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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
Moving Forward
Moving Forward: Chapter 7
“Your acceptance of your situation is very refreshing. We don’t always have to know the end"
Estie Samson
Moving Forward
Moving Forward: Chapter 7
"There aren’t so many people like me around here and I’m looking to make a new friend”
Estie Samson
5 Myths
Myths and Misconceptions about Swiss Banks
What do you know about Swiss banks?
Sharon Gelbach
Stranger in a Strange Land
Finally, Home
“What about your second Pesach Seder? I usually have American bochurim. Come to me”
Shoshana Gross
Stranger in a Strange Land
Shift Down South 
“I can’t imagine what it would have been like to raise our children in any other city”
Russy Tendler
Second Dance
Second Dance: Chapter 45
Reuven needed someone to ask a real question. Was anyone gutsy enough?
Dov Haller
Second Dance
Second Dance: Chapter 43
“Oh, I don’t know, I imagine you have dreams, like every rosh yeshivah, and maybe this can help you realize them?”
Dov Haller
Recipes
French Toast Apple Latkes
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
Faigy Grossman
Recipes
Mediterranean Latkes with Tahini Drizzle
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
Faigy Grossmann
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