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Emuna Stein
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Rikki Schultz
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Hadassa Swerds
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C.M. Spiero
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Miri Lederman
Down to a Science
It turns out that fireflies are way cooler than I ever imagined
Yael Zoldan
Down to a Science
To understand freckles, we need to learn a little bit about melanin
Yael Zoldan
Kovna Rewrite
Stepping into the Moadon HaYehudi in Kaunas, Lithuania, feels like venturing up (down?) Penrose’s impossible staircase, stepping back in time while moving forward just the same. It’s been almost two years since we left, and we’re back as visiting lecturers.,Kovno Rewrite — Revisited,We’ve gone back in time in Lithuania
Esther Teichtal
Last Licks
This recipe was originally published for Pesach, but I make it for all the Yamim Tovim!
Chanie Nayman
Last Licks
Your unpaid position as shidduch-call secretary will bring you into contact with a whole gamut of people A fter many years of answering shidduch phone calls, I know what to expect when an unfamiliar number flashes on my screen — it’s a future mother-in-law on the line. These calls tend to come in when you’re in
Family Table Readers
News In Depth
As the American chapter of the book on Jonathan Pollard is coming to a close, a new, more hopeful sequel is about to be written
Binyamin Rose
News In Depth
Ari Zivotofsky’s 18-year battle finally ends with “Israel” listed on his son’s passport
Ari Z. Zivotofsky and Naomi Zivotofsky
Profiles
Rabbi Meyer Yedid is showing how the power of a daf Gemara can reshape not only a person, but an entire community
Yisroel Besser
Profiles
As Israel’s ambassador Ron Dermer is about to leave his Washington posting after seven years, he recaps the challenges and triumphs of a transformative term
Gedalia Guttentag
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“They’re not necessary, Ma,” my daughter told me. “You’re the only one who still uses yours”

By Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz

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A child knows when others have more — or spend like they have more

By Adina Hammer

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She’s the level of nice that has always caused me to feel protective of her

By Yocheved Zerfman

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The memory of dear old Ruchel would forever remain, even when we were back at home in dull, drizzly London

By Mali Jung

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Even as we watched, we understood why our mother hated it

By Ruthie Miller

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I remember thinking, Why can’t this process be a little more like in America?

By Devora Heller