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Second Thoughts
The Dark and the Light
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Double Take
That’s the Plan  
Rochel Samet
Second Thoughts
The Mysterious Number Eight
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
True Account
Rescued Legacy
Barbara Bensoussan
Encounters
Saving the Succah     
Rebecca (Feldbaum) Steier
Works of Art
The Best Banner
“Maybe we’ll do it your way in the end, but if someone else has a different idea, they’re allowed to say it!”
Zivia Reischer
Works of Art
The Painting  
She looked down at the canvas, moving it in the moonlight until she could see the image it held
Malka Winner
On your Mark
Meet… Madeleine Isenberg 
Madeleine Isenberg deciphers old matzeivos and connects people with their ancestors and family history
Shoshana Gross
On your Mark
Meet… Shira Fruchter   
Shira Fruchter helps people access their past — and use it to move forward
Shoshana Gross
Year in Review
Year in Review: Metro and Beyond
5780 was probably the toughest year in decades in the US, but it was also a year full of heroes
Yochonon Donn
Year in Review
Year in Review: Eye on Europe
The pandemic hasn’t so much marked the dawning of a new age as accelerated pre-existing trends
Gedalia Guttentag
Who Is Bavli?
Who Is Bavli?: Part 2
“Buy pitah?” Bavli was incredulous. “I’ve never heard of such a thing. Maybe in the big cities.”
Sivi Sekula
Pesach Made Peaceful
The Stuff of Memories
It’s not the food that makes memories, it’s the calm
Faigy Schonfeld
Pesach Made Peaceful
Redeeming Factor
“When was the last time we ate a meal behind the dryer?”
Shoshana Itzkowitz
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Cut ‘n Paste
What Life Is About  

It summed everything up: Make yourself at home, and in the meantime, let’s learn Torah, because that’s what life is about

By Avi Levinson

Encounters
Holy Smokes

“Rabbi, I want to tell you a story that happened to me when I was boy, growing up in Eretz Yisrael”

By Ester Zirkind

Shul with a View
Through a Parent’s Eyes

I have spent many an hour with Chaim over the last 15 years, listening to his pain and hearing his sobs

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

Shul with a View
The Mercy of the Court

Chaim continued to insist the din be followed with no exceptions

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

On Site
Blow by Blow

Shofar maker, Shimon Keinan, 77, is constantly on the lookout for the perfect ram’s horn

By Chananel Shapira

Cut ‘n Paste
The Power of This Day

 A fresh transport, just in from Antwerp, had arranged the unthinkable: A Rosh Hashanah service behind one of the barracks

By Chaya Berger