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Personal Accounts
My Place ,We step into the succah, enter a new space, a higher reality. Eleven personal accounts of the way space an ...

By Devorah Cohen

Magazine Feature
The Abarbanel predicted that the Anusim will would return to Hashem in two phases: first, in their hearts, and then ent ...

By Leah Gebber

Personal Accounts
That piano followed me through each stage of my life, from home to home and room to room. Life without a piano wa ...

By Millie Samson

Personal Accounts
As I stood there engrossed in the age-old words, my heart took over. I’m so lonely, Hashem. The words seemed to form ...

By Faigy Peritzman

Personal Accounts
Alas, after a while my window experienced a fate similar to most toys. No longer new, I barely gave it a glance. ...

By Libi Astaire

Personal Accounts
I recently asked a friend whether she knew the gender of her unborn baby. “No,” she said. “There are so few surprise ...

By Batya Burd

Personal Accounts
In my room, I let myself be. There was no right, or wrong, no socially acceptable PC answers. There was no judgment, ...

By Esther Kurtz

Personal Accounts
Along with her crumb cake, delicious chicken cutlets, and vegetable bowties, we imbibed the unique Big City feel we didn’t ...

By Libby Rubinstein

Personal Accounts
The table was the focal point of our gorgeous country kitchen, next to the yawning windows showcasing Vancouver’s snowy pe ...

By Abby Delouya B.A, B.Ed, MFT

Personal Accounts
As a grown-up, I wonder what makes kids love hiding in small, hidden spaces. Are they nostalgic for the womb, where ...

By Barbara Bensoussan

Inside Job
Yes, it takes more than just a high rate of words per minute to be successful: Three court reporters on the ups, ...

By Rachel Bachrach

Windows
I look at my father. There’s a fire, he says, a bad one. We need to get home, fast

By Faigy Schonfeld

Free Fall
April 1942. Abe Levine and Annie Freed get married in a simple yet beautiful chasunah in the Hotel,

By Miriam Stark Zakon

Magazine Feature
Sixty years ago revolution erupted in Hungary. As the country convulsed with calls for freedom, the borders were left unguarded, allowing thousands to flee. Among those were 20,00 ...

By Barbara Bensoussan