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Second Thoughts
Upside Down and Right Side Up
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman
Cut ‘n Paste
What’s in the Rabbi’s Shopping Cart? 
Rabbi Akiva Males
Encounters
At Every Juncture        
Rabbi Dovid Abenson
Shul with a View
A Fateful Decision
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
On Site
Survival on a Promise
Yitzchok Landa
Podcast: The Rose Report
THE MAJOR STORIES OF 2022…YOU HEARD THEM HERE FIRST
I don’t like making predictions about the news. There are too many variables. Too many players. There’s the Hand of G-d who intervenes in ways that we can never forecast.  But I’ve been a newsman since the 1970s and I’ve covered comparable stories over many decades. Some stories blow up. Some blow over. Sometimes we see signs in advance, so I will suggest a few things to watch that may give us clarity for 2022.
Binyamin Rose
Podcast: The Rose Report
Barak Ravid's Book on Trump Did us a Favor
Before voting for Trump again, or welcoming his Orthodox Jewish advisors back with open arms, or even voting for Bibi again, their clumsy diplomacy should be held against them
Binyamin Rose
A Stone’s Throw
A Stone’s Throw: Chapter 8
“Something happened today and I need your advice. Would I be able to come over to your house and show you something?”
Faigy Gold
A Stone’s Throw
A Stone’s Throw: Chapter 7
As I passed, I nodded hello and even ventured a “Chodesh tov.” He looked at me, and suddenly held up his hand. The whole line stopped
Faigy Gold
Make Her Day
Make Her Day
We asked: Do you know someone whose life needs brightening? We gave you $100. And you made her day
Make Her Day
Tour de Force 
We gave them $100. They made someone’s day. 9 stories
Ariella Schiller
Inside Israel
Across the Firing Line  
Among the most vocal critics are the tens of thousands of evacuees from communities near the Lebanese border
Yaacov Lipszyc
Inside Israel
Taking the Fight to the Source
As Israel deals devastating blows to Iran’s proxies in Gaza and Lebanon, direct conflict between the two foes now looks inevitable
Kobi Borenstein
Every Song Has Its Story
Every Song Has Its Story
Do we ever think much about, or even know, what motivated our favorite song?
Riki Goldstein
Every Song Has Its Story
The Man from Vilna
“In place of a sefer Torah,” he told the group, “let us carry this child, who represents the future of the Jewish people”
Riki Goldstein
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