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Like Mother, Like Daughter
Esther Mandel
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A Gifted Purim
Ahava Ehrenpreis
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Atara Leah Stein
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Ayelet Dresner
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The Struggle Is the Goal
The Struggle Is the Goal: Driven to the Edge 
We each have our own private quests, those goals we tried — or keep trying — to achieve. As we struggle and strive, the process becomes its own destination
Ahuva Holzer
The Struggle Is the Goal
The Struggle Is the Goal: Got a Match
We each have our own private quests, those goals we tried — or keep trying — to achieve. As we struggle and strive, the process becomes its own destination
Yosef Zoimen
I of the Storm
I of the Storm: Chapter 20
I pinched myself. Could it be that the entire Shafer crew is cooperating, smiling — and genuinely happy? Could it be that our family portrait is not a complete farce?
Ilana Shafer
I of the Storm
I of the Storm: Chapter 19
So I’m not a tzadeikes, I shot back to my ever-present faultfinder. I haven’t got bottomless reservoirs of patience. But I’m not so bad, either
Ilana Shafer
Pesach Cleaning in Minutes
Pesach Cleaning in Minutes: Week 3
A few false starts, and then I felt like Rosie the Riveter, ready for anything Ican still imagine the exchange in the local emergency room: “Ma’am, why do you have a shoe on your hand?” “That’s precisely why I’m here.” To keep it brief, my daughter’s brand-new shoe lost its central rhinestone on the first
Yael Wiesner
Pesach Cleaning in Minutes
Pesach Cleaning in Minutes: Week 2
A few false starts, and then I felt like Rosie the Riveter, ready for anything Ican still imagine the exchange in the local emergency room: “Ma’am, why do you have a shoe on your hand?” “That’s precisely why I’m here.” To keep it brief, my daughter’s brand-new shoe lost its central rhinestone on the first
Yael Wiesner
A Gift Passed Along
His Brother's Keeper
And that was it. Zeide was forced to simply step over the body and keep marching without pause
Adina Stilerman
A Gift Passed Along
Fringes and Stones
“You, my friend, should be walking around with a camera all day”
Nachman Hellman
Two Cents
Cook, Pray, Panic   
Unsolicited advice from people with no qualifications but many opinions
Michali Naiman and Chana Fishman
Two Cents
Let's Talk Shop 
If you thought the hardest part of Yom Tov was the cooking and cleaning, you don’t have teenage girls
Michali Naiman and Chana Fishman
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Use your foot! You crawl on all fours to the bathroom, in tears. Use your foot?

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