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Making the Ends Meet the Means
Shmuel Winiarz
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Don’t Let Politics Pull Us Apart  
Avraham Daniels
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Here’s for New Norms That Are Normal
Rabbi Leibel Karmel
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Too Much of a Good Thing?
Esther Taub
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Gartels and Music
Dovid Nulman
Concentric Circle
Concentrate
Already by Birchos haShachar I’ve remembered eight urgent things to do
Esther Sender
Touch Base
On the Money: the conversation continues
Normal sounds great, but has boundaries that are hard to ascertain and easy to manipulate, and it’s often thrown around to justify abnormal spending
Mrs. Batya Weinberg
Touch Base
On the Money  
Money talks, but what is it saying?
Mrs. Batya Weinberg
The Money Trap
The Money Trap: Preapproved Perfidy
I was the perfect dupe; the case study for Credit Card Marketing 101. Until it all came crashing down on me and I risked losing everything
Gila Arnold
The Money Trap
Great Expectations
They were living in Israel, but their spending habits were still American. It was a financial disaster waiting to happen
Gila Arnold
Fiction
We Interrupt This Lifetime
It had been 24 years of what-ifs
Devorie Kreiman
Fiction
Journeys Through Life
A car turned the corner, slowing near her house. Her heart dropped. Buick, definitely from the ‘60s. This was not a good sign
S. Botnick
Family Activities
Create a Carnival
Come one, come all, play one, play all! You can prepare these carnival booths for a Chanukah party, or do one activity each night at home with your family
Esti Vago
Family Activities
Blow you away!
Bubbles + tie-dye equals a whole new level of fun and flair
Esti Vago
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Why Risk Shidduchim?

Something has to change so that women don’t become so disillusioned that they simply choose to give up

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Mixed Messages

Although it may not be intentional, it seems that our Jewish media are subliminally encouraging a lifestyle that many can’t afford

By Yosef Weiss

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A generation without strong and inspired mothers

By Shaina King

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Mindy has to feel good; it doesn’t matter that I feel bad

By Miriam Klein Adelman

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Not So Fast

Chinuch is not a career choice, it is a life calling

By Rabbi Avrohom Pfeiffer

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We want to get married. Help us want to date

By Dovid Zaidman