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A Bank and a Brachah
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Oblivious to the Obvious
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Rav and the Gaon
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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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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These Trials
Now Jacob’s pathetic cries were a mockery, and I trembled, my knees pulled tight up to my chin. I could not, would not hold him in my arms and watch him slip away. Not again
Perl Weisz
Calligraphy
Heart Defects
“You need to choose to fight this monster or he’ll get the better of you. You can live a happy life, you can break free of this. The first step is to want to get better.”
Michal Marcus
For the Record
A Place Called the Pletzl
The Pletzl is the historic Jewish quarter nestled within Paris’s Marais district
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
For the Record
Signed in Knyszyn, Sealed in Eternity
"A forgotten postcard from 1935 Knyszyn helped shape the future of Torah in America"
Dovid Safier and Yehuda Geberer
Rocking Horse
Everywhere and Nowhere
I suppose this story is my plea to the world: Don’t let this happen. To anyone. Anywhere. Anytime
Leah Gebber
Rocking Horse
Rocking Horse: Chapter 58 
In the spirit of Purim we present to our loyal readers our own version of venahafoch hu Upside down, topsy- turvy, inverted: That is the meaning of venahafoch hu in Megillas Esther 9:1; i.e., at the end of the Purim saga, everything was topsy-turvy. In the spirit of Purim we present to our loyal readers
Leah Gebber
Serial
Face the Music: Chapter 17
Perri silently cheered for her son. For their chinuch. At least they’d gotten it right with one of their kids
Blimi Rabinowitz
Serial
Picture This: Chapter 42
“L’chayim! We did it! I cannot believe our wedding was an entire year ago. Shanah rishonah is nuts, no?”
Ariella Schiller
US Midterms: 2022
Wave of the Future
As the midterm fiasco convulses the GOP, can a buoyant DeSantis power past Donald Trump?
Gedalia Guttentag
US Midterms: 2022
So Much for the Red Wave  
To understand why the actual result was more of a mild ripple, we need to look behind the numbers and trends
Omri Nahmias
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Minchah in the Seventh Inning

My position was that folks would have to make their own choices: either the minyan or the game

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A Sign of the Times

I do not believe that this poster represents the views of most nonobservant Israelis

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Two Slips of Paper, Six Little Words

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

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Return to Sender

I stood there frozen in place, frustrated and indignant. What pathetic mindset would choose this venue as a postal branch?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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What’s in a Name?

Most people seem to be calling it quite simply “the October 7 War”

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Letter to an American Jewish College Student

There is one truly powerful response that is often overlooked: to become more Jewish

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman