Job Search

Yisrael Rutman

This week, Jr. takes a look at jobs that have disappeared, jobs that are disappearing, and the jobs that are taking their place.

Nonny Bear and the Magic Pen

Yael Mermelstein

“So,” Mr. Hirsch said as he handed back our essay papers. “I’m sorry to say that I was very, very disappointed with the fiction stories you boys wrote this week.”

Fishel and Faivish Get Swept Away

R. Atkins

With a sigh, Fishel closed the picture book he’d been looking through. How he wished he’d lived in the olden days, like the children in the book! Horses and carts had filled the streets. Highway robbers had lain in wait for unwary travelers. Pirates had sailed the seas. All in all, life had been filled with adventure and spice.

Conversations

Whose State Is It?
Rabbi Moshe Grylak The Nation-State Bill adds nothing to the simple truth

First, Clean Your Room
Yonoson Rosenblum Disorder of our rooms reflects the disorder of our minds

Start Up with G-d
Eytan Kobre “Women rabbis” suffocate the spirit of the law

The Non-Competitive Competitors
Rabbi Avrohom Weinrib Competition? We are all working for the same Boss!

In Defense of Those Eltere Bochurim
“Still Waiting” (an anonymous contributor) A perspective built on 12 years (and counting) of dating

No Size Fits All
Jacob L. Freedman Meir’s success seemed practically carved out for him

Endnote - Start with the Heart
Riki Goldstein “I start with the heart of the sound, then add layers”

Great Shakes
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman Hashem has His ways of pressing our “reset” button

Of Gates and Gators
Faigy Peritzman Our ears can receive messages the most easily

I Don’t Know
Sarah Chana Radcliffe Get around decision paralysis by listening to your gut

Time to Try the Frum Dating Sites?
Sara Eisemann That’s my problem and I’ll have to work it through