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Upside Down
Chassia Thau
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Corona Of Splendor
Libby Rubinstein
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Show of Support
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Committed to Memory
Esther Heller
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Faces We Wear
Rivka Streicher
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My Dream Job: Jus by Julie
I look at the pictures. At the widow’s smile. Did I smile like that today, yesterday? Photos hold endless fascination. Especially family photos.My grandmother’s office is a mini museum. Hanging photo frames, garlands of glass and brass, babies and brides. The certificates on her wall are dwarfed by her nachas. We love watching the new
Abbey Wolin
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MARKETING 101 : BUILDING A SERVICE-BASED BUSINESS 
When the right person gets your marketing messages, whether in a print ad, on your website, or through social media, they should immediately feel a connection along the lines of, “This is what I need in my life!” 
Tzivia Cohen
Kitchen Encounters
FROM GRANDMA, with LOVE
Enjoying the comfort foods passed down through the generations
Barbara Bensoussan
Kitchen Encounters
Making the Switch
Is it hard to part with the once-loved, nonkosher delicacies of the past? A few intrepid baalei teshuvah share their experiences.
Barbara Bensoussan
Day in the Life
Day in the Life of Joseph (Yoseph) Green
Joseph (Yoseph) Green is the CEO and president of Rank Friendly, which helps clients with search engine optimization. He lives in Israel and runs his business out of its office in Spring Valley, New York
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Day in the Life of Zev Elman
Zev Elman runs the Flatbush Music Clinic in Brooklyn, New York
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Perspective
Alone We Sit
I am alone, you suddenly realize. Who am I? Do I have a self, apart from society?
Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky
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All Hands on Deck
So what is the art of volunteering? What are the essential leadership traits required?
Alexandra Fleksher
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A Hot Idea
Then I had one of my ideas. All my ideas are good, but this was especially good. It was an idea that would solve my two problems in one shot
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Germs are the whole problem. Germs threaten Mommy’s life

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It’s a small thing, yet it fills me with nachas that I never dreamed I would have

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Ambassador of the Past

As I signed form after form with that name Sara, I pondered this strange predicament that seemed to bring me full circle

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