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Yael Zoldan
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Elana Moskowitz
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Yehudis David
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Lea Pavel
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Shterna Lazaroff
Family Tempo
I know what a sad picture I must be to this happily married mother of three — the ex-wife who never moved on, who is still haunted by the past
Bashie Lisker
Windows
Another thing to fight over — who gets to eat their week’s worth of sugar in one go while having the box in front of them
Yael Malka
Cozey Serial
We don’t need each other anymore, and without that, the friendship doesn’t hold much weight
Ariella Schiller
Cozey Serial
Why does it feel so good to get things down in writing? And how have I not known about this sooner? 
Ariella Schiller
Worldview
$3 billion in annual military support proved too tempting a freebie for Israeli politicians to speak up about, so they kept quiet 
Gedalia Guttentag
Worldview
That’s the vision of Vehi She’amdah: the promise to Avraham is that Jewish exceptionalism has an upside
Gedalia Guttentag
Sidekick
This year our flight will be twice as long, and you had better believe that I double- and triple-checked our tickets
Hadassa Swerds
Sidekick
Okaaay. Somebody call the cops. This pack of five-year-olds is clearly up to no good
Hadassa Swerds
Blueprint
 It’s hard to go slow when you’re waiting. For people. For answers. For the questions. To go home “Can we stop at the farmer’s market?” my sister asked me. We were in line at a gas station coffee counter, somewhere off the 87, waiting to pay for the Coke and chips. “I’d really rather not,”
Rabbi Yaakov Feitman
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