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Once Again
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Ode to the Carry-on
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Invincible and Vulnerable
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Last But Not Least
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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An Offer We Dare Not Refuse
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Guests of Honor
Blind Love 
Is it true that love is blind? Doesn’t it hurt her anew every time she thinks of how her son rejected the world she chose?
Rachel Newton
Guests of Honor
The Royalty Within   
Do we ever fully appreciate the immigrant experience of so many who have come before us?
Sarah Moses Spero
Lonely at the Top
Scared to Shine
The leadership vacuum that should be worrying us all. Three takes on a troubling trend
Yisroel Besser
Lonely at the Top
A Crisis or a Challenge?
The leadership vacuum that should be worrying us all. Three takes on a troubling trend
Rabbi Avrohom Neuberger
Calligraphy: Succos 5785
By Design
“She really has to come live here. She should be near us. What else does she need at this point besides us and our children, her nachas?”
Rivka Streicher
Calligraphy: Succos 5785
Surface Deep
“I was in Reb Azarya’s office. You know the picture of the baby on his desk? The picture of… of….” He took a deep breath. “Yisroel?”
Shmuel Botnick
Blueprint
No Two Tests Are the Same
When all seems lost and we are convinced that there is no turning back, He offers us a precious gift, which He calls Teshuvah   IT is a blizzard in September. A blizzard of calendars for the new year: huge wall calendars, tiny, wallet-size calendars, desk calendars, pocket-size. They come in the mail every day,
Rabbi Yaakov Feitman
Cross Current
Managing the Central Park Zoh
NYC’s next mayor is an anti-Israel socialist radical. What next?
Yitzchok Landa
Cross Current
Shaking The Trees in the Big Apple
A sample of initial reactions the morning after, including some revealing tidbits from the Arab media
Binyamin Rose
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The Embarrassed Zionist

Are the real Zionists those who pray hamachazir shechinaso leTzion three times a day, or those who never give a thought to prayer, to G-d, or to Zion?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Weeping Without Cause

Is this not cynical, to use that in which you do not believe in order to further your political aims?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Top-Sacred Fable

The Messiah has come! Shops closed, crowds began lining the streets, musicians unwrapped their instruments, car horns blared. The Messiah has come!

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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The Only Thing

Is there, underneath it all, some kind of connection between sports and religion?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Glutton-Free Wedding?

Is it somehow anti-halachic to have a wedding that is elegant and tasteful and avoids excesses?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Tale of Two Presidents

Their deeds and values speak for themselves and require no commentary

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman