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By Malkie Hirsch
Oftentimes, when I’m approached by someone about my writing or my social media platform, they’ll use the words “real,” “raw,” or “honest”...
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Nazi Victim Services
One of the prompts on a call I made said, “For Nazi Victim Services press one.” I didn’t listen to the rest of the...
A Chipped Glass
By Malkie Hirsch
Oftentimes, when I’m approached by someone about my writing or my social media platform, they’ll use the words “real,” “raw,” or “honest”...
Purim: The Holiday Of The Heart
Following Shacharis on Sunday morning I sat down to study the first portion of the coming parashah, Tetzaveh, as is the custom, and I...
Houston, We Have A Problem
Down in the Lone Star State last week they were not expecting severe wintry weather. Nor were they expecting a truck from Lakewood, New...
Friday Purim: A Purim Shpiel
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Mindbiz
Dear Esther,
What do you do when you think your close friend is behaving badly? Shira and I have been really close friends for over...
DATING FORUM
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My husband and I are from the New York area. We are yeshivish, but right after we got married, my husband got a chinuch...
Broken But Fixable
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A couple of months after Moshe died, things in our house started breaking. And I don’t mean the color printer (which hasn’t...
News From the Hills
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Ti”z The Season
We all know the Chazal, Mi Shenichnas Adar Marbim B”simcha. We also know that this time of year there is a great need for...
Queen Esther Revisited: A Heroic Story Of Personal Transformation
By Alanna Apfel
One of the things that I appreciate most about Judaism is that with each yom tov, we have the opportunity to take...
Arabs And Jews
Rabbi Elie Abadie was previously based in New York, where, over the years, he was the spiritual leader of two different shuls, including the...
The Moshe Within
The spirit of Purim begins to rise to the fore of our consciousness with the mere mention of the month of Adar. It is...
Tevilas Keilim: Ice Fishing It Isn’t
Ice fishing is described by seasoned fishermen as one of the most addictive ways to catch fish. The same cannot be said, however, about...
Time Passages
Last week my granddaughter in eighth-grade asked me if I could help her with a family report for class. Of course, I agreed, as...
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The Prime Minister of Israel Bibi Netanyahu, enjoyed the snow in front of his home in Jerusalem with a playful snowball fight
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Being a shliach means living my life without the knowledge of how my day will turn out. Sure, I will have my one-on-one shiurim,...
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Many years ago, when I mentioned to a friend that I was not on Facebook, she put me on the site. Briefly, I thought...
Just Arrest Me Already
Articles poking fun at dumb criminals have been a tradition ever since the invention of the humor column. I think it’s also a tradition...
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I’m not a tall girl; actually, I am short, but I like tall guys. I have no problem getting tall guys to ask me...
Mindbiz: Keeping Calm In Covid
Dear Esther,
My husband, Chaim, and I have been extremely careful over the past 10 months regarding COVID. Aside from running out early in the...
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My Startling Conversation With Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, zt’l
By Rabbi Benzion Scheinfeld
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Throughout my life, since high school, I had almost idolized Rabbi Dr. Twerski, zt’l. Here...
Purim Diet Survival Guide
By Alice Hen
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