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Rivka Streicher

Rivka Streicher

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Magazine Feature
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
As a frequent-flyer shochet to far-flung places, Rabbi Yechiel Shmuel Fried learned to never underestimate the capacity of a Jewish heart
Calligraphy
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
For one second, an avalanche of questions: What would Ahrele do? Where would he go? Could he ever go back to the way things were? And from there?
Musings
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
I try to pull myself together, when I hear it. Somebody outside, strains of song. I open the window and a voice carries inside. “Mah nishtanah halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh…”
Encounters
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
They learned with an intensity; they flew in the heavens above the desert. And finally Chaim knew why he had to come on the trip
Family Tempo
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
“How do you do it? I mean don’t you feel stifled? Sweaty? Do you ever eat? I’ve never so much as seen you even adjust your mask”
Calligraphy
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
It was Abba who’d told her to follow her heart. If it was kosher, if this is where she came alive, she should go for it
LifeTakes
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
“Did I ever tell you about the esrogim and the weddings?” he asks
Windows
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
She’s almost 90, her mind fickle as the wind, but oh, she wants to learn
Family Tempo
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
In school, she ran the show. But she couldn’t reach her own son
LifeTakes
Tuesday, May 26, 2020
There it was, a faded sign, a pitch-dark eatery. We were the only patrons
Veiled Joy
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
While Fear stalks our community, Joy finds a foothold too. In backyards and living rooms, people celebrate new beginnings. The celebration is dimmed, but the happiness is not