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Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Perils of Sloganeering
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The Un-Comfort Zone
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The Yiddishe Kopp
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Send Them Off as Jews
Send Them Off as Jews: Chapter 8
“You know,” I tell them, “what’s important now is just being here.”
Rabbi Daniel Rose
Send Them Off as Jews
Send Them Off as Jews: Chapter 7
Facing the end of life — or even seeing that possibility in the distant future — can be a gift, for all sorts of reasons
Rabbi Daniel Rose
Bentzi and the Mystery in the Museum
Bentzi and the Mystery in the Museum: Chapter 22
I didn’t know what else to say. Poor Asher! How would I feel if I was suddenly cut off from Yoel and Yom Tov and Tulli and all my friends?
Shifra Glick
Bentzi and the Mystery in the Museum
Bentzi and the Mystery in the Museum: Chapter 21
So, can it really be…? No! It seems I was wrong to suspect Shuki. I don’t want to risk suspecting Asher wrongly too
Shifra Glick
In the Arms of Rabi Shimon
In The Arms of Rabi Shimon
What is it about Jews that puts us in the forefront — for good or for ill — of so many cutting-edge areas of life?     Historians generally agree that the four figures who most shaped 20th-century Western civilization were Marx, Darwin, Freud, and Einstein. Three out of the four were born Jews, Darwin being the
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In the Arms of Rabi Shimon
We're Still Holding On
We’re holding on, Tatteh. Listen to the hespedim, listen to the anguished voices as they praise You
Yisroel Besser
Jr.s Unite to Fight Coronavirus
Jr.s Unite to Fight Coronavirus
Send us your experiences, kabbalos, and activity ideas during the coronavirus lockdown, and watch this space!
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Jr.s Unite to Fight Coronavirus
Jr.s Unite to Fight Coronavirus
Send us your experiences, kabbalos, quips, and activity ideas during the coronavirus lockdown, and watch this space!
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Two Cents
Let's Talk Shop 
If you thought the hardest part of Yom Tov was the cooking and cleaning, you don’t have teenage girls
Michali Naiman and Chana Fishman
Two Cents
The Complete Guide to Over-Apologizing, Under-Apologizing, and Re-Apologizing   
Unsolicited advice from people with no qualifications but many opinions
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Beruchim anachnu, we are all blessed to be part of the adventure of being a Jew

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Royalty and Royalty

The contrast between the burial of Elizabeth II and those of contemporary Jewish religious leaders could not be more stark

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Notes on the Shofar Notes

There is no single answer to the mystery of the shofar. But let us examine one approach

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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The Many Layers of Baruch Atah

It is the most widely used — and also the most widely mangled and least understood brachah

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Profane: More Than Cursing

It is precisely in such times — when words are cheap — that  it is good to remember that words are sacred

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Bandits and Bishop

Why would the bishop be wearing all this jewelry on his person while delivering his sermon?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman