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Ella Saltzman
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Miriam Klein Adelman
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Miriam Maggid
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Diane Epstein
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Raizy Appeldorfer
I'm Stuck
“I’m so torn between my ideals of what marriage and chinuch should be and my practical reality on the ground”
Faigy Peritzman
I'm Stuck
“Teenagers are shrewd observers, and they can’t be fooled. It doesn’t matter what you say. What you do matters. Who you are matters”
Faigy Peritzman
Stopover
I spent an incredible Shabbos in Great Neck with the Persian community
Sivan Rahav-Meir
Stopover
The 53,000-square-foot Friendship Circle of New Jersey (FCNJ) is unlike anything I’ve seen before
Sivan Rahav-Meir
Street Smarts
In the taxi world, drivers are divided as to whether a “real” nahag uses Waze. For these veterans who know the city’s every highway and byway, the consensus is clear: real drivers don’t rely on it
Yaacov Lipszyc
Street Smarts
Love of the land has been infused in Shuki’s blood since birth; he’s the right man for our challenge
Ariella Schiller
A Different Counting Shavuos 5782
The words leap off the page, suddenly so much more real than prayers mumbled
Sari Abraham
A Different Counting Shavuos 5782
What were a few bothersome appointments if they were the key to the Land of Israel?
Yaffa Ganz
Home Sweet Home
he stranger and Ta looked at each other. Both burst out laughing. The man opened his arms wide, got up, and threw them around Ta
Leeba Leichtman
Home Sweet Home
“Mindy needs special medicine to help her feel better, so she has to stay in the hospital overnight,” he explained to Eli
Rochel Samet
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The doorbell rings. No one rings the doorbell to our house unless they’re FedEx or UPS

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I’m in a psych ward. I can deal with that. Can’t I?

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I’m afraid Mimi’s return will awaken within me my greatest fear of all

By Rochel Ellman

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As an older single, I didn’t know if I was technically considered “barren” 

By Lea Pavel