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Angels on Duty

Donna’s husband suddenly left his family without looking back.

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Corrie Ten Boom

The Nazis arrested Corrie and the rest of the ten Boom family in Febuary 1944.

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Samuel Jacobson

Samuel Srolovic Jacobson was born in Lithuania in a loving Orthodox Jewish home. He received religious instruction throughout his childhood and was observant…

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Is God's Law My Creed?

In the 1980’s Gerry was selling religious literature door to door.

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What Ever Happened to Judy

Have you sometimes wondered what happened to friends that you grew up with? I have, we all have.

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Good Hearing, Bad Speaking

You may have heard the saying, “some things are easier said than done.”

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The Message

I was right in the middle of deceitWhen truth found me.Well I thought I was living lifeas…

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Broken Pasta Dreams and Restored Faith

One day I was in the mood for food (well many days I am in the mood for food), but I had…

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A Lawsuit with God

One of the most beautifully haunting pieces of cantorial music I have ever sung was…

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T'shuvah

T'shuvah is the Hebrew word, for lack of a better term, meaning return. The Jewish writer…

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Great Bad Timing

I was rushing to go to work since I started driving later than I would have liked, but I…

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Bolster Your Memory

One special evening many years ago a small group of family members began sharing…

Forgiveness

Three years ago, a friend said something to me that hurt very deeply. I was speechless. I could not believe she could say that and mean it. When I had no response, she said, "I love you and don't…

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Bad Egg

When I was little I really loved living things in general and liked to keep them as pets. I had pet spiders, caterpillars, potato bugs, ants, and the list goes on. They were not your traditional pets…

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Meet Bat-El Gatterer, First Orthodox Jewish Female Olympian

Virtually meet Bat-El Gatterer, the first ever Orthodox Jewish Female Olympian in the history of the world and women's 2010 European featherweight champion.

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Factory Reset

Have you ever messed up your smartphone or computer so badly by adding or subtracting things that it couldn’t be fixed?

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Follow the Recipe

I don’t know why, but as risk free as I like to be in life, when it comes to following recipes that security loving part of my brain just doesn’t seem to kick in as much. I tend to view recipes more…

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What Ever Happened to Judy

Have you sometimes wondered what happened to friends that you grew up with? I have, we all have.

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The Missing Yarmulke

Do not be afraid to stand for what you believe in. Never compromise your beliefs.

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The Wake

Two men sat talking on the front steps of the mansion on the hill. The older, the mentor; and the younger, the pupil, discussed the Book. I also sat nearby, barely knowing them, but interested in…

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Is God's Law My Creed?

In the 1980’s Gerry was selling religious literature door to door.

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Dummies

As I look at my bookshelf . . . for the new generation, a bookshelf, usually made out of wood, a device to hold rectangular pieces of paper with words on them that are glued together called books . .…

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A Lawsuit with God

One of the most beautifully haunting pieces of cantorial music I have ever sung was called A lawsuit with God. An old pious Jew by the name of Berdeshever stands at the Western Wall and begins by…

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Tanya

Tanya grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home in the Soviet Union. Her family's tea business was beginning to flourish when Stalin began his purges. When Tanya was 17, her father was taken by the secret…

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