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Shoshana Schwartz
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Mesorah Quest
How did a clandestine Jewish community in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro stay under the radar for so many decades?
Ari Greenspan
Mesorah Quest
High on isolated Indian cliffs, the Bnei Menashe are almost living Jewish
Ari Greenspan
Windows
I had no one to help me kasher my sinks
Bayla Geberer
Windows
In the fraught season of pre-Pesach cleaning, some words of dubious wisdom
Hadassah Swerds
FF Theme: Enduring Kindness
16 stories of gestures small and large, whose warmth lingers long afterward
Family First Readers
Standing Ovation
Going back just a few decades, almost all the kosher hotels were located in the Catskill Mountains
Dovid Nachman Golding
Standing Ovation
Veteran producer Dovid Nachman Golding hosts a walk down musical memory lane
Dovid Nachman Golding
Baby Steps
I slowly wrote the rest of my reply, hit send, and opened up a world of possibilities
Helen Shere
Baby Steps
I should probably let the shul know that I won’t be available to host in a few months... But then again...
Helen Shere
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A teenage boy approached the offices. Hands and feet cuffed, he was flanked by three police officers. This kid must have really been bad news

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The exercise worked well because we hadn’t realized it was an exercise. No theoretical conversation, no attempts at remembering situations in which we felt powerless

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On top of my own frustration, I felt responsible for the others’ enjoyment — or lack thereof — and worry and guilt wended their way into my consciousness

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I didn’t want to pry or make her uncomfortable. She, on the other hand, started asking a million questions about me, my background, my family,

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As I spent time at Retorno, I got hooked on the people, the realness. On the process going on around me and, soon, inside me,

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Faygie was as winded as anyone, but stayed on the court. I took in her bright eyes and pink cheeks and thought, I can reach her,

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