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FAITH

My Sister, My Home, My Life: The Story of Ruthi Cohen

“We gratefully thank You… for Your miracles that accompany us daily.” (Shemoneh Esrei, Siddur) The first of the Ten Commandments,…

HEALTH

Meet the Hanaus: Providing Kosher, Ethically Produced Meat and Poultry

Some want to avoid hormones, some care about ethical treatment of workers, and some just want a really good steak.

PEOPLE

Conversing with Poet Yehoshua November

Professor Yehoshua November’s debut poetry collection God’s Optimism won the 2010 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award,

PEOPLE

Torah Judaism Is Alive in Germany: Q & A With Rabbi Josh Spinner

Which country boasts some of the fastest-growing Jewish communities in the world, outside of Israel? Surprisingly, it’s Germany. Who would…

INSPIRATION

The Shofar Blower

Inspiring stories from a hospital shofar blower. Transcending meaning to the shofar blasts.

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A Conversation with Rabbi Itay Meushar of Peru

Editor Nechama Carmel speaks with thirty-seven-year-old Rabbi Itay Meushar from Ma’ale Adumim, Israel who has been leading the Ashkenazic community…

PEOPLE

Remembering Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, zt”l

By now the outlines of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel’s life are widely known. Born in Chicago in 1943 to Rabbi…

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How Did You Get Into THAT? A Rising Number of Young People Are Choosing Out-of-the-Box Careers

In today’s increasingly unpredictable economic times, more and more frum Jews are following their passions and choosing unconventional careers, finding…

ISRAEL

Rabbi Chanan Porat: The Shofar Is Silent

Rabbi Chanan Porat, circa 1988. Photo: Sa’ar Ya’acov/Israel Government Press Office  “A ‘Sabbath Jew’ he was—not because he showed his…

PEOPLE

Yoni Goldstein: Soaring to the Beat of a Different Drum

Every kid wonders what it would be like to fly. Yonatan (Yoni) Goldstein didn’t leave it to his imagination; he…

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Dr. Ben Kempner, Sir! Frum Physician Goes Navy

Navy Lieutenant Ben Kempner, thirty-two, wrestles with being a yarmulke-wearing, kosher-eating anomaly at work and a uniformed attraction sporting a…

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