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Ferried to Freedom  
Riki Goldstein
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Looking Forward Means Looking Back 
Rabbi Nosson Wiggins
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Saying Goodbye to Ima 
Rabbi Yosef Sorotzkin
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Returning
Aliza Radin
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One Fate
Rabbi Yisrael Goldwasser
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War Stories II 
Our anxiety no longer has the same urgency — how do we keep feeling?
Mrs. Batya Weinberg
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War Stories  
How do my worried feelings help the war effort?
Mrs. Batya Weinberg
Oneg Shabbos
Soldier of Fortune
Now that he was in the Czar’s army, he knew he’d take revenge and right the injustice done by none other than his own brother
Yeruchem Yitzchak Landesman
Oneg Shabbos
And Seal Us for Life
For the sake of saving a life, said Rav Chaim HaLevi of Brisk, we must try everything, even something that goes against logic, even on Yom Kippur
Yeruchem Yitzchak Landesman
Seven Facts
7 Fact You Should Know About Jet Lag Travel Woes
Between the barracks in Auschwitz and the once-peaceful pathways of the towns in the Gaza Envelope, will Jewish life ever go back to safe mode? This past October, I was scheduled to leave for Poland the day after Simchas Torah with a group of 50 people who would be participating in an “unknown Holocaust” tour.
Devorah Weiss
Yardsticks
Yardsticks: Chapter 43
“Oh, goodness, I’m so happy. It’s amazing what a good fit does to a gown. Beautiful, beautiful”
Esty Heller
Yardsticks
Yardsticks: Chapter 42
It was not my place to tell Yocheved what to do. This was her business, her responsibility. I couldn’t change the world
Esty Heller
Minhag Match-up
Matzah Brei Waffles
Between the barracks in Auschwitz and the once-peaceful pathways of the towns in the Gaza Envelope, will Jewish life ever go back to safe mode? This past October, I was scheduled to leave for Poland the day after Simchas Torah with a group of 50 people who would be participating in an “unknown Holocaust” tour.
Chanie Apfelbaum
Minhag Match-up
“Rice Is Nice” Brunch Salad 
Between the barracks in Auschwitz and the once-peaceful pathways of the towns in the Gaza Envelope, will Jewish life ever go back to safe mode? This past October, I was scheduled to leave for Poland the day after Simchas Torah with a group of 50 people who would be participating in an “unknown Holocaust” tour.
Chavi Feldman
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Is there a rebbi or morah who gave you the lesson of a lifetime? Readers share those life-altering interactions

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It got darker as I trudged along, trying not to lose my way, never forgetting for an instant the verse “ein oid milvado”

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A Yid can never give up. Strengthen yourself and go on

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When I want to improve my kavanah in prayers, I think of the times and places where I experienced an elevation of spirit

By Benny Klein

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Living the life you want to live and being the person you want to be demands hard work, I reminded myself

By Binyomin Yudin 

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Reawakened   

And just like that, in one heart-stopping moment, I unloaded the burden I had been carrying since I had gotten married

By Tamar Farajian