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Shooting Stars
As long as I’m here, I’m given the strength. To endure. To survive and smile
Shira Gold
Shooting Stars
The steel, stinging bars weren’t only literal. I had nearly imprisoned my soul
Shira Gold
LifeLines
If you ever read any book about love languages, my mother’s picture should be on the opening of the chapter on gift giving
Mattie Weinberg
LifeLines
Fighting for our baby’s every breath, we gained just as much as we gave
C. Saphir
Impressions
What words can possibly fix loss? We speak in these situations because we feel uncomfortable not to
Binyomin Yudin 
Impressions
in the pleasant afterglow of Yom Kippur we are happy to just sit in the moment with our mitzvos
Moshe Krakowski
Open Mic
Simchas Torah — true, actual, authentic celebration of the Torah — is not as easy as it sounds
Shmuel Botnick
Open Mic
As a physician, I offer my prescription for 5785. What’s curing trauma in Israel can cure across the Jewish world
Moshe Kaplan MD
Close Call
If you’re ashamed to tell people about the friendship, that’s an important sign that shows you don’t feel proud of it
Mrs. Chani Juravel
Close Call
The more time passed, the more clarity I gained about what the problem had been with this friendship in the first place. And in one word, the answer was, “extreme”
Devoiry Braunstein
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