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Virtuosos of the Virtual
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Good Mourning and Bad Mourning
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Surprising Antidepressant
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Good Taste
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Wings of the Butterfly
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Day in the Life
Day in the Life of... Jonathan Heller
Jonathan Heller is the CEO of MikvaTech, a water purification company based in Jerusalem, where he lives
Rachel Bachrach
Day in the Life
A Day in the Life of...Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Resnick    
"At first I called it the Shoel Umeishiv hotline, but a lot of boys don’t know what a shoel umeishiv is, so we changed it to Dial-a-Rebbi"
Rachel Bachrach
Works of Art
The Best Banner
“Maybe we’ll do it your way in the end, but if someone else has a different idea, they’re allowed to say it!”
Zivia Reischer
Works of Art
The Painting  
She looked down at the canvas, moving it in the moonlight until she could see the image it held
Malka Winner
Musings
Olycklig to Lycklig 
Back to Muskan. She felt awful, just awful, that I had received a dented Tjena
Peshie Needleman
Musings
Colors of Goodbye
I’m left in a color wheel of confusion. What could I have done differently? 
Beth Firestone
Afterwords
Goodness at our Table
Bircas Hatov V’hameitiv
Mrs. Shani Mendlowitz
Afterwords
Longing for Redemption
Even at times of joy, there is a gaping hole in our landscape
Mrs. Shani Mendlowitz
Name Drop
Finding His Voice
When he was younger, he sounded off in order to survive. Today he’s an advocate for his people by choice. With Yossi Gestetner’s open mike, no one goes down without a fight
Yisroel Besser
Name Drop
A Hobby and a Blessing
His zeide loved connecting with other Jews and so does he_— through digital age albums and scouting out raw talent that no computer can replace,
Yisroel Besser
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A Solitary Note

Davening by one’s self has the power to teach us a thing or two

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Who’s Bored? 

Pesach has long passed, but the coronavirus has not. Here is that pre-Pesach moment, frozen in time

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Little Three-Letter Word

We are all united in our loneliness and in our faith that before long all this will be behind us

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Save Us from Proud Jews

Ultimately, such Jews will turn against the Jews themselves

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Two Jews: A Purim Fantasy

A Sanders-Bloomberg ticket! Dov-Ber and Michoel! Two nice Jewish boys with New York accents

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Naturally, a Miracle

Perhaps here we have a new meaning for the word shehecheyanu

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman