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On Site
Buried Treasure
Margie Pensak
Double Take
On the Giving End
Rochel (Grunewald) Samet
Shul with a View
A debt of Gratitude
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
5 to 9
Work/Life with Fran Jakubowicz
Moe Mernick
10 Questions
10 Questions for Eli Samuel
Rachel Bachrach
FF Point of View
Teenage Chesed
Should teenage girls help out in other people’s homes?
Family First Contributors
FF Point of View
When It Comes to Guilty Pleasures, the One Luxury I Won’t Give Up Is…
Readers confess their everyday indulgences
Family First Readers
Inside Job
What It's Like to Be a Chef
What’s on the menu? Three seasoned professionals open up about what it’s like to feed the crowds from their kitchens
Rachel Bachrach
Inside Job
Physician Assistant
Three PAs on what they do, why they love it, and how, contrary to popular belief, being a PA is not second best to being a doctor
Rachel Bachrach
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
The Road Home
The Road Home: Chapter 10
And I… I’m okay being me, even if I’m not entirely sure who that is
Malka Winner
The Road Home
The Road Home: Chapter 8
Somehow, it’s deeply reassuring that the people packing us up are Our People
Malka Winner
Imperial Moment
Day One 
The new president has a Day One pen – here’s how he’ll wield it
Rafael Hoffman
Imperial Moment
Friend in High Places 
Israel's wish list for Trump
Binyamin Rose
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Gemara Detective

“Tell me a bit about the bochur behind the medication”

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

LifeLines
Dancing Under the Umbrella

When I was growing up, dance was so much a part of my identity that I would sometimes wonder to myself whether there was anything inside me besides dance

By C. Saphir

On Site
More Than Just a Story

A stroll through an exhibit of ancient artifacts brings Torah stories to life

By Baila Rosenbaum

Off the Couch
In This Lifetime

“I’m telling you, I know I’m Bilaam,” he told me

By Jacob L. Freedman MD

Second Thoughts
Also a Rabbi

My father’s classic response echoes across 65 years

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Off the Couch
An Honest Shidduch

“I’m just so glad this is behind me, It’s been tough but baruch Hashem I’m cured, and this will be my little secret.”

By Jacob L. Freedman MD