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The Best of Purims
Tova Traub
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Upper Crust
Elisheva Schapiro
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Thank You for Leftovers
Penina Steinbruch
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The Boy on the Train
Rivka Streicher
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Bracing Myself
Giti Tenenbaum
Standing Ovation
A Matter of Record 
These records, it turns out, were the standards in the early 1900s
Dovid Nachman Golding
Standing Ovation
Sing Your Praises 
How many songs can you sing from Hallel, and what do you know about the backstories?
Dovid Nachman Golding
Five Random Questions
Five Questions for Chayala  
I think we’re all trying to be considerate of each other. As my father said, “We became such good friends!”
Shoshana Itzkowitz
Five Random Questions
Nechama S. in 50 words or less
"I love nature and beautiful scenery. The Alps are as un-NYC as you can get!"
Chaya Rosen
The Conversation Continues
Unsustainable: the Conversation Continues
“Unsustainable,” about the pressures of materialism and shifting definitions of “normal,” resonated deeply with our readers
Mishpacha Readers
The Conversation Continues
Counterpoint: Kingmaker from Williamsburg 
Last week’s interview with Rabbi Moishe Indig and his endorsement of Zohran Mamdani generated an outpouring of responses
Mishpacha Readers
A Better You
Build the Foundation 
Just as you can’t build a home without a foundation, your relationship with hunger and fullness also requires a solid base
Family First Contributors
A Better You
Folic Acid, Without the Fear 
Lately I’ve been hearing versions of the same question: Do I really need folic acid? Isn’t it synthetic? What about methylfolate?
Family First Contributors
Diplomatic Notes
China Bridges the Gulf
Iran and Saudi Arabia reestablishing diplomatic relations via a Chinese-brokered agreement is disturbing on many fronts
Gedalia Guttentag
Diplomatic Notes
Putin and the Jews  
Malcolm Hoenlein's privileged take on the world's power players
Malcolm Hoenlein
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Testing, Testing, One, Two, Tea

Look at me, filling up on fiber and vitamins C and A… and also 2,000 calories of cheesecake

By Peshie Needleman

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You Are Jerusalem

How many hearts are wedged between the cracks over the battle for these stones?

By Perel Roth

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The Present

Gifts aren’t my love language, but I learned to appreciate the joy others take in giving – and being received graciously

By Melissa Groman

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Becoming a Believer

I’ve always seen myself as the black cat with the rain cloud over its head

By Lili Goralnick

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Sweetness Dissolved

We argued whose turn it was to spend Sundays with Zeidy

By Elana Rothberg

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Timeless

I’m learning to want what I get instead of getting what I want

By Sarah Moses Spero