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Ruti Kepler
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Ruti Kepler
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Ruti Kepler
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Ruti Kepler
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Ruti Kepler
A Different Counting Shavuos 5782
The words leap off the page, suddenly so much more real than prayers mumbled
Sari Abraham
A Different Counting Shavuos 5782
What were a few bothersome appointments if they were the key to the Land of Israel?
Yaffa Ganz
The Beat
Five challenges facing Ukraine, two years into a war whose direction few can predict
Yaakov Lipszyc
The Beat
President Milei will undoubtedly require any Divine favor earned during his Israel visit to help him calm Argentina’s simmering political cauldron
Yaakov Lipszyc
Profiles
Rabbi Meyer Yedid is showing how the power of a daf Gemara can reshape not only a person, but an entire community
Yisroel Besser
Profiles
As Israel’s ambassador Ron Dermer is about to leave his Washington posting after seven years, he recaps the challenges and triumphs of a transformative term
Gedalia Guttentag
No Fail
The contract was going to be our big break — and then it fell through
Fay Dworetsky
No Fail
I was in way over my head, yet I kept letting others down
Fay Dworetsky
Calculated Risk
A confident parent isn’t afraid of the question and therefore doesn’t panic
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
Calculated Risk
It’s not my responsibility to fix anyone — not even my child or my spouse
Rabbi Yossi Bensoussan
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“It’s unethical for us to give him his eyesight back, but it’s ethical for him to insist on being blind and make the whole village take care of him? Are we going to stand by and let that happen?”

By Ruti Kepler

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Maybe he ought to get those boys back together and start giving darbouka lessons again. He had all their phone numbers… he would call them

By Ruti Kepler

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“It’s just not worth it, Sara’le. To give in to a momentary urge to dress up, here in this world, and to lose worlds you can’t imagine, for all eternity….”

By Ruti Kepler

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“He’s religious. He eats only kosher food. Wait, I’ll call Itzik and ask him what we can feed this doctor”

By Ruti Kepler

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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!”

By Ruti Kepler

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Sarah: Sunday, 11 Tammuz 5775 I’ve been officially unemployed ever since I was injured. I thought I might start taking on sewing jobs, but I still don’t have enough range of movement in my arm. I’m not sure if that arm will ever be back to normal, and my physiotherapist isn’t sure, either. In the

By Ruti Kepler