breaks the image. You need to look for a background that won’t distract from your image; usually, if the background doesn’t distract from your subject, it will complement it.

By Shmuel Diamond

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Part I: The Two Foundations

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