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Yes, a Joke // Truth can be funnier than fiction
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On the World Stage // A conversation with Malcolm Hoenlein
A conversation with Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
It is told that the Kotzker Rebbe...
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Yaakov Yosef (Jacob) Eisenbach // Geeker, Lexington Property Group
Real estate businessman Jacob Eisenbach had a problem that all businesses face at some point: he had issues with his computer. While such problems...
An Offer They Can Refuse // Allowing convicts to use kidneys as barter?
Whenever Renewal, the organization that helps facilitate kidney transplants, emails a notification that operations are taking place, I stop what I’m doing and say...
Still A Mother // Her own loss drove her to find healing for...
Stillness. As Malkie Klaristenfeld looked at the perfect form on the screen, she saw the stillness and she knew. Again. Her baby’s life was over...
The Gift of a Loving Mother // My baby deserved The one...
My world was encased in fog. And so was my reflection in the mirror. Listless eyes, pale lips. And the acne breakout on my...
Yanky’s Signature Deli Roll
Serves 7
1 cup honey
¾ cup deli mustard
¾ cup dark brown sugar
¼ cup duck sauce, plus more to brush the roll
¼ cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons soy...






















