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A pre-Rosh Hashanah phone call. I hadn’t realized people my age did them. Those calls are for mothers and grandmothers, ...

By Esther Kurtz

Map the Starlight
Friar Pere runs through the night, arms lifted, a wail coming from the dark hollow of his mouth. Brother Francis comes ...

By Leah Gebber

Facets
What was I supposed to tell the kid? I totally heard where he was coming from. He just lost himself, happens to u ...

By Esther Kurtz

LifeTakes
“It should be as your teshuvah, in case you were mistaken. Although, sheifelah, I’m not convinced that you were”

By Zahava Silver

Tribute
A tribute to Rebbetzin Esther Finkel a”h, wife of the late Rosh Yeshivah Rav Beinish Finkel, and mother-in-law of Rav N ...

By Riki Goldstein

On Topic
Could The Nurtured Heart approach — focusing on what is right in each moment — stop the negativity and misbehavior in ...

By Chana Klein

Sister Shmooze
You’ll gaze at a story from the past, view a shalom bayis tip for the present, see a concerned look at writing’s ...

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

Real Life
She doesn’t ask because she knows it will make Mommy sad, just like she doesn’t ask why they don’t have a daddy i ...

By Rivka Streicher

 
We spoke with Nathan Diament, the director of the Institute for Public Affairs of the OU, the Union of Orthodox Jewish ...

By Binyamin Rose

 
“…as we jumped, we sang ‘Tatte Tatte helf unz shoin’ — if you listen carefully, you can even hear the little staccat ...

By Riki Goldstein

Family Reflections
Your marriage can help your kids’ marriages,Marriage Prep,Your marriage can help your kids’ marriages

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

 
“You can say it isn’t all you like, but that doesn’t change the fact that you’re living in a cult,” she informed ...

By Ruti Kepler

EndNote
Listeners don't always understand what they are singing.

By Riki Goldstein

EndNote
When you’re singing it you can clearly sense that without Hashem there is nothing and I am nothing.

By Riki Goldstein