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Send Them Off as Jews
“You know,” I tell them, “what’s important now is just being here.”
Rabbi Daniel Rose
Send Them Off as Jews
Facing the end of life — or even seeing that possibility in the distant future — can be a gift, for all sorts of reasons
Rabbi Daniel Rose
DIY
No jumping through hoops necessary to make these gorgeous succah decorations
Esti Vago
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Everyone here is a living, breathing proof of the eternal miracle of Chanukah T he one thing I remember most about my grandmother’s house on Chanukah is the smell of frying oil. That must be the number one most clichéd frying-oil-sentence of all time, and simultaneously the truest statement that every person with a grandmother
Nechama Kovitz
The Day After
An expert panel featuring Rabbi Menachem Karmel, Rabbi Zvi Bender and Rabbi Ari Schonfeld, moderated by Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan WATCH / LISTEN TO THE PANEL HERE
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The Day After
An expert panel featuring Rabbi David Ozeri, Dr. Eli Shapiro, and Mrs. Aliza Feder, moderated by Mr. Alex Paskie WATCH / LISTEN TO THE PANEL HERE
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Connections
“I read all the parenting books, took all the classes. But my kids still have serious problems”
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
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Two of my kids are scared to go upstairs by themselves. What should I do?
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Did they ever imagine that he’d be able to repeat a prayer in Aramaic, in front of 200 people, in memory of his father?

By Ahava Ehrenpreis

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  The flashbacks are constant. The one I’m reliving now is my husband coming home from shul Friday night, finding me in tears as I read. “Suri, put that magazine away. Why do they have so many sad articles? They should call it Meis-pacha,” he would joke. It’s hard to believe it’s been two years.

By Suri Madras

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My mazel, however, has never yet helped me fill my bank account, my sheitel boxes, or my jewelry rolls

By Raizy Sprung

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My heart sinks as I see the dates of our vacation and the performance coincide

By Chanie Stavsky

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She glances down at them and knows she can’t use them for the yearbook. They’re horrible, hideous even. How can she possibly be so ugly?

By Shiri Taub

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Bench or seven flights of stairs? I could wait for another bus. Or I could start walking home. Or… I could just sit here?

By Esther Mendelsohn