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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