The sins of the brothers

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, We have just finished 12 weeks in the Torah reading service of the book of Bereshit '

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Who will be inscribed?

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, As we approach the High Holidays this year, the words of the prayer 'who by fire who by w

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First-day-of-school blues

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Our first child is going to start school this fall for the very first time, and I think I'm h

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Mirror, mirror

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Is it my imagination, or are people far vainer and more obsessed with their bodies than they

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Your trip to Planet Shabbos

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, My spouse comes from a more observantly Jewish home than I, and now that we have kids he wo

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The perfect child

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, When I would bottle-feed my newborn child during his first few weeks of life, he would cur

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Hanukkah Ushpizin

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Do you have any ideas about how to inject some substantial content int

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