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When the Supporting Cast Becomes a Drag
Maury Litwack
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Quacklash in Washington: The Lame-Duck Debate
Maury Litwack
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Mamdani Moment or Democratic Direction?
Maury Litwack
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Shutdown? What Shutdown?  
Maury Litwack
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Winds of Change
Maury Litwack
Perspectives
Encouraging Signs
Is the siman of the rimon indeed only a repetition or reaffirmation? Or is there perhaps a deeper meaning to this siman?
Rabbi Dovid Gernetz
Perspectives
This Year, Uproot the Samech 
The only two pesukim in the entire Torah that begin with the letter samech are associated with the two gravest sins in national history
Rabbi Ozer Alport
Always on Me
Walking the Walk     
Is there something you always carry on you, even if it’s seen better days?
Rabbi Meyer H. May
Always on Me
Merit Badge    
Is there something you always carry on you, even if it’s seen better days?
Rabbi Aharon Friedler
Cooks Compete
Nothing Short of A-Maze-ing
Corn salad is an easy side dish to turn to when you need something quick and easy
Family Table Readers
Cooks Compete
Sorbet
The 2026 midterms are still 14 months away. How can measuring voter sentiment now possibly predict the future? R epublicans tell me they’re going to hold the House of Representatives. Democrats tell me they’re going to take the House of Representatives. The problem with these predictions is that the 2026 midterms are still 14 months
Family Table Readers
Knowing and Growing
Preparing for Shavuos
The main point isn’t the fact that I enjoy the mitzvah, rather that Hashem wants me to do it
Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
Knowing and Growing
Growth Through Connection
The foundation of avodah isn’t motivation or geshmak, but obligation through connection
Rabbi Reuven Leuchter
Akeida Moments
Giving Up Harry
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
Riding the Waves
“I accept Your Will Hashem,” I whispered, “I accept this nisayon, please just give me the koach.”
Avigayil Wein
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