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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
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No More Choices
Jacob L. Freedman MD
Podcast: Ask Sarah Chana
Hold on to the Positive
LISTEN: How can we hold on to the positive aspects of the quarantine existence?
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Podcast: Ask Sarah Chana
The Defiant Teen
A mother asks Sarah Chana how to react when her defiant teen refuses to comply with the community lockdown.
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Speak Up
What’s the best vacation you ever went on? What made it awesome?
"As long as everyone’s chilled and happy (and you take along good food J) you can have fun anywhere!"
Elky Pascal
Simply Organized
Why Owning Less Is Really More
After latkes and doughnuts, why not indulge in the gift of breathing space?
Miriam Yafit
Simply Organized
Organizing "Things"  
Let’s transform your personal space into zen and peaceful rather than cloudy and stressful
Miriam Yafit
Side-by-Side
Pesach Vanilla Chiffon Cake
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 —
Sina Mizrahi
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Oil vs. Butter
The impact that the fat makes on baked goods ranges from the flavor it imparts to the texture it contributes
Sina Mizrahi
Stranger in a Strange Land
Finally, Home
“What about your second Pesach Seder? I usually have American bochurim. Come to me”
Shoshana Gross
Stranger in a Strange Land
Shift Down South 
“I can’t imagine what it would have been like to raise our children in any other city”
Russy Tendler
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“How they let the ultra-Orthodox into Harvard is beyond me,” she sneered

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

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

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

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Time to Admit

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

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