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Theme Section: Open Secrets
So many of us carry secrets — some heavy, some light. Some that mean nothing, and some that change everything. Six writers tell stories of secrets kept, shared, and revealed
Family First Contributors
I'm Stuck
“I’m so torn between my ideals of what marriage and chinuch should be and my practical reality on the ground”
Faigy Peritzman
I'm Stuck
“Teenagers are shrewd observers, and they can’t be fooled. It doesn’t matter what you say. What you do matters. Who you are matters”
Faigy Peritzman
Veiled Joy
The two of us stood under our chuppah, enjoying the wedding we’d planned in just 24 hours
Josh Clark
Veiled Joy
Fear was beginning to creep into our conversations. Would there be flights? Should everyone leave now?
Millie Samson
Impressions
What words can possibly fix loss? We speak in these situations because we feel uncomfortable not to
Binyomin Yudin 
Impressions
in the pleasant afterglow of Yom Kippur we are happy to just sit in the moment with our mitzvos
Moshe Krakowski
Teen Serial
“Meeting Shan’s mother feels more like a job interview with a boss who already hates you”
Ariella Schiller
Teen Serial
Hashem, I whisper, please help me. I have no idea what to do. I don’t want to hurt anybody. And I’m just really, really tired
Ariella Schiller
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