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Gedalia Guttentag
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Rabbi Yisrael Motzen
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I thought Ta likes him to be homeschooled. What made him decide to send him?”
Bracha Rosman
Double Dance
“Punishing her isn’t going to make her feel bad for what she did. It’s just going to make her feel bad that she was caught”
Bracha Rosman
Bricks and Ladders
"We decided that if any of you aren’t happy in Stonesworth, we’ll try to make it work so that you can go to school in Brownsfeld"
Ariella Schiller
Bricks and Ladders
Back to school tomorrow. When I left I’d been part of the most popular clique in school and now I’m returning alone, a nobody, ashamed and mortified
Ariella Schiller
Last Licks
This recipe was originally published for Pesach, but I make it for all the Yamim Tovim!
Chanie Nayman
Last Licks
Our community does not have a unique problem, but we are small enough that we can create unique solutions “We need to leave the Kiddush club in place.” Those weren’t the exact words I used, but it was the message I conveyed to the president of my shul, who wanted to shut down the Kiddush
Family Table Readers
Veiled Reference Podcast
Glikl of Hameln is a familiar and beloved character to Jewish history enthusiasts. In this episode, we dive beneath the surface of Glikl’s words to deeply appreciate the forces at play for women of her era. In conversation with Professor Elisheva Carlebach. Dr. Carlebach is the Salo Wittmayer Baron Professor of Jewish History, Culture, and Society, at Columbia University.  
BONUS MINIPOD: Shabtai Zvi, Birkas Kohanim, and the Path Away from the Kosel
Tzipora Weinberg
Veiled Reference Podcast
The Silent Strength of Joanna of Burgos Joanna is a name most people won’t recognize, but her story is one for the ages. This episode describes one woman’s faith under fire, in the aftermath of the 1391 massacres in Spain, and the ways women kept their faith throughout the years of the Spanish Inquisition. In conversation with Yael Krumbein. Yael teaches European History at Touro College’s Lander College for Women in New York City and Jewish history at Bais Yaakov Machon Ora High School in Passaic, NJ   MINI-POD: The Rivash and the Chasid Yavetz on women's challenges and triumphs in Spain, 1391-1492
Tzipora Weinberg
Moonlight
No matter how much we try to fit in, the world will remind us that we don’t
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Moonlight
We look to Queen Esther’s tefillos for guidance on how to deal with current events
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
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  For most of us, Covid restrictions made last year’s Yom Kippur very different from any we had experienced in the past. Many went without their usual makom kavua; davening was outdoors, and even if it was indoors, seats were spaced far apart. In many cases, the pace was much faster and the tzibbur was

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A lesson we can all put into practice, especially at this time of year

By Dr Meir Wikler

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If you want to take advantage of Eretz Yisrael, don’t bring America with you

By Yosef Herz

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Actions speak louder than words, and it is time for Unilever to freeze out Ben and Jerry’s before their own profits start to melt

By Rabbi Dr. Moshe Goldfeder

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A building should ultimately be judged not by its height or dimensions, but by its structural integrity

By Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

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To paraphrase the Mishnah, it is so important to know how to respond to these heresies

By Rabbi Dr. Moshe Goldfeder