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Moshe Finkelstein is the owner of CrunchTime Media in Brooklyn, New York
Rachel Bachrach
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Yehoshua Berger is the owner of EsrogShopper.com. He’s based in Lakewood, New Jersey
Rachel Bachrach
Eye on Europe
If Labour has its way in the UK, Jewish parents will have to pay a hefty tax on chinuch
Y. Davis
Eye on Europe
Closer analysis of the United Kingdom’s 2024 general election results raises the question: Earthquake or illusion?
Y. Davis
Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
I was the stereotypical newlywed, setting up my best friend with my husband’s kid brother
Esty Heller
Calligraphy: Pesach 5784
Ninth-grade bochurim would huddle in a corner, daring each other to make the plunge and ask Mordy a question
Shmuel Botnick
Earth to Zalmi
I’ll be sitting on a spaceship for five days until I reach Boruch’s planet
Faigy Gut
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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
Binyamin Rose
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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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