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Penina Steinbruch
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Simi Leitner
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Shiri Taub
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Chana Goodman
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Dana Cohen
On Our Own Terms
Pitzuchei Mashiach is a snacker’s paradise and so much more
Sarah Faygie Berkowitz
On Our Own Terms
A 1974 New York Times article touted the Lakewood area as the “most famous winter resort in the east
Sarah Faygie Berkowitz
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I’m a slow study. It wasn’t until I got back that it finally sank in
Yael Malka
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 I can just sense when someone wants my fashion opinion
Peshie Needleman
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
The boys would go home for Pesach and Succos, and the place lost its energy; the town became a shadow of itself
Rivka Streicher
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
What kind of mother would I be if I implicated my son by blaming him for his lateness? I may threaten to, but let’s face it, I won’t     School is serious business these days, even for the very young. Not only is my six-year-old son required to bring a note when he’s late,
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Best Food Forward
What kind of mother would I be if I implicated my son by blaming him for his lateness? I may threaten to, but let’s face it, I won’t     School is serious business these days, even for the very young. Not only is my six-year-old son required to bring a note when he’s late,
Chanie Apfelbaum
Best Food Forward
What kind of mother would I be if I implicated my son by blaming him for his lateness? I may threaten to, but let’s face it, I won’t     School is serious business these days, even for the very young. Not only is my six-year-old son required to bring a note when he’s late,
Chanie Apfelbaum
Impressions
Why, wondered Rabbi Yishai Kalfa, were there no English seforim highlighting the chashivus of Eretz Yisrael?
Sandy Eller
Impressions
The Last Slave is a story of redemption — and so was the process that got us to the finish line
Y. Kormornick
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