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No Illusions
Jacob L. Freedman MD
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Ruffled Feathers
Jacob L. Freedman MD
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Forgive Yourself
Jacob L. Freedman MD
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Other Side of the Mountain
Jacob L. Freedman MD
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No More Choices
Jacob L. Freedman MD
Day in the Life
Day in the Life of... Jonathan Heller
Jonathan Heller is the CEO of MikvaTech, a water purification company based in Jerusalem, where he lives
Rachel Bachrach
Day in the Life
A Day in the Life of...Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Resnick    
"At first I called it the Shoel Umeishiv hotline, but a lot of boys don’t know what a shoel umeishiv is, so we changed it to Dial-a-Rebbi"
Rachel Bachrach
Last Licks
Fork-Tender Brisket Reviewed by Esti Halpern
This recipe was originally published for Pesach, but I make it for all the Yamim Tovim!
Chanie Nayman
Last Licks
Leek Soup
Anyone with Persian cousins, as I have, had heard this story in its many sad, sometimes miraculous variations   Moussa Chacham-Tzedek was a wealthy Persian businessman whose nephew, a rav I know, connected us. As we sat in his Jerusalem mansion, Amu (“Uncle”) Moussa revealed to me that he’d been diagnosed with a terminal illness —
Family Table Readers
Counter Point
Yiddishe Gelt: Issue 881 — the conversation continues
Our Succos supplement Yiddishe Gelt, about the price of frum life today, drew significant and spirited feedback. Here is a sampling
Mishpacha Readers
Counter Point
Yiddishe Gelt: The conversation continues
"The discrepancy between the rebbeim and teachers’ gifts is definitely not warranted"
Mishpacha Readers
Kitchen Encounters
Thinking Outside the Pickle Jar
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
Make Your Own Gravlax
It’s not as hard as you think it is
Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz
Point of View
I and No Other
Pesach brings a unique opportunity to take a deeper look at what our eyes are actually seeing
Rabbi Moshe Grylak zt"l
Point of View
Happy Returns
The purpose of a succah is to curb the harmful influences that come with the joy of accumulating property
Rabbi Moshe Grylak zt"l
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Tea and Sympathy

“I want to ask you, how do I tell them everything else that I’ve never told them?”

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Time to Rend, Time to Mend

“How they let the ultra-Orthodox into Harvard is beyond me,” she sneered

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Desert Storm

“Had I known you were an ultra-Orthodox male, I’m not sure I would have booked the appointment”

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Just Accept It

“Okay, listen,” he begged.  “Will you just come visit me? I’m surrounded by a bunch of addicts”

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

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What Do You Want from Me?

“Are you happy to see I’ve failed?!” Dr. Berger growled as he entered my office

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Time to Admit

“The doctor is aware that everyone thinks I’m a drunk, yes, sweetie”

By Jacob L. Freedman MD