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Jacob L. Freedman MD
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Jacob L. Freedman MD
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Jacob L. Freedman MD
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Jacob L. Freedman MD
Off the Couch
Jacob L. Freedman MD
Year in Review
5780 was probably the toughest year in decades in the US, but it was also a year full of heroes
Yochonon Donn
Year in Review
The pandemic hasn’t so much marked the dawning of a new age as accelerated pre-existing trends
Gedalia Guttentag
Kovna Rewrite
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
Metro & Beyond
 Toms River shul's day in court notches a zoning wars victory
Yosef Herz
Metro & Beyond
Avi Schnall won, but the ultimate victor was the Ihr HaTorah’s obedience to daas Torah
Yosef Herz
Shared Space
As the serial draws to a close, we reached out to voices of authority within the community to discuss some of the underlying threads of Shared Space. This week, Rabbi Avrohom Neuberger weighs in on the issue of hard moneylending
Dov Haller
Shared Space
Sometimes, the greatest gift parents can give their married children is the freedom to fail
Dr Meir Wikler
Like a Local
It’s a bochur spot, famous for their insane cholent.
Chavi Feldman
Like a Local
There was more happening here than some immature anxiety over a move, or even a bout of baby-blues   Rabbi Yossel Isaacson ran a program in Jerusalem training avreichim to be community leaders in chutz l’Aretz. It was known for attracting young men with a combination of a solid learning background and a go-getter personality.
Faigy Grossman
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“Their behavior doesn’t change your inherent value, all it does is prove that they aren’t good gemologists”  

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“Lazer, who gave you the idea that you’re a worthless failure?”

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“Hashem has to run the world because otherwise we’d need to make sense out of our pain and we can’t”

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Yonatan had access to unlimited funds. Then what was the lying, stealing, and manipulating about?

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“Yonatan, this is perhaps the most therapeutic moment you’ve had in your entire life”

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“Maybe the kid is just a ganef. End of story. Why do you think otherwise?”

By Jacob L. Freedman MD