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Bark Worse Than Bite
Gershon Burstyn
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The Man Who Would Be Governor
Malky Lowinger
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Trump Treads on the Fed
Binyamin Rose
Washington Wrap
Goodbye to a True Friend
Omri Nahmias
Washington Wrap
Close, But Still Far Away
Omri Nahmias
Every Soul a World
Rav Chaim Yechezkel Shraga Dahan Z”L
Just as Moshe Rabeinu’s birthday and Yahrzeit are on the same day, so, too, Rabbi Dahan was decreed to be taken from us on his birthday. One year since his passing
Penina Steinbruch
Every Soul a World
Mr. Yakov Henigson
“Yakov, in his short life in This World, succeeded in becoming a walking kiddush Hashem”
Ariella Schiller
School Daze
School Daze: Epilogue 
There are a lot of other ways to be successful than being academic. You are so much more than the grades you get!
Perel Stone
School Daze
School Daze: Teaching  
Who would guess that the girl who was making every teacher miserable had such talent!
Perel Stone
Voices for Eternity
Esther HaMalka: Robed in Royalty
Esther was prepared to sacrifice everything—her very life and even her portion in Olam HaBa—for the sake of the people
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Voices for Eternity
Chuldah Haneviah: Heartbeats of Hope
The tefillos of men are carried upward through the prayers and tears of the women
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Windows
Esther Shemtov and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Date  
She made me go out with a blockhead, but she can’t make me marry him
Esther Shemtov
Windows
A Prayer Answered  
I had a ring and a sheitel — and the weight that was still at the forefront of my mind
Goldie Marks
Pinpoint
The Story That Wasn’t
Stick a pin in the phonebook. See where it lands. Make the call. Does everyone have a story? Five writers find out
Musia Slavin
Pinpoint
Parallels and Perspective
Stick a pin in the phonebook. See where it lands. Make the call. Does everyone have a story? Five writers find out
Esther Kurtz
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All Eyes on Texas Senate Race

(Photo: AFP/Imagebank) Rep. Beto O’Rourke shouldn’t be within striking distance of Ted Cruz in their Texas senate race, but the three-term congressman from El Paso has done more than just put a scare into the Republican Party, he’s become a Democratic star who some say might be a longshot candidate for president. He’s done it

By Omri Nahmias

Catching up With
Catching Up with Chaim Silberstein

“There has definitely been either a turning of a blind eye or a silent approval from the government to build in Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem”

By Binyamin Rose

The Current
Iran: Back in Focus

Israeli policy makers are laser-focused on one date. That’s November 4, when US sanctions on Iran’s crucial energy sector come into force

By Gedalia Guttentag

The Current
Hot Air in the Arava

Why Jordan is threatening to take back Arava farms

By Gershon Burstyn

A Few Minutes With
A Few Minutes with Elliott Abrams

Veteran foreign policy expert Elliot Abrams explains why Trump was right to ignore the prophets of doom about moving the US embassy to Jerusalem

By Machla Abramovitz

Washington Wrap
Murder in Istanbul

Erdogan holds the cure to Trump’s midterm headache

By Omri Nahmias