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A Tale of Two Mountains
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Ultimate Selfie
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Lessons from the Classifieds
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Tale of Two Wives
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Follow the Leader or Follow the Follower?
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
B.A.N.G Gang
The Bang Gang — Act 5: Scene 2
"Dobra Baila could definitely splash paint around on a bit of paper. But do you really think anyone’s gonna pay money for the daubings of a kid?"
R. Atkins
B.A.N.G Gang
The B.A.N.G. Gang — Act 4: Scene 6 
"I know you: You’re the lads who saved my Tiddles. There’s no way you’re thieves"
R. Atkins
In the Spirit
In the Spirit of...Yom Kippur
Do vote, but don’t expect very much   The ongoing American presidential debates and our ancient Sages are not obviously connected, but the series of debates — 24 candidates vying for the Democratic nomination — evokes a well-known Talmud pericope. Among the phenomena that will take place just before the coming of the Messiah, the Talmud (Sanhedrin
Chaya Rosen
In the Spirit
In the Spirit of...Rosh Hashanah
Yom Tov trivia
Chaya Rosen
Heaven-Sent: Pesach Theme 5783
Heaven-Sent  
This Yom Tov, when Eliyahu HaNavi visits every household, we share a collection of first-person encounters, tales of miraculous intervention by a mysterious figure
Rachel Bachrach
Windows
Our Little Secret     
That fruit platter wasn’t meant for them
As told to Roizy Baum
Windows
A Dinosaur No More    
They’re newlyweds, and I’m nervous they’ll view us like a pair of dinosaurs, cute dinosaurs — dinosaur dolls
Sholom Feldheim
Someone Should...
Frum-Women-Only Offices
Admittedly, accommodations are not always easy and can oftentimes complicate matters
Mrs. Rivkie Feiner
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The brave thing we did this past Pesach

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman