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Yael Zoldan
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Esther Rabi
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Chavi Fuchs
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EndNote
Is there a special niggun that has transformed your classroom?
Riki Goldstein
EndNote
They’ve been blessed with amazing talent, yet standing in front of a sea of excited, adoring fans, they wonder how much else, besides the music, they’re expected to give.
Riki Goldstein
Reel Chronicles
Outtakes from a video production studio
Moshe Shindler
Reel Chronicles
Shela-He is a Lakewood based organization that gives women the chance to partner with yungeleit by donating a dollar a day
Moshe Shindler
The Lens
Their departure from the dining room took well over an hour
Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz
The Lens
While he has passed on to the Next World, the photo captures his otherworldly chein for posterity
Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz
Make Her Day: Succos 5782
“Strong” is so overused that it’s too trite to give people a real understanding of who she is and what she has gone through
Ariella Schiller
Make Her Day: Succos 5782
"I’d love to give her something to brighten her Yom Tov so that she feels special and knows how loved she is"
Ariella Schiller
Win or Lose
How wrong had he been. Mr. Greenbaum was anything but a silly old man. He was actually one of the most brilliant and wealthy people around
Chaim Finkelstein
Win or Lose
Yitzy was shocked. Why on earth would Mr. Greenbaum ask him such a silly question? Was this a joke?
Chaim Finkelstein
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