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Best Friend Forever
Tzvi Rabinowitz
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I’m Not Asking for Much
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A Name and a Legacy
Tzipi Katzler
Double Take
Lesson Plans
Rochel (Grunewald) Samet
Family First Feature
Lost and Found
A stolen baby. A genetic test. A Teimani woman finds her family
Malka Katz
Profiles
Telling the Untold Story
Rabbi David Skulski’s mission to collect every scrap of Holocaust testimony
Binyamin Rose
Real Life
Tale of a Dress
I was searching for my missing gown, and found something worth much more
Rivka Streicher
The Moment
I Am Alive
On the eve of a new Rosh Hashanah, Rav Avigdor Miller’s lesson continues to inspire.
Mishpacha Contributors
Counter Point
Mixed Messages: the Conversation Continues
Last week’s Open Mic piece on the way our publications portray a disparity between our spiritual values and materialistic pursuits drew significant feedback.
Mishpacha Readers
Guestlines
“Yikes! My Parents Are Coming for Yom Tov!”
As they age, many parents become impatient, short-tempered, and/or cantankerous. When this happens, it poses serious challenges for their adult children
Dr Meir Wikler
On Topic
The Science of Smarts
How we measure intelligence — and what it means
Adina Lover
Tribute
Whom Will We Ask Now?
Mourning Rav Shlomo Gissinger
Yisroel Besser
Staff Room
Q: Can you share a piece of your Erev Yom Tov Routine?
One thing I like to do is think about the Erev Yom Tov food. Kids that are fed tend to behave better.
Family First Contributors
Recipes
Mini Brittle-Topped Sweet Potato Pies
These are traditional pies topped with a brittle-like layer, a perfect herald to a sweet new year. To make it even better, it’s freezer-friendly.
Rivky Kleiman
News In Depth
Save Your Breath
Clearing the air on vaping
Yochonon Donn
Family First Feature
The Silent Bone Thief
Osteoporosis is a preventable and treatable disease. Here’s how to mitigate your risks
Esther S. Leshkowitz
Life Lab
Five-Minute Magic
Can a 5-minute hack change your life?
Esther Kurtz
Family First Feature
Twice Tested
Families who weathered a double blow, and how they persevered
C.S. Teitelbaum
EndNote
Mood Mix with Yanky Lemmer
My mind is consumed with Rosh Hashanah davening from immediately after the summer ends
Riki Goldstein
Profiles
With a Broad Brush
At first glance, they’re just random splashes of color. But as your eyes adjust, you might find some surprising images of Yoel Turgeman’s inner world
Chananel Shapiro
Knesset Channel
Selichos in Tel Aviv, and Israel's Political Future
Rav Chaim in Tel Aviv, and Israel's political future
Gedalia Guttentag
Tribute
Whom Will We Ask Now?
Mourning Rav Shlomo Gissinger
Yisroel Besser
5 to 9
Work/Life Solutions with Talia Mashiach
"You’re only limited by how big you can dream"
Moe Mernick
10 Questions
10 Questions for Yoni Fishkin
15,000 minyanim, more than 6,500 locations, 70 countries
Rachel Bachrach
Global View
One Serious Agenda
Amnesty rewrites history in bigoted West Bank report. Lest you think I am exaggerating Amnesty’s claims, I let the report, “Destination: Occupation,” speak for itself
Gershon Burstyn
Global View
Iran, a Persistent Foe
The Iranian presence in Syria isn’t going anywhere. They have invested too much. There is an ideological element to this
Gershon Burstyn
Profiles
Sharing the Wealth
“I gave the yeshivah my very bones”: 50 years later, Reb Yaakov “Jackie” Levison remembers the Ponevezher Rav
Rabbi Eliyahu Gut and Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Galinsky
Profiles
Rebbi for Life
He’s a scion to Yerushalmi Torah greatness and an heir to the legacy of Brisk. Rav Yonason Sacks taps his family legacy for the challenges of a new generation
Eytan Kobre
Kichels
On The Road...
I’ve been teaching for decades, of course I know best Shaindy: Can’t you give me the space to reach the girls on my own terms? Chaya: Why are you ignoring our hard-won advice?   Shaindy My first day as a teacher was strangely reminiscent of my first day as a student: a quiver of excitement,
Bracha Stein and Chani Judowitz
Feature Article
How to Profit from a Nonprofit
If we want our nonprofits to continue to effectively serve the klal in the future, the time to create a better career roadmap is now
Shira Werblowsky
On Topic
Free Rein
You’ve decided to strike out on your own and go freelance. Here’s how to establish yourself in your field and work your way toward success
Miriam Bloch
Fiction
Out of Sorts
Tamar's life felt all wrong. Did the Sorting Sheitel make a mistake?
Gila Arnold
Fiction
What Really Counts
“He’s not one of those guys who opens the cream cheese container but leaves the plastic wrap half attached on top, is he? Because that’s bad middos”
Yael Zoldan
Web Exclusive
What's Next for the Knesset?
LISTEN: What you do when you hold to re-elections and nobody wins, again?
Binyamin Rose
Inside Israel
Another Evacuation?
Yes, Israel might annex the Jordan Valley, but in an agreement with the Jordanians, Jerusalem might also give up rights to the peace islands
Eliezer Shulman
On Site
Fenced In
Cyprus's historical Jewish havens of refuge are in closed military zones following a civil war — but that wouldn’t stop us, would it?
Ari Greenspan and Ari Z. Zivotofsky
Feature Article
High Stakes in Vegas
Can you hold tight to your principles at the Vegas trade fairs?
Yisroel Groweis
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“Why don’t you just yell at me? Tell me I’m wasting your time? That I’m a horrible mother and wife, and I should just get divorced and leave everyone well alone?”
Abby Delouya B.A, B.Ed, MFT
Musings
Truly a Mother
I define myself by motherhood, I write about it. But what made me think I knew what I was doing?
Tehila Friedman
LifeLines
Mother to Daughter
Hundreds of grateful mothers had told me I saved their families. If only I could have done the same for my own
C. Saphir
Friendship Fix
I Want to Stay Friends, But Our Values Are So Different
Friendships are like dances: You learn the steps, but if one person changes direction, everyone in the circle has to adjust
Shoshana Itzkowitz
Real Life
Brushstrokes
“Don’t call my parents!” she says. “Don’t! You don’t — you don’t know anything! Why do you care?”
Leah Hartman
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Eim Bayit
As your daughter’s eim bayit, I’ll tell her the things you forgot to tell her.
Esther Ilana Rabi