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Kaleidoscope
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Culinary School and Beyond
This was the first time that working hard, fast, and creatively would get me in trouble.
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Strokes of Genius    
Yair Borochov’s decades of sleuthing brought the Rogatchover to life
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Home Away from Heaven   
 In Rabbi Shmuel Zucker’s kehillah, even the holy soul feels at home
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Cameras And Confessions
What would I tell her? My best friend was going to be so upset
Rochel Samet
Make Her Day: Succos 5782
Oasis of Relief  
“Strong” is so overused that it’s too trite to give people a real understanding of who she is and what she has gone through
Ariella Schiller
Make Her Day: Succos 5782
Always a Mother  
"I’d love to give her something to brighten her Yom Tov so that she feels special and knows how loved she is"
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Final Chapter, New Beginnings
As the American chapter of the book on Jonathan Pollard is coming to a close, a new, more hopeful sequel is about to be written
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Birthright Restored
Ari Zivotofsky’s 18-year battle finally ends with “Israel” listed on his son’s passport
Ari Z. Zivotofsky and Naomi Zivotofsky
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With small kids I lost sight of myself — but my kids reminded me

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Davening when you’re middle-aged is very different to the naïve, generalized pleadings for a good life that I uttered in my youth

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