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The Mouths of Babes 
Esther Mandel
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The Death of a Jew      
Rachael Lavon
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Hotel Away from Home
Carol Ungar
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The War and Kitchen Avoidance
Esther Mandel
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Miracles and Wonders
Yonah Levin Chatzinoff
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Culinary School and Beyond
This was the first time that working hard, fast, and creatively would get me in trouble.
Chef Suzie Gornish
The Great Beyond
Out of the Shadows
Globetrotter Moshe Klein’s journey of history and mystery in Portugal
Sandy Eller
The Great Beyond
Destination: Myanmar 
A Southeast Asian country currently in the midst of a civil war whose Jewish population can be counted on just one hand
Sandy Eller
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
Read-Along Storytime
Crash and Credit
“Let’s make a carnival! We’ll charge an entry fee, and make loads of cash!”
R. Atkins
Read-Along Storytime
Hot and Cold
We may be crazy for living here—but we’re not wrong Photo: Flash90 “Are we crazy?” my sister-in-law asks me. As the mother of three young boys in this country, she’s asked this before, unable to fully set aside her fears for the still-distant future. With a house full of girls, my concerns tend toward affording
R. Atkins
Make Her Day: Succos 5782
Oasis of Relief  
“Strong” is so overused that it’s too trite to give people a real understanding of who she is and what she has gone through
Ariella Schiller
Make Her Day: Succos 5782
Always a Mother  
"I’d love to give her something to brighten her Yom Tov so that she feels special and knows how loved she is"
Ariella Schiller
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