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Normal Like Me
Ruti Kepler
Normal Like Me
Ruti Kepler
Normal Like Me
Ruti Kepler
Normal Like Me
Ruti Kepler
Normal Like Me
Ruti Kepler
Counterpoint
Our cover story, “Opening the Books” in Issue 1030 continues to draw vigorous and passionate feedback. Here is a sampling:
Mishpacha Readers
Counterpoint
“Everyone agrees an education is a basic right. It should be the same for frum children”
Mishpacha Readers
Kitchen Encounters
It turns out that pickles can be anything you like: sweet, spicy, crunchy, soft, simple, complex, or even part of dessert!
Helen Shere
Kitchen Encounters
It’s not as hard as you think it is
Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz
For Keeps: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
I can see the shul from my dining room window. The idea that it was so close, yet so far, was too much to bear
Binyomin Yudin 
For Keeps: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
“He would be killed just for having it in his possession. But a Torah is a Torah and my father was determined to save it”
Sandy Eller
Etched in Memory: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5784
Sometimes there are events so monumental they’re perfectly preserved as a snapshot, never forgotten. 5 readers share the moments forever
Family First Readers
Solve Our Image Problem
What — if anything — can be done to repair the damage? And what role do we play in the dynamic?
Mishpacha Staff
Solve Our Image Problem
"The primary reason we should be behaving in a certain way, in whatever situation, is because it’s the right way to do things"
Alexandra Fleksher
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