“We can feel sad, but not bitter or angry; that's for people with no aibishter,” they said, as my brother’s dead body lay nearby, still warm.
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A Funny Guy
Asher got up, walked into his bedroom and returned with a bottle of wine and a mischievous grin. He was offering sex. For the Steins, sex was a tradeoff. This time he wanted to attend one of Dr. Feinberg’s conventions in Monsey.
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A Wonderful Goodbye
He has not spoken to his wife in four days. This is tolerable. After 38 years of her mounting nervous energy, a little peace and quiet is not unpleasant.
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It’s All Kosher (No. 12): The Price of Freedom
A former Bais Yaakov student faces a tempting offer with many strings attached.
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Family Secrets
A young man, violated in the night by a family member, holds on to a painful secret.
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It’s All Kosher (No. 11): Escaping Fatherhood
A young father, estranged from his three-year-old child, would rather forget he's a dad.
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It’s All Kosher (No. 8): Saying Goodbye
A distraught son wonders how to say goodbye to his dying mother.
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Flying Prayers
A fellow Chasid is an embarrassing nuisance on a long distance flight - until he isn't.
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It’s All Kosher (No. 3): One Pregnancy Too Many
The Posek advises a woman in her twenties who fears she might be pregnant. Yet again. For the sixth time.
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Green Tuesday
Chaim Mayer’s mother usually calls in on Thursdays to remind him to pick up the lokshen kugel for Shabbos, or of a family member’s shulem zucher, which s’volt gepast that he attend.
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The Departed
A report on the Footsteps organization and the lives of those who leave the ultra-Orthodox world. Article by Orli Santo.
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