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Dealing with Challenge
Dealing with Challenge
I Was Given 6-9 Months to Live
Finding Purpose in the Emergency Room
Panic Attacks and PTSD: What You Can Learn From My Experience
A Scammer Robbed Me of Everything I Thought I Had
On Neurological Pain, Suffering and an Indigenous Tribe’s Coming of Age Ceremony
Finding a Broken Star of David, Finding My Faith
Light Eternal: How I Made My Way Out of the Darkness
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Life Lessons
Life Lessons
No, Jews Are Not Museum Artifacts
The Proud Jew I Want to Become
My Great-Grandmother's Jewels and the Act That Saved Her Life
Abused for Years, She Chose Joy
Four Stories to Help You Judge More Favorably
The Far-Reaching Effects of My Husband's Mysterious Choice
I Am No Longer That Abandoned Orphan
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Stories of Return
Stories of Return
From Atheist to Emunah: My Path to Orthodox Conversion
Tzitzit, Tattoos and a Fire-Juggling Rabbi
It Took Years, and I’m Finally Proud to Be Jewish
A Trip to Panama Shifted How I View My Judaism
From a Mormon in Utah to a Jew in Wisconsin
Baptized at 16, She Died With Shema in Her Ears
My Long Trek Back to My Jewish Roots
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