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Why Is This Okay?      
Nachi Gordon
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Pain is Only Part of the Picture
Gedalia Guttentag
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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
Global View
The Tragedy of American Politics
Donald Trump is erratic, but Biden scares me more
Gershon Burstyn
Global View
Russiagate? Maybe Obamagate
Russiagate was a hoax — time to look at Obamagate
Gershon Burstyn
Cooks Compete
Nothing Short of A-Maze-ing
Corn salad is an easy side dish to turn to when you need something quick and easy
Family Table Readers
Cooks Compete
Sorbet
"Why should you have to leave camp to go elsewhere, when camp in and of itself is mei’ein Olam Haba?"     When summer 2021 rolls around, will we have learned anything? With the havoc that COVID-19 has wreaked on the world and on all things we once considered normal, it could be argued that
Family Table Readers
Always in Season
Always in Season: Eli Ribak
How holiday businesses stay lucrative year-round
Rochel Burstyn
Always in Season
Always in Season: Yehoshua Berger
How holiday businesses stay lucrative year-round
Rochel Burstyn
Street Smarts
Driver’s View
In the taxi world, drivers are divided as to whether a “real” nahag uses Waze. For these veterans who know the city’s every highway and byway, the consensus is clear: real drivers don’t rely on it
Yaacov Lipszyc
Street Smarts
Pathways of Peace
Love of the land has been infused in Shuki’s blood since birth; he’s the right man for our challenge
Ariella Schiller
Hit the Trail
Israeli Give and Take
Of giving, taking, and building campaigns
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
Hit the Trail
Living Up to Our Names
There were no more atheists left in the house. No more questions needed to be asked
Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz
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Too Much of a Good Thing?

For children who don’t truly need those services, the effect can actually be crippling

By Esther Taub

Open Mic
Gartels and Music

How far should composers go to compromise their artistic vision to respond to popular demands and tastes?

By Dovid Nulman

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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

By R.L., Far Rockaway

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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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I Miss Sarah Schenirer

A generation without strong and inspired mothers

By Shaina King

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The Kids Are Going to Camp, the Parents Are Going Broke

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

By Miriam Klein Adelman