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Sadness and Gladness
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The Strange Case of the Missing Money
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Champions and Also-rans
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The Perils of Sloganeering
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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The Un-Comfort Zone
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Encounters
A Grand Legacy
It began with a football match and became a minyan, with Rabbi Plancey as coach
Racheli Plancey
Encounters
A Man of Unwavering Truth
Rav Avrohom Ausband ztz”l was a world-class talmid chacham, manhig, and mensch
Shmuel Winiarz
Cooking School
Fridge Talk
Like water cooler talk for housewives
Danielle Renov
Cooking School
Get It Done Right
Does It Really Matter If My Stovetop Is the Right Temperature?
Danielle Renov
5783: Year in Review
Halls of Power: 5783
A repeat of the 2020 election looks to be in store
Maury Litwack
5783: Year in Review
Worldview: 5783
Eight years after his rise, the fact that the Trump era hasn’t run its course is the biggest political story of the year
Gedalia Guttentag
Family Activities
Create a Carnival
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Esti Vago
Family Activities
Blow you away!
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Esti Vago
Business Casual
How do you stay updated on changing consumer needs?
Experts share their wealth of experience
Sarah Massry
Business Casual
"What Would You Tell Your Younger Self About Starting Out in Business?"  
Experts share their wealth of experience
Sarah Massry
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I understood with greater clarity why the Torah cautions us to treat the pauper with dignity

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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

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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

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