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Chana Goodman
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Communities
As I sit with a group of men representing four decades of the yeshivah, they all have one thing in common: Scranton guy. How did the yeshivah create that glue?
Eytan Kobre
Communities
A historic dedication heralds new hope for Budapest’s Jews
Gershon Burstyn
Family Room Feature
Mood boards to inspire your bathroom updates, from small to large, black to white — and all the colors in between
Family Room Contributors
Family Room Feature
Foundational concepts when considering a bathroom refresh
Yali Katz
True Colors
The only thing I thought I was good at was being lonely. And trust me, it’s not a good thing to be good at
Chaya Rosen
True Colors
Since when do fire alarms actually mean a fire?
Chaya Rosen
Booklists
"Is there a peirush on Chumash you consider indispensable when learning the weekly parshah?"
Mishpacha Staff
Booklists
As a teenager, I found myself going back and referencing it again and again
Mishpacha Staff
Deep Dive
A real Jewish leader allows everyone to feel accepted and welcomed.
Tamar Skydell 
Deep Dive
From beer to Barclays, Azriel Chelst is strategizing behind the scenes and netting partnerships with a Torah mindset
Mimi Minsky
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As morning stoked light and warmth into the earth, I looked up once more, into the glow of golden sun, and told G-d that now I understood

By Rachelli Saffir

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If it was a matter of right or wrong, it would be simpler. But nothing is right or wrong these days; everything has six sides and three opinions

By Ariella Schiller

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What are the things that I desperately hang onto, not knowing their worth or what binds me to them?

By Shayna Gutke Poupko

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Who will live and flourish and grow within the hallways of this building, and who will die inside

By Rochel (Grunewald) Samet

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The Bluzhever Rebbe did not allow seats to be assigned in his shul. “Whoever wants to come daven with me is welcome,” he would say simply

By Shoshana Gold

LifeTakes

Before is your cookies and cupcakes, sesame chicken and sweet-and-sour meatballs, Wednesday night schnitzel. Roast on Yom Tov, a second potato kugel for Friday afternoon, and spelt challah every Shabbos. After is the rest of us divvying up Shabbos duties.

By Shira Isenberg, RD, MPH