Dear Shoshy, Recently, I have begun to re-evaluate exactly the type of boy I am looking for hashkafically. This has not stemmed from any personal

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Part 8 (written 2004) (Continued from last week) The clothing we had brought from Germany made us stand out from others like a sore thumb.

Today I have great news for all you parents out there who have kids who are very into Lego and who may have recently made

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Speaking recently at the Construction and Management Interstate B2B Expo it was clear by the panel’s title, “Open Bias or Overdevelopment?” that our community was

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