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Profiles
Mrs. Charlotte Dunner has spent the last decade quietly spearheading one important initiative after another, helping spread Yiddishkeit across Europe. Every stumbling block is a s ...

By Rifka Junger

On Topic
For better or for worse, when your last name is one that everyone knows, you’ll often be treated differently. The perks and pitfalls of protektziya

By Barbara Bensoussan

On Topic
Nobody lives forever, but stories can be passed on for generations. How to find and collect your ancestors’ stories — and keep their legacy alive

By Miriam Bloch

Family Tempo
“I’m sorry,” I mumbled. I sat down again and stirred my tea. “You think I’m an awful person. Sitting here on an all-expenses-paid vacation, complaining. How greedy, right?”

By Rochel (Grunewald) Samet

Windows
Here’s a piece of trivia you’ll never have to use: The first family Chanukah party I attended was my in-laws’ family party the year I got engaged

By Esther Novak

Center Stage
Huvy hadn’t said a word! Everything was always “fine, okay, good.” Even when Rina had noticed the others treating her poorly, Huvy never seemed fazed

By Gila Arnold

The Gatekeeper's Daughter
“Okay, I get it.” Baila’s voice is shrill. “Sooo exciting, having this girl from the middle of nowhere move in”

By Esther Teichtal

More or Less
Stuff’s up?! Understatement of the century. They fired Sandra and Peter. Things were bad, sure, but I didn’t think it was that bad

By Esther Kurtz

Metro & Beyond
Nanuet residents are less than thrilled to have a Bais Yaakov in their neighborhood

By Malky Lowinger

Shared Space
“I’m not happy, Malky,” he said finally. “I thought this would be our trip. We can use it, no?”

By Dov Haller

LifeLines
When I was growing up, dance was so much a part of my identity that I would sometimes wonder to myself whether there was anything inside me besides dance

By C. Saphir

Personal Accounts
As kollel families Down Under enjoyed their summertime Chanukah bein hazmanim, a miracle kept the light of Torah burning

By Mordechai Fixler

Metro & Beyond
“This is the first time in American history that a Jewish center is being destroyed by court order”

By Malky Lowinger

Metro & Beyond
“It’s not really about the eiruv. It’s about not wanting the Orthodox in the community”

By Malky Lowinger