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The Mashiach at the Gates: A Fable for Today
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Envy
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Odd Jews
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Old Woman and the Siddur
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Fours and Eights: Random Musings
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Vacancies
Vacancies: Postscript
The Vacancies writers fill in the holes behind the scenes
Family First Contributors
Vacancies
Vacancies: Chapter 13
Those three women and their perfect stores, perfect lives, and a dance studio, it’s perfect, I can’t believe we didn’t think of it before!
Rochel Samet
The Money Trap
The Money Trap: Preapproved Perfidy
I was the perfect dupe; the case study for Credit Card Marketing 101. Until it all came crashing down on me and I risked losing everything
Gila Arnold
The Money Trap
Great Expectations
They were living in Israel, but their spending habits were still American. It was a financial disaster waiting to happen
Gila Arnold
Fruits of Kindness
Fruits of Kindness 
A bus ticket, a care package, a haircut — the items were small, the caring behind them enormous. A small seed sprouted and grew tall. Twenty readers share acts of giving
Family First Readers
On the House
On the House: Chapter 27
“I... how often are you thinking of hosting events like these? I mean, they’re wonderful, and they do bring in business, it’s just... whatever”
Faigy Schonfeld
On the House
On the House: Chapter 26
She had so many ideas, so much passion — and she was going to funnel it all into a random project that meant nothing to anybody
Faigy Schonfeld
Shul of My Youth
Open House
Rabbi Paysach Krohn remembers the shul of his youth
Baila Rosenbaum
Shul of My Youth
Lined Up Around the Block
For some reason my father chose to become a member at Dukes Place, and that was our shul
Riki Goldstein
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