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Raizy Gerwitz shows us how to serve up chicken but keep it interesting
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Dinner Diaries
In honor of the Nine Days, Michal Goldstein shows us how to do a meat-free week
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Medical Mysteries
All the tests came back clear—but something was very wrong
Faigy Peritzman
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What was behind my son’s attacks of agonizing pain?
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On Our Own Terms
Pitzuchei Mashiach is a snacker’s paradise and so much more
Sarah Faygie Berkowitz
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A 1974 New York Times article touted the Lakewood area as the “most famous winter resort in the east
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Every Moment Counts: Chanukah Theme 5783
As we prepare our wicks and count our candles, each day adding another level of light, do those numbers hold another special meaning for you? 
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The Art of the Deal
White House envoy Avi Berkowitz traces the story behind the historic Israel-UAE deal
Gedalia Guttentag
The Art of the Deal
The diplomatic coup announced by Trumpian tweet last week to a stunned world began only a few months ago on the olive-green hills of Judea and Samaria
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When you buy a house, you purchase the place that will become a home. A headache arises from a place deep within, loaded with so many what-ifs,

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I remember waiting on the driveway for Zevi’s playgroup van when he was three, and his graduation to real school buses when he was five. I miss those moments of fun, when we’d wait for the bus as a family. I miss last year’s quiet, early morning talks. Doesn’t he?,

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Though nearly half a century had gone by, I could still picture high school Suri on the other end of the line

By Maurine Weiner

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Listening to Baba’s story, her words penetrated deeper than any mussar speech. Because Baba is so… real. Beneath her petite frame, my grandmother is a very powerful person. Passionate. No weak, hazy, beliefs; when Baba believes something, she lives it in every breath she takes,

By Rayzel Reich

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I strive to fill the hours, build a routine, drown out the seconds ticking away. But filling time isn’t living and I want to live

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But before I can start cooking, I remember the daily chapter of Tehillim I’ve promised to recite for the refuah of a young lady

By Esther Teichtal