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Ruti Kepler
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Ruti Kepler
Light Years Away
Ruti Kepler
A Promise Kept
My companions  — along with the bag I was counting on to keep us alive — vanished in the chaos
Yael Schuster
A Promise Kept
We’d created a haven for them to unburden their hearts, and sent them away with the sweetness of home cooking
Millie Samson
True Account
Yosef Yitzchak Gershon learned it’s never too late to shake off the past
Barbara Bensoussan
True Account
Would the music of my father, Moshe Yess a”h, be relegated to a pile of scratched oldies in someone’s basement?
Barbara Bensoussan
Words Unspoken
We know that you’re both in terrible pain. But we need to say something to both of you
Anonymous
Words Unspoken
Feel the pain, but don’t allow it to give you the false impression that Hashem isn’t in this tzarah with you
Anonymous
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
Personal Accounts
“A sock isn’t a woman,” Chanochi announces. “It can’t be an agunah.”   With Mount Meron looming outside their window, Yoeli and Leiky are doing their best to put together a decent supper of leftovers. Yoeli brushes olive oil and crushed garlic over the tail ends of the bread they ate with butter earlier. He
Mishpacha Contributors
Personal Accounts
This year, this niggun was an anthem because we showed it. He’s always there for us, but this year, we were there for Him too.
Yisroel Besser
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Light Years Away

After that, she lost all sense of structure. All the boundaries fell away, all the definitions. Inside. Outside. Reality. Imagination. Time. Mind. Body.

By Ruti Kepler

Light Years Away

“Who knows?” Chaya had said lightly. “Maybe these old, retro tiles will come back into style”

By Ruti Kepler

Light Years Away

Oof! Why doesn’t she have any connections to wealthy donors? Doesn’t anybody have a philanthropic fund tucked away somewhere?

By Ruti Kepler

Light Years Away

At the family meeting that night, Yoeli had explained to them all that no, they couldn’t send out pictures of Tovi. That was off limits for Gedalya

By Ruti Kepler

Light Years Away

Batya is at her most annoying when she’s right. My parents had paid 30,000 shekels — about half a year’s worth of Abba’s salary

By Ruti Kepler

Light Years Away

“Harav Silver, forgive the intrusion, but couldn’t a conversation about a teddy bear wait until we’ve closed tonight’s issue?”

By Ruti Kepler