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Things Change — but Then Again…
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Lounge Chair and Torah Study
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Pay as You Pray
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Under Cover Notes
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Dangling Brachah
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Medical Mysteries
When the Cure's the Cause
All the tests came back clear—but something was very wrong
Faigy Peritzman
Medical Mysteries
Spot It
What was behind my son’s attacks of agonizing pain?
Faigy Peritzman
Diplomatic Notes with Malcolm Hoenlein
Iran’s March to the Bomb
As Iran dashes for the bomb, Israel may be preparing to act
Gedalia Guttentag
Diplomatic Notes with Malcolm Hoenlein
The Battle for Jerusalem
Any threat to the unity of Jerusalem under Jewish control is not something that Israel or world Jewry can yield to
Gedalia Guttentag
A Different Counting Shavuos 5782
A Thousand Lifetimes of Waiting         
The words leap off the page, suddenly so much more real than prayers mumbled
Sari Abraham
A Different Counting Shavuos 5782
Counting Down to Going Up    
What were a few bothersome appointments if they were the key to the Land of Israel?
Yaffa Ganz
Staying the Course
Staying the Course: Chapter 6
Against the odds, I had done it. Not only done it, but done it well
Yossi Myers
Staying the Course
Staying the Course: Chapter 5
As foreign as some of the classes were, ultimately, the questions raised in every course brought me back to where I came from
Yossi Myers
The Other Side of the Counter
Reporting for Dish Duty
One Husband’s Tips on How to Really Help Your Wife in the Kitchen
Simcha Cohen
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The Davening Bus

Reaching out to G-d should not be like a bus schedule

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Though we chuckle at Stevie’s innocent simplicity, the joke is really on us

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Since we have already had a nahafoch hu year, this Purim let us do something different

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Free for All

Demeaning is related to diminished, which is what happens to prayer when it is reduced to a commercial slogan

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Blizzard in Washington

An abuse and a cheapening of the institution of presidential pardons

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Not Just Plain Jimmy of Plains, GA

James Earl Carter of Georgia was a riddle wrapped in an enigma

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman