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Do Yourself a Favor
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Nothing but the Truth
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How Many People in One Brain?
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Shaken Up
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Sisters Share
Sisters Share: Meet the Girls
In this new column, we’ll meet wonderful girls who all have siblings with special needs, and they’ll share with us how they feel about being “special” sisters
C. Rosen
Encounters
What Saved You, Saved Us
A trip back to a Polish village digs up a miracle story of hope and bravery against all odds
Devorah Stettin
Encounters
A Guarded Night
“If you won’t give me potatoes, then I’ll have to manage without any food.I have never eaten chometz on Pesach, and I will not start now”
Rivka Junger
Turning Tides
Class Action
I almost fainted at this blatant anti-Semitism. I quickly ran through appropriate responses in my head, and rejected them all. It would be a waste of breath to even respond
Leah Gebber
Turning Tides
Joy in the Darkness
What would Rivka want her bas mitzvah to look like, now that there could be none of the big ideas she’d dreamed about?
Leah Gebber
5 to 9
Work/Life Solutions with Rachel Geisler
"Do be present. When you’re at work, be at work, and when you’re at home, be at home"
Moe Mernick
True Account
Best Friend Forever
“Those boys just understand each other,” I heard my mother telling my father once. “It’s not a typical friendship, it’s a whole different animal”
Tzvi Rabinowitz
Teen Fiction
On the Other Side
“Role models, my foot. This kid is obsessed, and somebody has to tell her to find friends her own age!”
Chevy Kepecs
Teen Fiction
Lasting Impressions
I felt like most of my energy was being sapped by Nechami and wondered if it was fair to the rest of the girls
Malky Cope
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“Your husband is a victim of some very dangerous advice”

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“Your persona is so big it squashes everyone around you”

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“Who told you to stop taking your meds, Moish?”

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