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The Menorah

Private Stephen Winneger was on patrol one night during WWII when he saw a figure running through a field. He shouted, “Halt or I’ll shoot.” The figure

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Important Person

Gary was a boy in a Jewish elementary school in Pittsburgh who was known throughout the school as a big behavior problem. Year after year,

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Mother’s Hug

Dvir Aminolav was the first Israeli soldier killed in the 2008 Gaza War. His mother Dalya missed Dvir, terribly. One night before she went to

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Kindness is Eternal!

One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a

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The Shofar’s Eternal Call

FROM MEMORIES OF REBBETZIN ESTHER JUNGREIS … we suffered in Bergen-Belsen as Rosh Hashanah drew near and we had no shofar, no machzor. The rabbis held

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Hospital Miracle

My daughter was born with a chronic illness, which was unfortunately transmitted through me during pregnancy. As a consequence, starting from the age of 6

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Precious Medals

Bud Marshall kept a small box in his bedroom where he kept several important & sentimental mementos including the medals he had earned for his

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Righteous Among the Nations

The story, which  spans generations, continents and religions,  starts in Sarajevo at the beginning of WWII. Mustafa and Zaneiba Hardagan were a very tolerant Muslim

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A Candle of My Own

Once in a very long while, you read or hear a story that fills your body and soul with warmth, that inspires you, overrides time, 

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