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Bassi Gruen
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Bassi Gruen
Family First Editor's Letter
Shoshana Friedman
Step It Up
Yirmiyahu’s Jerusalem is a mother, like me. But she hasn’t spent the past few hours holding, nurturing, or comforting her children. Her children are gone   Some years, it’s hard to believe that Tisha B’Av is coming. This year it seems only logical. Some years, it’s an effort to turn off the music and tune
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Step It Up
When you focus on the now, the future becomes possible
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Screen Safer
“I want to help you, Mendy,” I said. “But this isn’t the best place for this conversation”
Bayla Hersher
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Without waiting for me to ask a single question, everything that led up to Chesky’s expulsion came tumbling out
Bayla Hersher
Movin on Up
Trust yourself more than any test you’ll ever take – you’re the world expert on YOU!
Shaina Keren
Movin on Up
Chaya rethinks her assessment of what an ideal workplace looks like
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Inbox
“No, we’re not impressed, we don’t think it’s interesting; in fact, we think you’re being downright dumb, irresponsible, and immature”
Mishpacha Readers
Inbox
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Mishpacha Readers
Podcast: Ask Sarah Chana
LISTEN: How can we hold on to the positive aspects of the quarantine existence?
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A mother asks Sarah Chana how to react when her defiant teen refuses to comply with the community lockdown.
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