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Never Say Never

Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Just Get Your Act Together

Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Cholent Potatoes

Jacob L. Freedman MD

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The Next Hill

Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Out of Anger

Jacob L. Freedman MD

If Only You Knew

A Policeman in a Typical American City

"There’s a conception out there that policemen walk around shooting wantonly. In my experience and training, that’s hardly the truth"

Chaya Inselburg

Family First Feature

Two Left Feet

When the Tango never took off: A struggling young couple learns how to turn around a floundering relationship

Ariella Schiller and Jacob Ganz LMHC

Family First Feature

Finding Hope on the Other Side

Holocaust survivor Bronia Brandman shares her perspective on healing from trauma

Elisheva Lock MPA LCSW

Calligraphy

These Trials

Now Jacob’s pathetic cries were a mockery, and I trembled, my knees pulled tight up to my chin. I could not, would not hold him in my arms and watch him slip away. Not again

Perl Weisz

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Heart Defects

“You need to choose to fight this monster or he’ll get the better of you. You can live a happy life, you can break free of this. The first step is to want to get better.”

Michal Marcus

On your Mark

Meet… Madeleine Isenberg

Madeleine Isenberg deciphers old matzeivos and connects people with their ancestors and family history

Shoshana Gross

On your Mark

Meet… Shira Fruchter

Shira Fruchter helps people access their past — and use it to move forward

Shoshana Gross

Care to Join

Care to Join: Chapter 9

Somehow, between labor and delivery, I’d learned that Nava is extremely left-wing secular. Now I commented, “Whoa, it must be really hard to work here in a snowstorm”

Leah Greene

Care to Join

Care to Join: Chapter 7

I checked the time. By now, my husband should have taken off. I dialed his number anyway. Of course, his phone was off

Leah Greene

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My Son, the Doctor

We were all awaiting the call from our clinic director to see who our new patients were going to be. As the senior residents graduated and headed on the to the next stage of their careers, we new third-year residents were suddenly inheriting a host of patients in our psychiatric clinic. “I hope I don’t

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Lucky Day

Zaki got an addictive thrill from risking it all

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Magnet Moment

Everyone’s fighting a battle we know nothing about

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

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Meet the Tzaddik

“Aren’t there meds that can get him back to yeshivah?”