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A Tale of Two Passports
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Family Last: a Groundbreaking Purim Saga
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Minchah in the Seventh Inning
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Sign of the Times
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Two Slips of Paper, Six Little Words
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Medical Mystery
Danger: Pain-Free   
I had a new baby — and no white blood cells. No one knew what was going on
Faigy Peritzman
Medical Mystery
A Rare Scare
My daughter suffered a rare complication — again and again
Faigy Peritzman
Moonlight
Purim 2025: The Final Edition
We look to Queen Esther’s tefillos for guidance on how to deal with current events
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Moonlight
Is He My Bashert?
If you’re not looking for Heavenly signs if the boy you’re dating is your zivug, what approach should you take?
Rabbi Menachem Nissel
Touch Base
Meeting Your Match
This column is delivered with warmest blessings to anyone looking for their bashert, and their parents, too
Mrs. Batya Weinberg
Touch Base
War Stories II 
Our anxiety no longer has the same urgency — how do we keep feeling?
Mrs. Batya Weinberg
Cooks Compete
Nothing Short of A-Maze-ing
Corn salad is an easy side dish to turn to when you need something quick and easy
Family Table Readers
Cooks Compete
Sorbet
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   “One should always remember that bishvili nivra ha’olam — because of me was the world created…” (Sanhedrin 37a) Said Avraham Avinu: “Anochi afar va’efer
Family Table Readers
In the Nick of Time: Jr. Pesach Supplement 5782
Midnight Party
Without my friends to distract me, I realized the pit in my stomach wasn’t only from overeating, it was also from unease
Chani Muller
In the Nick of Time: Jr. Pesach Supplement 5782
Crumbless Crust Creation
Dovid shook his head. “It’s not ready. We have to perfect the hermetic seal that attaches the bag to the mouth of the bread eater”
Penina Steinbruch
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There is one truly powerful response that is often overlooked: to become more Jewish

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This classic debate has only intensified today with the Hamas captive deal

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A Different Commission of Inquiry

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Once Again

Never Again these days has a very hollow ring to it. Never Again has become Once Again

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