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Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Second Thoughts
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
From A to Z
“You're my teacher?” she asked, incredulous. I took her little hand in mine
Rikki Baum
From A to Z
“Why,” I demand, “do I have to go to stupid graduation?”
Rikki Baum
Fruits of Kindness
A bus ticket, a care package, a haircut — the items were small, the caring behind them enormous. A small seed sprouted and grew tall. Twenty readers share acts of giving
Family First Readers
15 Years
"In general, we bend over backward to make sure the reader is getting the full value he purchased the magazine for, because there is only one consideration: you, the reader" 
Yaakov Gerstel
15 Years
The making of a magazine: Special anniversary project
Barbara Bensoussan
Minhag Match-up
One can respect the intelligence of Israeli secularists without agreeing with their anti-religious views   Would any intelligent country knowingly import a product that is known to be defective? How is it, then, that the secular Israeli establishment is welcoming Reform and Conservative ideology into Israel — which will inevitably dilute the sanctity of the Western
Chanie Apfelbaum
Minhag Match-up
One can respect the intelligence of Israeli secularists without agreeing with their anti-religious views   Would any intelligent country knowingly import a product that is known to be defective? How is it, then, that the secular Israeli establishment is welcoming Reform and Conservative ideology into Israel — which will inevitably dilute the sanctity of the Western
Chavi Feldman
Eyes That Saw Angels
Would we spend the rest of our lives wondering why we’d hadn’t contacted the myriad of magical figures living in our midst?
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
Eyes That Saw Angels
Venerable individuals still among us share their recollections of personal encounters with yesteryear's giants
Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer
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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.

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Is it this the kind of “innovative thinking” that Reform Judaism wishes to transfer to Israel?

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Our prison is of our own making, and if we really want to escape, we can do so

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