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Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Stranger in a Strange Land
“What about your second Pesach Seder? I usually have American bochurim. Come to me”
Shoshana Gross
Stranger in a Strange Land
“I can’t imagine what it would have been like to raise our children in any other city”
Russy Tendler
History Desk
Biden and Trump, two unliterary leaders
Tevi Troy
PlateArt
S ee no evil hear no evil speak no evil. This admonition of the three wise monkeys is part of the daily vocabulary — even if not the behavior — of all civilized people. But there is one people concerning whom these three monkeys are stood on their heads. About that people there is just the reverse:
Esther Ottensoser
PlateArt
Enhance your Yom Tov table with these simple yet sharp ideas.
Esther Ottensoser
Imperial Moment
The new president has a Day One pen – here’s how he’ll wield it
Rafael Hoffman
Imperial Moment
Israel's wish list for Trump
Binyamin Rose
First of All
I might be out of a job soon, but yes, sisters, I’m fine
Ariella Schiller
First of All
"I am — wait for it — going to turn off notifications on the Sisters chat group”
Ariella Schiller
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How does one become a thinker or a theologian? Is there an examination before one can practice thinking? Does one get a certificate or a license? And if someone without a license is caught thinking, does he get fined for thinking without a license?

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Our last column (Issue 444) listed ten challenging questions. Today we suggest some answers. To refresh memories the original questions are summarized and printed at the beginning of each answer below.   1) What root word is found repeatedly at the beginning of Bereishis?  Other than tov (good) which is of course common throughout the

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