Advice December 16, 2025

After Bondi: What Chanukah Asks Of Us This Year

This week has been heavy. Shocking. Unsettling. And for many Jews, clarifying. In the aftermath of the Bondi tragedy, we...

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Advice December 16, 2025

Birth Is Instinctive: Upright Birth Positions That Make Birth Faster, Safer, And Gentler

By Judy Ribner, DNP, CNM  Birth is intuitive. Across mammals, the body knows how to release the new life it...

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Advice December 16, 2025

Seasonal Depression And The Chanukah Candles

By Jonathan Green, LMHC The first time I attended a Buddhist meditation retreat was during the semester break of my...

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Dating December 16, 2025

Dating

Question I went to a Chassidishe school, but never really fit in. Even though I dressed like the other girls and had...

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Advice December 16, 2025

The Body Keeps The Score But Fear Is Always There

Last week I wrote about burnout and how most people don’t recognize it when they’re in it. Not because they’re...

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Advice December 16, 2025

The Importance Of Updating Beneficiary Designations

A well-drafted estate plan is an essential step toward protecting your family and ensuring your wishes are carried out. But...

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Food December 15, 2025

Panko-Crusted Brisket Doughnuts

This doughnut is everything you will need on Chanukah. It is the perfect dough—sweet but not too sweet. The brisket...

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Torah December 15, 2025

Excitement and Anticipation in Advance of Dirshu Far Rockaway/Five Towns Evening of Chizuk and Celebration

Rav Reuven Feinstein, Rav Shimon Galei, Rav Moshe Tuvia Lieff to Speak. Musical Accompaniment by Baruch Levine By Chaim Gold...

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Torah December 15, 2025

The Fire Of Chanukah

Isaac Babel was a Russian journalist and playwright, acclaimed as the greatest writer of Russian Jewry. Conscripted as a soldier,...

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Torah December 15, 2025

Musings Of A Shliach From Montana

Chavie and some of the women at the Latke Making and Gift Exchange Celebration The kids making menorahs at a...

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Torah December 15, 2025

Chanukah: From Hellenism To Today’s Culture Wars

Chanukah celebrates our national renaissance. Sadly, the second Beis HaMikdash never matched the splendor of the first, and many who had been...

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Advice December 15, 2025

Give Them What They Really Want For Chanukah

By B. Aviva Preminger, MD, MPH, FACS Chanukah is a holiday of light, miracles, and gifts chosen with love. But...

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Advice December 15, 2025

A Massacre In Sydney

The horrible images of another mass tragedy that targeted Jews shakes our souls and lacerates our hearts. As word came...

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Food December 15, 2025

Annual Kosher Food & Wine Experience

The Kosher Food & Wine Experience 2026 (KFWE NY/NJ) returns to New Jersey’s premier World of Blue Hotel for an...

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Food December 15, 2025

Manischewitz® Athletic Honors Society: The Quest For The L’cheisman

For more than 135 years, Manischewitz® has been synonymous with Jewish tradition, taste, and culture. Now, the world’s most iconic...

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Israel December 15, 2025

Eight New Olim Celebrate Their First Chanukah As Israelis

Adina Spiewak and family celebrate Chanukah This Chanukah, eight new olim gathered around their menorahs for the first time as Israeli citizens. In a...

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Torah December 15, 2025

Soulful Speech

Yaakov understood the importance of his mission. His father intended to bless one of his children. The berachah would determine the future...

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5TJT Podcast December 14, 2025

From the Editor – Nitsana Darshan-Leitner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bl2fAx9Njo

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