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Magazine Feature
Community-conscious grassroots initiatives are quietly breaking the shidduch bottleneck
Yitzchok Schwarz
Magazine Feature
Yitzchak Pindrus was headed for Anglo advocacy until the Knesset called him back
Yaacov Lipszyc
To Be Honest
Since when does your pain give you license to hurt someone else?
Esty Rosenberg
To Be Honest
Does food deserve the pedestal we’ve placed it on?
Esty Heller
Hindsight Is 2020
    “Now you look shtotty. Now you can go into the world” Lana woke up early on the day of her friend’s wedding. “Mommy, am I shtotty yet?” she asks. “No, Lana,” says her mommy. “First you have to put on makeup.” So Lana stands in front of the mirror for an hour and applies
Chanie Nayman and Michal Frischman
Hindsight Is 2020
This dual focus — on Torah growth, and maintaining Jews’ last Jewish connection — is one that kiruv organizations should embrace
Gedalia Guttentag
Theme Section: Wandering Jews
My parents had survived the Holocaust, but Communism in Hungary was a noose around our necks. Would that small crack during the uprising be the window for our escape?
Riki Goldstein
Theme Section: Wandering Jews
Modern exiles of an ancient people: Four personal accounts of those seeking safer ground
Rachel Bachrach
Moonlight
When Shabbos Chazon falls on Erev Tishah B’Av, it’s a powerful reminder that the end of galus is near
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Moonlight
No matter how much we try to fit in, the world will remind us that we don’t
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
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