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The Jewish “Jewish Problem”
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Pinnacle of Humility: a Purim Treatise
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Mikveh in the Bathtub
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Darkening of the White, The Whitening of the Dark
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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A Heart Transplant
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Jr. Tales
You Name It  
“What do you think they’ll call her? I hope it’s a name I’ll be excited about”
Chaya Rosen
Jr. Tales
The Knight Costume
He’d help Reuven find a costume, Yoni decided, but he wasn’t telling Reuven about his own
Hadar Nudel
Israel Election Special
When Almost Doesn't Count
Eight reflections in the aftermath of the third elections
Yossi Elituv
Israel Election Special
Crazy People, Get Off the Roofs
So, who won? Depends who you ask
Yisrael Yoskovitz
A Gift Passed Along
His Brother's Keeper
And that was it. Zeide was forced to simply step over the body and keep marching without pause
Adina Stilerman
A Gift Passed Along
Fringes and Stones
“You, my friend, should be walking around with a camera all day”
Nachman Hellman
Jr. Fiction
Tale of Treeo: Chapter 3
How can an observant and learned Jew, who dons tefillin every day and maintains Shabbos and kashrus, behave this way?   The disturbing scandals of the last months have engendered various questions: Should one read — even maintain in his home — books written by someone who has evidently been guilty of perpetrating many serious crimes against
Bashie Lisker
Jr. Fiction
Of Kittens and Counting  
Mendy stalks toward me, hand outstretched. I shriek until Mommy comes onto the porch to see what’s going on
Ariella Schiller
Corona Crisis
Coronavirus vs. United States
Coronavirus is worldwide — why is the US so badly hit? 
Omri Nahmias
Corona Crisis
Just the Facts
A COVID-19 Primer: Your guide to life in a socially distanced reality
Aliza Rubenstein and Chava Ruderman
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Bless You!

What, then, is the real meaning of baruch?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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The Rise and Fall, the Fall and Rise

One can respect the intelligence of Israeli secularists without agreeing with their anti-religious views

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Going to the Dogs  

Here we have Exhibit A of the ultimate self-absorption, the depths of selfishness

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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How Lapid Made All Of Us Pray

In all the furor, no one mentions that according to classic Jewish law, one becomes a Jew either by having a Jewish mother or by undergoing a proper conversion to Judaism.

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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The Shadowy Kiddush Clubs and the Mysterious Half-Torah

The following reply from the distilleries to the Kiddush clubs has been leaked to this magazine

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Counting the Days

Calendars can help us count the days, but only we can make the days count

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman