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Sh’ma beni,

As my father would say: her in derher.

I have suffered. At home, in school, and in society in general. However, we are an am kshei oref—a stiff-necked nation. We get up, dust ourselves off ; men visht…

That is always the question. As a parent, how far do we go to protect our children from the tragedies of the world? Do we shelter them by filtering through the news and only telling them the neutral parts, or…

A mixture of apprehension and desperation radiated off young Srulik’s face. “Rebbe, the note, the note” he said in a voice that portrayed disappointment. He could finally rest a tired arm that had been raised with pride and promise,…

The BBC has discovered that some Chasidim (and members of other ultra-Orthodox groups) have been leaving the community to join the secular world. And they, like so many others, choose to focus on the difficulties and challenges one…