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Embrace the Gift, Guide the Experience  
Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield
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Enough Is Never Enough    
Rabbi Yaakov Barr
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Calendar Conundrum
Anonymous
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Britain Is Bowing to Terror 
Dov Forman
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Are Parents Giving Too Much?
Joseph Kahn
Bedrock of Belief
Choose Life
We are in the world of planting, but the time to reap will come
Mrs. Shani Mendlowitz
Bedrock of Belief
Anticipated Arrival
What do you really yearn for?
Mrs. Shani Mendlowitz
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
Portrait of a Family
Portrait of a Family: Chapter 32    
“Hmm?” Tamar replied, closing her binder and looking up to see who was calling her name. Oh, Michal
Malka Grunhaus
Portrait of a Family
Portrait of a Family: Chapter 28 
Even with all the arguing, she thought, the table felt so… friendly. They could say whatever they wanted; the warmth, the love, was still there
Malka Grunhaus
Second Thoughts
The Bang and the Whimper
By “welcoming people as they are,” the Conservative movement is declaring that they accept intermarriage
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
How to Read a Map
In a holy place like Jerusalem, even a city map can become a religious text
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Smart Eats
Hide and Veg
Peas and thank you!
Shira Isenberg, RD, MPH
Smart Eats
Your Cheesecake Primer
Answers to five burning cheesecake questions
Shira Isenberg, RD, MPH
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Mom, Again  

Over time, I realized that maybe I couldn’t change anyone else or how they felt about me, but I could change me

By Sandy Eller

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The Art of Defense and the Scales of Justice 

 We believe the earthly court doesn’t have the final say; there’s a Ribbono shel Olam Who is the Ultimate Judge

By Yitzchok (Steven) Yurowitz

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Let’s Turn Luxury into Lifelines

A few days later, one of them texted me: “Just did it — $6,500 order, sent $650 to a kollel I support. I’ll sleep better tonight”

By Dovid Aryeh Rosenblatt

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Forever and Ever     

Where a kumzitz fails, an article might work. And the added advantage to this is that the message can now spread far and wide

By Shmuel Botnick

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More Than Tzedakah   

We all care about chinuch. But halachah says we owe more than caring, we owe clearly defined financial support

By Aryeh Melinek and Eli Katz

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In Appreciation of Camp Counselors

When a counselor makes the decision to spend a summer giving to others, its effect on him lasts forever

By Yosef Wartelsky