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A Working Model for Paid Shadchanim
Rabbi Moshe Bender
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The Elusive Answer   
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Remembering a Lost Friend     
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Shleyma’s Story
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The Four Sons Say Kinnos    
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All Accounted for: The Conversation Continues
Parental support: readers share their takes
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All Accounted For
As children become adults, how much do they — and should they — rely on their parents for support? Over 800 parents and children weigh in
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50 Reasons
50 Reasons: Chapter 17
By right of our awareness, we’ve shown up. We’re one of the four. The question is, which one?   O ne of the big questions that constantly comes up on Tishah B’Av, maybe even more so than the actual ostensible focus of the day, is, “How do we relate?” It’s a good question, seeing as
Ariella Stern
50 Reasons
50 Reasons: Chapter 16
By right of our awareness, we’ve shown up. We’re one of the four. The question is, which one?   O ne of the big questions that constantly comes up on Tishah B’Av, maybe even more so than the actual ostensible focus of the day, is, “How do we relate?” It’s a good question, seeing as
Ariella Stern
A Gift Passed Along
His Brother's Keeper
And that was it. Zeide was forced to simply step over the body and keep marching without pause
Adina Stilerman
A Gift Passed Along
Fringes and Stones
“You, my friend, should be walking around with a camera all day”
Nachman Hellman
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
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In Tears and Love
While his job was covert, his faith was overt. Remembering Dr. Sheldon Meth
Emmy Leah Stark Zitter and Marcia Stark Meth and Miriam Stark Zakon
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What's Old
Like so much in our lives, Old is only as good or bad as we make it. It’s all about how we look at it. And that’s a lesson that never grows old
Emmy Leah Stark Zitter and Marcia Stark Meth and Miriam Stark Zakon
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Are our high standards causing us to ignore the young people in shidduchim who don’t fit our vision?

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Is it in the spirit of “hatzneia leches im Elokecha” to broadcast to the world what we ate for breakfast?

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Why Is This Okay?      

The Jewish world has no regulatory body, no guidance, and no supervision when it comes to media

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Pain is Only Part of the Picture

But this is wishful thinking. Because a certain percentage of teens — despite all the intervention in the world — simply opt out of frum life for something cooler.

By Gedalia Guttentag

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Making the Ends Meet the Means

At the risk of being simplistic: Income must match expenses for the math to work

By Shmuel Winiarz

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Don’t Let Politics Pull Us Apart  

One’s political leaning has often gone far, far beyond mere political preference, with the assumption that every frum person must share the same politics

By Avraham Daniels