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Atara Leah Stein
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Seema Gersten
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Esther Mandel
True Account
How could this be crazy spending when everyone else was doing the same thing? 
L. Meyers as told to Rivka Streicher
True Account
“This doesn’t seem like a routine attack,” I told my wife. “This looks like war”
By Rabbi Herzl Shaubi as told to Hava Preil
Cross Current
NYC’s next mayor is an anti-Israel socialist radical. What next?
Yitzchok Landa
Cross Current
A sample of initial reactions the morning after, including some revealing tidbits from the Arab media
Binyamin Rose
The Next Chapter
Each mug means I’ve been remembered
Ahava Ehrenpreis
The Next Chapter
New vistas, old friendships
Ahava Ehrenpreis
Calligraphy
Now Jacob’s pathetic cries were a mockery, and I trembled, my knees pulled tight up to my chin. I could not, would not hold him in my arms and watch him slip away. Not again
Perl Weisz
Calligraphy
“You need to choose to fight this monster or he’ll get the better of you. You can live a happy life, you can break free of this. The first step is to want to get better.”
Michal Marcus
Hindsight Is 2020
I felt that this was my one opportunity to introduce them to a bit of Judaism When my cousin Shannon came for a visit to Jerusalem with her 18-year-old daughter Ally, they tapped me to show them around. I wouldn’t have minded, but in deference to the sunny weather, Ally’s clothing choices were making me
Chanie Nayman and Michal Frischman
Hindsight Is 2020
This dual focus — on Torah growth, and maintaining Jews’ last Jewish connection — is one that kiruv organizations should embrace
Gedalia Guttentag
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There was a method within the madness, and I was feeling complacent that all was under control

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