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Ruti Kepler
Normal Like Me
Ruti Kepler
Normal Like Me
Ruti Kepler
Normal Like Me
Ruti Kepler
Normal Like Me
Ruti Kepler
Speechless Moments
She was stopped by her mother’s voice saying, “Raizele, no. There will be better times”
Adina Lover
Speechless Moments
The night of the speech, I still couldn’t talk. But I couldn’t cancel, either
Adina Lover
Elevate
Three doses of inspiration to lift the spirit and soul
Family First Contributors
Elevate
Three doses of inspiration to lift the spirit and soul
Family First Contributors
Out of the Woods
"I just feel like someone’s staring at us,” he said, lowering his voice. “Strange, no?"
Rochel Samet
Out of the Woods
“We’ll be making a seudas hodaah together,” Avi said. His friends and Elchanan’s friends...somehow, it was all the same thing now
Rochel Samet
Food that Packs
Grandpa ate his roasted fish with relish, stopping now and then to wipe his chin and ask when the bus was coming to take them home. Mami was playing like a little girl with all the enchanting items she’d found in the peddlers’ stalls: a flashlight, a watch, and a set of little forks. Frank
Rivky Kleiman
Food that Packs
Grandpa ate his roasted fish with relish, stopping now and then to wipe his chin and ask when the bus was coming to take them home. Mami was playing like a little girl with all the enchanting items she’d found in the peddlers’ stalls: a flashlight, a watch, and a set of little forks. Frank
Rivky Kleiman
Podcast: The Rose Report
I don’t like making predictions about the news. There are too many variables. Too many players. There’s the Hand of G-d who intervenes in ways that we can never forecast.  But I’ve been a newsman since the 1970s and I’ve covered comparable stories over many decades. Some stories blow up. Some blow over. Sometimes we see signs in advance, so I will suggest a few things to watch that may give us clarity for 2022.
Binyamin Rose
Podcast: The Rose Report
Before voting for Trump again, or welcoming his Orthodox Jewish advisors back with open arms, or even voting for Bibi again, their clumsy diplomacy should be held against them
Binyamin Rose
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“Now that you have an open ear among the media,” their e-mails clamored, “why won’t you speak up for your own people? Justice for West New Guinea!”

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