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Mr. Harvey Blitz TORAT MIZRACHI Desperate Times Call for
33 Desperate Measures
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN Herzl, Hebrew and Holy Cows Rabbi David Katz
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Body and Spirit
Go Home Jacob
5 Rabbi Elie and Dr. Rebecca 34 Rabbi Alex Israel
Mischel
Eretz Yisrael and the Desire
35 to be Close
Celebrating Yom HaAtzmaut
6 in America of the 1950s Rabbi Azarya Berzon
Rabbi Yosef Blau
Reaching Seventy and
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What Covid Taught Us
8 About the State of Israel Rabbanit Sally Mayer
EDITORIAL TEAM Rabbi Reuven Taragin
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Esther Shafier Shemini to Acharei 37 Rabbi Dov Lipman
Avital Gastwirth 9 Mot, Yom HaZikaron to The Independence of
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38 Interdependence
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Rabbanit Shani Taragin Rabbi Dr. Benji Levy
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Shir HaMa’alot
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18 Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l
NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
RABBI SACKS’ TEACHINGS 48 Days of Redemption
19 The Challenge of the Gael Grunewald
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49 Ein Keshatot: Mother of All Symbols
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Permission to Celebrate 50 Truly at Home
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