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Back to 1963
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A Rare Scare
My daughter suffered a rare complication — again and again
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Medical Mystery
Forbidden Foods
My daughter's life was in danger — and the doctors couldn't figure out why
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DMCs
Learning to Fly
“Loser, you’re a loser,” my classmates taunt, pointing at my cleft lip while I shrink into hopeless oblivion
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DMCs
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I would find myself crying not for Kaila and her family, but for the simplicity of my own life before this all happened
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Shared Space
Shared Space: The Follow-Up
As the serial draws to a close, we reached out to voices of authority within the community to discuss some of the underlying threads of Shared Space. This week, Rabbi Avrohom Neuberger weighs in on the issue of hard moneylending
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Shared Space
Shared Space: The Follow-up
Sometimes, the greatest gift parents can give their married children is the freedom to fail
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B.A.N.G Gang
The Bang Gang — Act 5: Scene 2
"Dobra Baila could definitely splash paint around on a bit of paper. But do you really think anyone’s gonna pay money for the daubings of a kid?"
R. Atkins
B.A.N.G Gang
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Family Reflections
Disappearing Act
Adaptive childhood responses backfire in adulthood
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Family Reflections
Happiness on Demand
We can’t always be happy, but we can be “whole”
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Dance Like No One Is Watching

Most people don’t believe me when I disclose my love for dancing. I stand too straight, and my smile is too wry

By Esther Kurtz

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Back to 1963

For two days, I left the 21st century, traveled figuratively back 56 years, and tried to live my grandmother’s lifestyle

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