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Leah Gebber
Map the Starlight
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Map the Starlight
Leah Gebber
Map the Starlight
Leah Gebber
Map the Starlight
Leah Gebber
Know This
It feels like everyone is staring at me, pityingly, scornfully, wondering why I’m not participating in the conversation
Anonymous
Know This
On my way back to the dorm, I got the phone call: “Geveret, you have diabetes. You need to go to the hospital right now!”
Yaffa Silver
Speechless Moments
She was stopped by her mother’s voice saying, “Raizele, no. There will be better times”
Adina Lover
Speechless Moments
The night of the speech, I still couldn’t talk. But I couldn’t cancel, either
Adina Lover
Summer Job
Those short jobs that helped shape and mold the adults we are today
Mishpacha Contributors
Summer Job
Waitressing required a completely different skill set than passing AP exams and Regents
Barbara Bensoussan
Inbox
“There is a general culture of disdain for Americans in general, and religious Americans in particular in the Embassy”
Mishpacha Readers
Inbox
We have organizations focused on easing the financial burden of everything else imaginable, but not for mental health.
Mishpacha Readers
Pesach Cleaning in Minutes
"Well?” The question echoes around the small, dark cell. The cat jumps from the window ledge. The scribe scratches out the word. Aster stares at him, unseeing, trying to find air that she can suck in, that will keep her chest rising and falling, her heart pumping. Innocent. Guilty. Innocent. Guilty. What to plead? What
Yael Wiesner
Pesach Cleaning in Minutes
"Well?” The question echoes around the small, dark cell. The cat jumps from the window ledge. The scribe scratches out the word. Aster stares at him, unseeing, trying to find air that she can suck in, that will keep her chest rising and falling, her heart pumping. Innocent. Guilty. Innocent. Guilty. What to plead? What
Yael Wiesner
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