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Jacob L. Freedman MD
Off the Couch
Jacob L. Freedman MD
Off the Couch
Jacob L. Freedman MD
Off the Couch
Jacob L. Freedman MD
Off the Couch
Jacob L. Freedman MD
DMCs
“Loser, you’re a loser,” my classmates taunt, pointing at my cleft lip while I shrink into hopeless oblivion
Devorah Grant
DMCs
I would find myself crying not for Kaila and her family, but for the simplicity of my own life before this all happened
Ariella Schiller
Family Connections
It’s awkward and difficult to inspire others to get help for their emotional and behavioral problems
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Family Connections
The more a parent communicates her true thoughts and feelings, the more a child has the opportunity to learn to do the same
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Uncomplicated
I 'd received at least six phone calls from the same number in the last 20 minutes, and by the time I was free to call back, I’d received another two. “Don’t you answer the phone, Dr. Freedman?!” a frustrated man on the other end practically demanded. My patients know that the kinds of emergencies
Faigy Grossmann
Bedrock of Belief
We are in the world of planting, but the time to reap will come
Mrs. Shani Mendlowitz
Bedrock of Belief
What do you really yearn for?
Mrs. Shani Mendlowitz
Voices for Eternity
Esther was prepared to sacrifice everything—her very life and even her portion in Olam HaBa—for the sake of the people
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Voices for Eternity
The tefillos of men are carried upward through the prayers and tears of the women
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
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