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Facets
“Hi, how are you?” I tried sounding genuine, because so far she’s been really nice and funny, but why was she callin ...

By Esther Kurtz

Magazine Feature
Daughter of Rav Yitzchok Zilber ztz”l, known as the Father of Russian Jewry, Rebbetzin Chava Kuperman imbibed her father’s ...

By Rifka Junger

Magazine Feature
Not the Inspiration,All too often, when Yom Kippur ends, so does the inspiration. Our educators and experts say it doesn’t ...

By Libi Astaire

Magazine Feature
When tragedy overturns a child’s world, it’s up to his parents and caregivers to help him navigate the maelstrom of emo ...

By Eliana Cline

Real Life
“She’s for sure a BT,” I heard someone nearby whisper as we waited for her to finish davening, long after the chazza ...

By Rachelli Saffir

Musings
It was almost time for Yizkor, so I left to join those untouched by death, who wait innocently in the lobby,Musings: ...

By Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod

Windows
Bubby looked at the inscription. “That machzor’s a lot older than 1931,” she declared. “It actually belonged to Bubby Ethe ...

By Gila Arnold

Grab the Reins
“I’ve never seen him so angry. In fact, he never gets angry. He never has to, no one does anything that might som ...

By Shoshana Schwartz

The Moment
“The order is meant to teach you that teshuvah is the key, and once someone embarks on teshuvah, then his tefillah a ...

By Dovid Bashevkin and Shuki Lehrer

Normal Like Me
Spurred by the memory of their sister Liza, who died for lack of modern medical equipment and knowledge, Bernadine perseve ...

By Ruti Kepler

Text Messages
The religious Jew’s position is straightforward,On the Heels of…,The religious Jew’s position is straightforward

By Eytan Kobre

EndNote
“Be’ein Meilitz Yosher” sung by the London School of Jewish Song is over forty years old, but you still might be hea ...

By Riki Goldstein

Parshah
We get offended because of our bad middos,Room for One More,We get offended because of our bad middos

By Faigy Peritzman

Profiles
Rav Moshe Elazar Lipka, who followed Rav Yisrael Zeev Gustman ztz”l to Eretz Yisrael, shares memories of his rebbi’s great ...

By Rav Eliyahu Gut and Rav Ephraim Galinksy