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My COVID Hero

Enveloped in His Prayers

Raizel Zissel

My COVID Hero

New Connection

Ruchi Lisauer

My COVID Hero

Love in a Box

Ariella Schiller

My COVID Hero

Heaven Sent

B.K.

My COVID Hero

The Little Booklet That Could

T.G.

Kovna Rewrite

Kovno Rewrite — Revisited

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

Naming Myself

Choosing an Identity

Most of us are given our Jewish names at birth. But sometimes, we gain our name later in life. 3 accounts

Rikki Silver

Naming Myself

Mother Knows Best

Most of us are given our Jewish names at birth. But sometimes, we gain our name later in life. 3 accounts

Rochel Samet

LifePrep

Teaching Moments

When I was finally coaxed back into the classroom, it was for something I’d never imagined

Yochonon Donn

Free Fall

Jumping Into Freefall: An Author Looks Back

Freefall took me 12 months — and 25 years — to write. Now that it’s over, while other old and new responsibilities bang at my door, I’ll ignore the knocking for a bit and share a short retrospective on life during Freefall

Miriam Stark Zakon

Free Fall

Freefall: Chapter 55

The colonel’s lips were a straight, unsmiling line. “Not German, Freed. They need someone who speaks Yiddish”,

Miriam Stark Zakon

Quick Q

"Do You Leave Your Dishes in the Sink Overnight?"

As we mark one year since the pandemic changed our lives, we asked you to introduce us to your COVID heroes For us bochurim, being out of yeshivah spelled likely disaster. Without structure, without seeing our rebbi or chavrusas, where would we get the drive to learn? That’s where my COVID hero comes in. My