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Dear Ima
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Dearest Zeidy
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To My Former Yom Kippur Tablemate
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Dear Shadchan
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Dear Student
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A Summer Well Spent
The Higher Part of You
"To see how 'I' and 'me' are just ways to say ‘us' and 'we'; to expand yourself to include others"
Yosef Herz
A Summer Well Spent
The Real Teachers
"It was all part of being there, showing the unaffiliated that bnei Torah can be fun, normal, and serious about Yiddishkeit at the same time"
Yosef Herz
Stopover
Persian Threads
I spent an incredible Shabbos in Great Neck with the Persian community
Sivan Rahav-Meir
Stopover
Full Circle 
The 53,000-square-foot Friendship Circle of New Jersey (FCNJ) is unlike anything I’ve seen before
Sivan Rahav-Meir
Family Reflections
Old-Fashioned Parenting
There’s a place for punishment
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Family Reflections
Set Free by Forgiveness
Forgiving someone is hard unless we involve Hashem in the process
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Portrait of a Family
Portrait of a Family: Chapter 32    
“Hmm?” Tamar replied, closing her binder and looking up to see who was calling her name. Oh, Michal
Malka Grunhaus
Portrait of a Family
Portrait of a Family: Chapter 28 
Even with all the arguing, she thought, the table felt so… friendly. They could say whatever they wanted; the warmth, the love, was still there
Malka Grunhaus
Fire Fighters
Stop, Thief!
A small flicker, a smoldering ember. If left unchecked, it can become a raging inferno, consuming everything in its path. Unless someone stands tall and douses the flames. Four tales of courage
Fire Fighters
The Heat Is On
A flame left unchecked can become a raging inferno, consuming everything in its path. Unless someone stands tall and douses the flames. Four tales of courage
Devorah Grant
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Dear Seminary Girl on the Airplane

I thought that divorce meant saying goodbye to one person in your life

By Anonymous

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Dear Daughter

“Please keep in mind that dan l’chaf zechus relates to parents as well”

By Anonymous

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Dear Married Friend

“I promise you, it’s harder for me to speak to you than it is for you to speak to me”

By Anonymous

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To My Dear “Old” Friend

Should I have gone to visit you? Should I have ignored my concern that you wouldn’t want to see people? Should I have realized you might not make it to Sunday?

By Anonymous

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Dear Mom and Step-Dad and Daddy and Step-Mommy

During a simchah, which is typically such an exciting time, there’s often an underlying feeling of tension

By Anonymous

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Dear Nurses, Aides, and Visitors

Even my friends of decades find it tough to see me this way, I can tell. But trust me — I haven’t changed

By Anonymous