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Is, Was, Will Be
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Of Kippot and Yarmulkes
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Up Is Down and Down Is Up
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Wounds of the Body, Wounds of the Soul
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
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Don’t Forget Minchah
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
The Conversation Continues
Just Answer "No" — The Conversation Continues
Should seminaries ask applicants if they’ve gone to therapy?
Family First Readers
The Conversation Continues
Out of Focus: The Conversation Continues
“Would I choose ADHD? Maybe not. But embracing it has brought me so much joy”
Family First Readers
By the Numbers
All Accounted for: The Conversation Continues
Parental support: readers share their takes
Family First Readers
By the Numbers
All Accounted For
As children become adults, how much do they — and should they — rely on their parents for support? Over 800 parents and children weigh in
Mishpacha Readers
Voice in the Crowd
Stay a While
A baal simchah, it’s been noted, is the neediest person in the world
Yisroel Besser
Voice in the Crowd
Shtiah Shel Shabbat
In moderation, there is undeniable power to a l’chayim between Yidden, shtiah shel Shabbat
Yisroel Besser
Eye on Europe
Le Chaos
To understand the turmoil facing French democracy, we spoke with French political analyst Jean-Yves Camus
Yaacov Lipszyc
Eye on Europe
A Duty to Die?  
One of the most controversial and consequential laws in modern history
Y. Davis
Deal or No Deal
Boys Night Out… without the Sons-in-Law?
You realize that your husband and the other sons-in-law were not invited
Deal or No Deal
Picking Up Socks?
Besides him needing to learn basic derech eretz for me, what will his wife say?
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In Praise of Silence

Any such mass tragedy warrants a deep silence

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Adam and the Donkey

Sometimes food, merely supposed to be the vehicle for living and spirituality, becomes the goal itself

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Calling a Tail a Leg

A true convert enriches us. A quickie convert diminishes us

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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DNA vs. DNA

The DNA of Am Yisrael challenges another DNA, that of Haman and his “zeide” Amalek

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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Hide and Seek

The pandemic hovers over us. It is a wakeup call for serious repentance, serious prayer, serious tzedakah

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

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A Wondering Jew

These are simple, even naive, questions, but they have bedeviled me for a long time

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman