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The Ripe Pomegranate
By Noa Kaufman We saw more doctors and underwent more invasive tests, all with the same conclusion: IVF was our only option...
Women » Pregnancy & Birth » Miracle Babies » The Ripe Pomegranate
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match
By Melody Masha Pierson When I found out I had been accepted into the Lung Transplant Program due to emphysema, one of the first things I did was re-write the lyrics to the song "Matchmaker"...
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Genetics & Disease » Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Me a Match
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Living a Life Through Faith
By Chaya Abelsky What does it mean to live a life inspired by faith? like drinking of a cool stream, it is a profoundly rejuvenating experience that can empower us in our struggles for days, or months, to come...
Women » Women's Narrative » Editorial & Commentary » Living a Life Through Faith
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A Stranger in a Strange Land
Overcoming Spousal Abuse By Jampa Williams I walked unsteadily into the battered women's shelter with my baby in my arms...
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Abuse » A Stranger in a Strange Land
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Making Pearls
By Gwendolyn Davis What bothers me most is that everything is changing. Everything's just so . . . indefinite. My life, my job, my children. Congress, Israel and the Middle East...
Women » Women's Narrative » Editorial & Commentary » Making Pearls
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Dealing with Difficulty
By Tzvi Freeman The sages of the Mishnah taught us that "according to the camel is the load."
Ideas & Beliefs » Questions & Answers » Life & Death » Dealing with Difficulty
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Work
By Yanki Tauber Why must everything be so difficult? Couldn't G-d have designed our lives so that we wouldn't need to encounter disappointments, challenges and toil every step of the way?
Library » Stories » Fables & Parables » Work
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Two Kinds of Good
Lessons for the Month of Tammuz By Sarah Schneider The “vessel” of one’s life is too small right now to receive and perceive this new increment of good (and G-d). It must stretch beyond itself to accommodate the new light, which is forcing its way in. The process is painful. The dilation hurts. One sees ...
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Time in Thought » The Month of Tammuz » Two Kinds of Good
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The Stranger in the Box
Protecting Our Children From the Dangers of the Internet Many parents are reluctant to allow their kids to spend time outside unsupervised because they fear "stranger danger." Yet the strangers can already be in our homes
Women » Motherhood & Childrearing » Educating Our Children » The Stranger in the Box
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Strangers We Call Family
Dealing With the Horrors of Sexual Abuse By Anonymous Yes, maybe he IS a nice guy, a kind father, or the all-too-familiar attempt at justification “he was abused himself” - but this is not an answer and in no way changes the situation. The facts remain that he is an abuser.
Women » Women's Health & Concerns » Abuse » Strangers We Call Family
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