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Walking up to the rosh yeshivah’s modest home, I feel a unique mixture of awe, fear and excitement. The rosh yeshivah, Rav Elya Ber...
10,000 Clicks Into the Past: A Jewish photographer’s odyssey across the former Soviet Union
Up until the Holocaust, Sharhorod, a town in Podolia, Western Ukraine, was one of the most important Jewish communities in the region. The Toldos...
An Itch In Time Saves Nine: Why was I having these mysterious symptoms?
I start the climb up Rechov Yirmiyahu with the double stroller, filled with heavy grocery bags as well as offspring, and my mind starts racing...
Grilling Chef Yitzy: We put Chef Yitzy on the hot seat to find out...
It’s late at night when I manage to catch up with Chef Yitzy Goldstein on the phone. I mean really late. Like, four in...
Do Nothing: Sometimes helping means hurting
“There’s a tiny newborn curled up in front of our garage door.” My neighbor’s voice was awed, breathless.
“A what?” I was sure I’d misheard....
Suing New York State & City For Religious Discrimination: A Q&A with attorney Chris Ferrara
New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, his Attorney General Letitia James, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio are being sued by two Catholic...
The Eleventh Hour: Two ordeals prepared me for the third
“I’m so sorry,” said the doctor gently. “It’s time to say goodbye.”
I bent over the still, silent form of my once-lively 16-year-old bechor. His...
Be Direct: Understand your own intentions
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