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Jackson Down, Many More to Go  
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Should The US Enact Strong Gun Control Measures?    
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Feelings Aside
Our victory is that we don’t perpetuate the evil
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Trust your doctor. But only believe in Hashem
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Our anxiety no longer has the same urgency — how do we keep feeling?
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Israel vs. the World    
As Israel faces its seventh month of fighting, diplomatic isolation raises a number of questions
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Close Encounters
The US continues to transfix the world with its gun violence epidemic As an Israeli, used to a young and dynamic political system, I’m sometimes at a disadvantage debating politics with Americans. Israel’s basic laws — its equivalent of the Constitution — are changed every other day. Alternative prime minister? Direct elections? Why not? We’ll change a
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The Year of the Song
This year, this niggun was an anthem because we showed it. He’s always there for us, but this year, we were there for Him too.
Yisroel Besser
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“Let’s be realistic about the burden, and then we can say we are happy to take it”
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Family First Inbox: Issue 889
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