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A Kapitel Tehillim
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Sheitel and the Shtreimel: a Hirsute Conversation
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Baruch Atah: Another Look
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Bank and a Brachah
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Oblivious to the Obvious
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Kitchen Encounters
Thinking Outside the Pickle Jar
It turns out that pickles can be anything you like: sweet, spicy, crunchy, soft, simple, complex, or even part of dessert!
Helen Shere
Kitchen Encounters
Make Your Own Gravlax
It’s not as hard as you think it is
Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz
Israel Election Special
When Almost Doesn't Count
Eight reflections in the aftermath of the third elections
Yossi Elituv
Israel Election Special
Crazy People, Get Off the Roofs
So, who won? Depends who you ask
Yisrael Yoskovitz
Making It
Making It
In a monthly series, Mishpacha speaks to real people in our communities who are struggling — and succeeding — to “make it.” Learn their strategies, secrets, fears, and dreams as they share the wealth of their hard-earned experience,
Chaia Frishman
Making It
Making It: Self-Supporting Singles
It was supposed to happen, but hasn’t yet
Chaia Frishman
Balancing Act
Self, Sacrificed: Reader Roundtable
The making of a martyr
Family First Contributors
Balancing Act
The Ball I Dropped 
14 women give us a look at the balls they’re keeping in the air — and the ones they’re letting go of for now
Family First Contributors
At a Glance
The Rise, Fall, and Survival of ISIS
ISIS is back as a long-term threat
Gedalia Guttentag
At a Glance
Brazil Sambas to the Right
Bolsonaro’s Brazil, pro-Israel at last
Gedalia Guttentag
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It is precisely this emphasis on Jewish uniqueness and distinctiveness that makes many Jews uncomfortable

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In the spirit of Purim we present to our loyal readers our own version of venahafoch hu

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Minchah in the Seventh Inning

My position was that folks would have to make their own choices: either the minyan or the game

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Sign of the Times

I do not believe that this poster represents the views of most nonobservant Israelis

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Two Slips of Paper, Six Little Words

There is, however, one casualty of this war that is very welcome, and that is the aura of invincibility and power that enveloped Israel and its armed forces for decades

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman