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Kaleidoscope
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Tickled Pink
Gitty Gold
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Ready
Russy Tendler
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Being Mommy
Aidy Feldman
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The Boomerang Tefillah Effect
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US Midterms: 2022
Wave of the Future
As the midterm fiasco convulses the GOP, can a buoyant DeSantis power past Donald Trump?
Gedalia Guttentag
US Midterms: 2022
So Much for the Red Wave  
To understand why the actual result was more of a mild ripple, we need to look behind the numbers and trends
Omri Nahmias
Moonlight
Gateway to Eternity
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
Mountains of Hatred   
No matter how much we try to fit in, the world will remind us that we don’t
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Out of Step
Out of Step: Afterword 
The resilience she’s built up from overcoming her pain will help her go so far
Ariella Schiller
Out of Step
Out of Step: Chapter 56   
"I kind of had a crash course this year in growing up. You won’t know this, Deeny-beany, but I used to dance"
Ariella Schiller
Take 2
Heni and Raizy
All human beings crave connection but those connections don’t have to take place on muddy terrain
Mindy Rosenthal M.S., BCBA/LBA
Take 2
Miriam and Golda
I’m having a really hard time forgiving her, and I’m too embarrassed to talk to her about the conversation I overheard
Mindy Rosenthal M.S., BCBA/LBA
Vacancies
Vacancies: Postscript
The Vacancies writers fill in the holes behind the scenes
Family First Contributors
Vacancies
Vacancies: Chapter 13
Those three women and their perfect stores, perfect lives, and a dance studio, it’s perfect, I can’t believe we didn’t think of it before!
Rochel Samet
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