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Shoshana Schwartz
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Shoshana Schwartz
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Shoshana Schwartz
The Soapbox
What advocacy couldn’t accomplish, parents achieved just by showing up
Rabbi Avi Schnall
The Soapbox
It’s now time for our community to work proactively to shape our public image
Avi Greenstein
Center Stage
I think my exact reaction was, “Um… but I know absolutely nothing about making a movie!”
Gila Arnold
Center Stage
“What, one of those frummie, all-women films?” she smirked. “Nah, I never go to those. The caliber is not the highest, if you know what I mean”
Gila Arnold
Akeida Moments
Sometimes I’d believe I could slip into it, if I could just find the portal to enter. A place that would accept me, quirks and all.
Esther Kurtz
Akeida Moments
“I accept Your Will Hashem,” I whispered, “I accept this nisayon, please just give me the koach.”
Avigayil Wein
Face to Face
“Blinken admitted it was a mistake not to pressure Hamas”
Avi Blum, ESQ
Face to Face
“If I had my way, we wouldn’t be negotiating with Hamas at all”
Avi Blum, ESQ
Day in the Life
Jonathan Heller is the CEO of MikvaTech, a water purification company based in Jerusalem, where he lives
Rachel Bachrach
Day in the Life
"At first I called it the Shoel Umeishiv hotline, but a lot of boys don’t know what a shoel umeishiv is, so we changed it to Dial-a-Rebbi"
Rachel Bachrach
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