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LifeTakes
Mussaf starts, the table is full, yet I feel so alone. The room has been cleansed of a whole decade of women, the ...

By Gayil Rose

Personal Accounts
“Unesaneh tokef, let us proclaim the power of this day’s holiness…” Three women describe having their lives overturned, facin ...

By Sarah Pardes

On Topic
Shul rebbetzins give of their time, their energy, their family life — and yet, they say, they wouldn’t have it any o ...

By C.B. Lieber

Real Life
We land and head straight for Ichilov hospital. Shealtiel is frighteningly still, white, surrounded by beeping — blood pressu ...

By Rivka Streicher

Musings
Not ready for the blast, the awakening. Not ready for the wrenching sobs from tens of dozens of people who must be ...

By Rochel (Grunewald) Samet

Windows
No one else noticed I was there. But I didn’t mind; it was okay this way. Until it all changed,Windows: A Place t ...

By Adina Weiss

Grab the Reins
“The main thing I learned from our group was how mood can affect us. And that people do things to make themselves ...

By Shoshana Schwartz

Map the Starlight
Clara comes up to her, snatches the parchment from Aster’s sash, unfurls it. The strength is gone from Aster’s hands, o ...

By Leah Gebber

Calligraphy
“I’m— the drums aren’t toys,” he says, almost defensively. “They’re— I can’t have anyone touching them. I think I’ll have to keep the study door locked, I should have thought of t ...

By Rochel (Grunewald) Samet

Calligraphy
“Tatty,” she speaks. She keeps her voice smooth, though the rock in her throat hurts. “Tatty, I can’t marry him. Please ...

By Faigy Shonfeld

EndNote
How Shloime Dachs discovered “Chamol”

By Riki Goldstein

Personal Accounts
For these four families of accomplished Jews, one brother brought another… and sometimes yet another, transforming teshuvah to ...

By Gila Arnold

The Current
The major news stories of the past year,The Current: Year in Review 5777, The major news stories of the past year

By Binyamin Rose

Impressions
Although Hungary was in an alliance with Germany and Italy, we were as Hungarian as our non-Jewish neighbors. Hungary would take good care of us.

By Toby Orlander Thaler