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Jr. Feature
we explore a few of the confessions we make and learn a little more about what we are saying to Hashem, our King, who is kind and merciful and helps us to do teshuvah

By Devorah Grant

Jolly Solly
The airport in Peru was on strike. No flights were taking off or landing. Mr. Faigelbaum might not make it home in time for Yom Kippur!

By R. Atkins

Story Time
The king stopped eating. “You want me to get involved? And what happens if this sorcerer curses me for trying to help you?”

By Y. Bromberg

Double Dance
She heard her mother mention her name, and stiffened. Why were her parents talking about her? Rikki leaned closer to the door and stopped breathing, trying to hear through the den ...

By Bracha Rosman

50 Reasons
In today’s entry, I’m going to add a bunch of things to my list that fall under the “Only in Israel” category

By Ariella Stern

The Road Home
Somehow, it’s deeply reassuring that the people packing us up are Our People

By Malka Winner

Out of Step
He turns around and gives me a look, the kind of look that says, “please don’t be a terribly selfish human being.”

By Ariella Schiller

Communities
The images of those long-ago prayers are indelibly ingrained in the hearts and minds of those who grew up in a different time and place

By Chananel Shapiro

A Few Minutes With
Attorney Richard Horowitz on Bibi's bribery charges

By Binyamin Rose

All I Ask
“Maybe you didn’t say anything, but… there’s just a certain air about you, as if you’re silently criticizing the whole tzibbur, and our kehillah in particular”

By Ruti Kepler

Guestlines
Make Yom Kippur a day of friendship; He'll make it a day of forgiveness

By Rabbi Henoch Plotnik

Second Thoughts
The call of the shofar does not come from outside; it emanates from within us

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Personal Accounts
Can we achieve lasting change? Can we revamp the times in our day and week that don’t look the way we want them to? Five women tackle their toughest hours

By Miriam Milstein