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Back to Business in Washington
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Finding Our Past  
Nine writers recount their search for chometz — and what they found
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Give Me Space 
Nine writers recount their search — and what they found
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Soldier of Fortune
Now that he was in the Czar’s army, he knew he’d take revenge and right the injustice done by none other than his own brother
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And Seal Us for Life
For the sake of saving a life, said Rav Chaim HaLevi of Brisk, we must try everything, even something that goes against logic, even on Yom Kippur
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When the Law Misreads a Yeshivah  
Shimon Cohen contacted me with a practical question: Did I happen to know the Bishop of Manchester?
 Rabbi Jonathan Guttentag
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The Amalek Paradox  
No matter how much we work on our emunah, no matter the level we reach, Amalek’s impact will resurface
Rabbi Levi Lebovitz
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Managing the Central Park Zoh
NYC’s next mayor is an anti-Israel socialist radical. What next?
Yitzchok Landa
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Shaking The Trees in the Big Apple
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Binyamin Rose
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The Purim War
The current fighting is from the Israeli point of view just the latest round — and hopefully the last — in the war going on since October 7
Yonoson Rosenblum
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A Long Way from Over
Achieving a civilian takeover will be easier said than done
Yonoson Rosenblum
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