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Milking It for All It’s Worth   
Peshie Needleman
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Forgotten Self
Esther Mandel
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Twelve Kids in…
Chavi Fuchs  
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My Son, the Hoarder
Brochy Ganeles
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Out of the Mouths of Children 
Esther Shemtov
Blueprint
No Two Tests Are the Same
Everyone else there was either a parent or a child, leaving me stranded in no-man’s-land MY cousin Penina is five years old, tanned and sturdy, with big green eyes and tousled brown curls. Her default facial expression is slightly slack-jawed, which makes her look a little zoned out, but looks are, in fact, deceiving in
Rabbi Yaakov Feitman
The Money Trap
The Money Trap: Preapproved Perfidy
I was the perfect dupe; the case study for Credit Card Marketing 101. Until it all came crashing down on me and I risked losing everything
Gila Arnold
The Money Trap
Great Expectations
They were living in Israel, but their spending habits were still American. It was a financial disaster waiting to happen
Gila Arnold
On Topic
Quiet People in a Noisy World
On Purim, Esther Hamalkah reminds us of the strength that lies in silence
Esther Ilana Rabi
On Topic
Everybody's Looking at Me
What triggers and exacerbates self-consciousness — and how can you overcome it?
Miriam Bloch
What a Year Can Do
The Trip That Wasn’t
As a new year dawns, what did we learn — and how have we changed?
Dean Robert Goldschmidt
What a Year Can Do
Beyond Space and Time
As a new year dawns, what did we learn — and how have we changed?
Adrian Garbacz
Money Talks
The System Is Sick
Marshall Allen is the author of Never Pay the First Bill, a book about navigating the American health care system
Shterna Lazaroff
Money Talks
Money Talks with Andrew Singer
Selling points with master salesman Andrew Singer
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Third Row

Would location be something my mother would care about in the afterlife? It’s hard to say

By Samantha Hauptman

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The Notebooks

Months passed, and there was still no need to use the gray shidduch notebook MY oldest daughter had been home from seminary for close to a year when I decided it was time to buy a shidduch notebook. The one I spotted at the dollar store seemed perfect for its intended function, a compact five-by-seven

By Tzirel Schreiber

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Why Did He Cry Wolf?   

I wonder what was really going on with The Boy

By Fayga Nathan

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Armament of the Soul  

I looked again at her face to see if my knowledge of her secret had caused her any discomfort

By Ester Zirkind

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For the Love of Backpacks 

How hard could it be to find the right bag?

By Lea Pavel

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The Ice Cream Chart   

This chart is how I hold summer together

By Ashira Becker