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Is it true that love is blind? Doesn’t it hurt her anew every time she thinks of how her son rejected the world she chose?

Rachel Newton

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The Royalty Within

Do we ever fully appreciate the immigrant experience of so many who have come before us?

Sarah Moses Spero

Etched in Memory: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5784

Etched in Memory

Sometimes there are events so monumental they’re perfectly preserved as a snapshot, never forgotten. 5 readers share the moments forever

Family First Readers

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I had a problem: I had absolutely no recollection of ever hearing my father talk

Mickey Feldbaum

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Would I be doomed to carry my traumatic childhood into the next generation?

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Front Row Seat

Notes from the Front Row Seat

“A groisse shkoyach. mamush, a groise mitzvah hot ir gehat”

C.S. Teitelbaum

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Make Room for Another

Whenever Rabbi Whittow had to buy a new car, the Rosh Yeshivah told him to weigh only two considerations

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Staying the Course

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Against the odds, I had done it. Not only done it, but done it well

Yossi Myers

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As foreign as some of the classes were, ultimately, the questions raised in every course brought me back to where I came from

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