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Musings
A roundabout where entering holds no guarantees of a smooth exit. And once you are in, all entrances and exits disappea ...

By Rachelli Saffir

On Topic
For some children, summer isn’t about camp or family vacations. It’s a time for hands-on experience as they work alongside ...

By Sarah Pardes

Profiles
“Go home and paint,” a trusted advisor told Yaeli Vogel. Since then, her days are spent daubing paint on canvas, and ...

By Leah Gebber

Sister Shmooze
This Schmooze reminds us of the challenges and joys of keeping kosher in what is, yesterday and even today, a world ...

By Emmy Leah Stark Zitter and Marcia Stark Meth and Miriam Stark Zakon

Fiction
“We don’t have to go on any kind of formal [read: expensive] vacation,” he explains with his usual maddening male logic ...

By Perel Grossman

Grab the Reins
“Why,” I asked, “do we continue with certain behaviors but not others? Because they served us well at some point in ...

By Shoshana Schwartz

Map the Starlight
Ramon bites his lip. Bernat has always been a good friend: It is not his fault that Ramon is frustrated by yuds a ...

By Leah Gebber

Facets
“That’s what custom jewelry is about,” I said. Fiancé leaned back in his seat, coffee in hand, let the women go at ...

By Esther Kurtz

Profiles
Rabbi Harry Berkowitz went from riding shotgun with transit police to serving as chaplain for the MTA.

By Barbara Bensoussan

Jewish Geography
but Hardly Out,Incumbent mayor not wildly popular, but faces little competition,De Blasio Is Down, but Hardly Out,Incumbent mayo ...

By Jacob Kornbluh

LifeLines
Many of the guys in my high school belonged to local gangs. Gangs afforded protection; if you wore the gang colors, ...

By C. Saphir

Point of View
Would their egos inflate together with their success?,Test of Triumph,Would their egos inflate together with their success?

By Rabbi Moshe Grylak zt"l

Voice in the Crowd
Minchah? Minchah? Minchah?” His one-word mantra, Salute to the Minyan Man

By Yisroel Besser

Magazine Feature
A sparkling child growing up in Boro Park. But then difficulty in school. Shattered self-esteem. Rehab. All along Malky’s ...

By Yisroel Besser