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The Swerds Circus Goes Airborne    
Hadassa Swerds
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My Son, the Juvenile Delinquent
Hadassa Swerds
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Retail Therapy
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Ready or Not
Sarah Moses Spero
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No Pets Allowed       
Hadassa Swerds
The Opinionator
What Can Be Done to End America's Mass Murders?
The culture war over gun control
Gedalia Guttentag
The Opinionator
Should the US Withdraw from the Iran Deal or Not?
“The Iranians want nuclear weapons, but on the cheap, and safely”
Gedalia Guttentag
Beltway Brief
Musk Takes on the Uniparty
How the Big Beautiful Bill pushed the world’s wealthiest man into politics
Jake Turx
Beltway Brief
Flipping Tables at the G7  
In Trump’s first term, he rejected the rules. In his second, he’s rewriting the script
Jake Turx
Vantage Point
The World Is Ready  
The story behind Yat Kislev, the bitter dispute that turns brother against brother, is a painfully familiar one
Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Vantage Point
Doubling Down on Simchas Torah      
Given what happened last year and since — can our observance of this day remain unchanged?
Rabbi Moshe Hauer
TLC Podcast
Let's Talk Gemara (Part 2) Feat. Rav Aaron Lopiansky
In part two of this important topic, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield continue their discussion about gemara with Rav Aaron Lopiansky. How do you reconcile the Torah's view of the age of the world with the theories that the scientific community suggest? How should we be teaching children that eisav soneh Yaakov practically, when they might have regular interactions with the umos haolam? And the BIG QUESTION: How do we relay to boys who are struggling with gemara that they are as equally as important as the metzuyanim?  
Rabbi Ari Schonfeld and Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield
TLC Podcast
Let's Talk Gemara (Part 1)
On our first ever episode, Rabbi Schonfeld and Rabbi Garfield discuss the burning questions parents have about raising their children. Is there any validity to the opinion that forcing middle school boys to go to shul on Shabbos is the way to go? When your child reports "facts" that don't line up with that the teacher says, who do you believe? And the BIG QUESTION: Is it possible my son is not cut out for Gemara?
Rabbi Ari Schonfeld and Rabbi Yerachmiel Garfield
Family First Feature
The Story of a Home 
Sara (Wittler) Vital created a home — Bet Nechama — where struggling teens can discover who they are, without pressure, pretense, or fear
Rivka Streicher
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Can This Marriage Be Fixed?   
Are young couples today divorcing too quickly? A look at what’s fueling these divorces
Family First Writers
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I share some excerpts with you, my faithful readers, because this level of truth and clarity is not easy to come by

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The Traditional Pesach Menu: Before, During, and After

It’s like a conglomeration of the years of plenty and the years of hunger. There’s nothing, nothing to eat, and yet, there are egg kichels

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