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In the Balance
Feelings Aside
Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP
In the Balance
Playing Defense
Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP
In the Balance
Family Matters
Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP
In the Balance
Stand There or Do Something
Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP
In the Balance
Great to See You Again
Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP
Spotlight
Cycles of Summer
As summer in the Catskills comes to an end, enduring scenes that last all year
Ariella Schiller
Spotlight
Man on a Mission   
Meet the young entrepreneurs who’ve made it their business to ratchet up your Yom Tov
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House of Mirrors
House of Mirrors: Chapter 30
One year later, Laylee smiles… I’m going to enjoy this, she thinks to herself
Rachael Lavon
House of Mirrors
House of Mirrors: Chapter 29
“If you really want to make a difference, the great Laylee Beloff should blog about making meaningful connections with family members, no matter their size or school”
Rachael Lavon
LifeLines
Hold Me Tight
If you ever read any book about love languages, my mother’s picture should be on the opening of the chapter on gift giving
Mattie Weinberg
LifeLines
The True Giver
Fighting for our baby’s every breath, we gained just as much as we gave
C. Saphir
Podcast: The Builders
The Chazon Ish, Rav Avrohom Yeshaya Karelitz
Part 1: The Quiet Lion of Vilna Part 2: Building the Chareidi World
Podcast: The Builders
The Builders: Rav Ovadiah Yosef
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Gedalia Guttentag and Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Galinsky
5 Things to Know About
5 Things I Wish You Knew about Blended Families   
There very rarely is an easy or simple “blended family”
Shoshana Itzkowitz
5 Things to Know About
FYI - 5 Things I wish you knew about having ADHD
It’s really no different than telling someone in a wheelchair that she should move faster because she’s in your way.
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In the Balance
You’re the One

All I said to him was, Is this who you want to be?

By Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP

In the Balance
Ready and Waiting

Why does everything take so long in the ER?

By Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP

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I Don’t Work on Shabbos

You don’t cut corners with Yiddishkeit

By Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP

In the Balance
One in a Million

I search for those subtle clues, I listen to that little voice

By Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP

In the Balance
Testing, Testing

That’s the paradox of testing: If you look long enough, you’ll find something. And that’s the balance we’re looking for: Treat the emergency, but don’t create it

By Baruch S. Fertel, MD, MPA, FACEP