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My Debt to Marshall Sklare
Yonoson Rosenblum
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Disquietude in the Holy Land
Yonoson Rosenblum
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A Lot to Laugh About
Yonoson Rosenblum
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Thinking Out of the Box
Yonoson Rosenblum
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Kadi Justice
Yonoson Rosenblum
Now We're Talking
Say It Straight  
On simchah burnout, sticky scenarios, and being the fall guy
Sara Eisemann
Now We're Talking
"Should I Have Said Something?"     
“When we start at Chapter 26, we have no idea what happened in the 25 previous chapters”
Sara Eisemann
TableScapes
Shavuos — Fresh and Floral
I hope you can use this inspiration to create a beautiful table of your own
Shiri Feldman
TableScapes
Floral Dreams
Here’s a peek at what I did so you can create your own Yom Tov table — complete with elegant linen, stunning flowers, and complementary candlesticks.
Shiri Feldman
TLC Podcast
Let's Talk Gemara (Part 2) Feat. Rav Aaron Lopiansky
In part two of this important topic, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield continue their discussion about gemara with Rav Aaron Lopiansky. How do you reconcile the Torah's view of the age of the world with the theories that the scientific community suggest? How should we be teaching children that eisav soneh Yaakov practically, when they might have regular interactions with the umos haolam? And the BIG QUESTION: How do we relay to boys who are struggling with gemara that they are as equally as important as the metzuyanim?  
Rabbi Ari Schonfeld and Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield
TLC Podcast
Let's Talk Gemara (Part 1)
On our first ever episode, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield discuss the burning questions parents have about raising their children. Is there any validity to the opinion that forcing middle school boys to go to shul on Shabbos is the way to go? When your child reports "facts" that don't line up with that the teacher says, who do you believe? And the BIG QUESTION: Is it possible my son is not cut out for Gemara?
Rabbi Ari Schonfeld and Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield
The Current
Venezuela’s Jews See No Way Out
As doors slam shut on Caracas, Venezuela’s Jews come to grips with their country’s mounting isolation
Yaacov Lipszyc
Knesset Channel
The Moment of Truth
With the draft bill on its way, the moment of truth is here
Avi Blum, ESQ
Yosef Chaim
What a Great Mistake
“Kadi justice” — a Middle Eastern sheikh sitting under a palm tree dispensing justice according to his whims of the moment   L ast week, we saw how Aharon Barak’s philosophy — that there is a legal rule governing every human interaction, and it is judges’ duty to discover that rule — inevitably leads judges into areas where
Shira Yehudit Djalilmand
Yosef Chaim
Yosef Chaim and the Time Machine
"What period in Jewish history would you like to go back in time to — and what would you do differently if you were there?!”
Shira Yehudit Djalilmand
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