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Mother of Pearl
Musia Slavin
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Heart in an Envelope 
Rochel Levine
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The Lullaby
C. Freed
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Missing Her
Shoshana Friedman
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Why We Cry
Chassia Thau
From Across The Oceans
Donny Morris, 19, Teaneck
“With that chein and smile, by taking three seconds to say good morning, he made an impact that was remembered years later”
Gedalia Guttentag
From Across The Oceans
Yosef Amram Tauber, 19, Monsey
“To lose such a talmid on Lag B’omer — how can we understand this?”
Yochonon Donn
Election Special
Bibi's Last Battle
If Bibi is serving as a minister, his political life is over. But if he’s the prime minister, he can fight the charges while in office
Eliezer Shulman
Election Special
Crumbling Right
Bibi is like the coach whose team is trailing with less than two minutes to go and has used his last timeout
Binyamin Rose
Fork in the Road
Fork in the Road: Barnea Bistro
You are there when I’m asked how many children I have, and I hesitate before I answer   We cry because we don’t know what to cry about. Except this year, I do. Where did you go, my beloved child? She weeps in the night, her cheek wet with tears. There is no one to
Michal Frischman
Fork in the Road
Fork in the Road
You are there when I’m asked how many children I have, and I hesitate before I answer   We cry because we don’t know what to cry about. Except this year, I do. Where did you go, my beloved child? She weeps in the night, her cheek wet with tears. There is no one to
Rivki Rabinowitz
The Bigger Picture
Circle of Unity 
The medics had returned to Meron and were sitting in a circle around 45 candles, processing their loss, their limits
Charlie Harary
The Bigger Picture
Strengths We’d Never Known
Let’s do what Yidden do, even now, even after, and after, and after again
Yisroel Besser
From My Table
Family Table: Cream Cheese Cookies
I’m always looking for recipes that give me a lot of mileage. They can’t be too time consuming and also have to be exciting for my kids.
Chanie Nayman
From My Table
Family Table: Iced Coffee Boba
I finally tried making homemade boba. It’s fun and different to add to drinks!
Chanie Nayman
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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

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