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LifeTakes
Looking at the Light     
Liba Mendelson
Musings
One Step at a Time
Miriam Hendeles
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Twenty-Five
Bashie Lisker
LifeTakes
The Pink Toothpick   
Riva Altman
Musings
A Family Party
Perel Gold
What I’m Holding On To
Squares of Love
“Just toss it!” is the rallying cry of these weeks. But some items we simply can’t bring ourselves to discard. 9 writers share
Faigy Peritzman
What I’m Holding On To
Thrown Clear
“Just toss it!” is the rallying cry of these weeks. But some items we simply can’t bring ourselves to discard. 9 writers share
Cindy Scarr
Vacancies
Vacancies: Postscript
The Vacancies writers fill in the holes behind the scenes
Family First Contributors
Vacancies
Vacancies: Chapter 13
Those three women and their perfect stores, perfect lives, and a dance studio, it’s perfect, I can’t believe we didn’t think of it before!
Rochel Samet
From the Top
Unlocking Creativity
When we’re stuck in the same ineffective approach, it’s time to shift
Gvira Milworm
From the Top
Making Meetings Matter: Part II
Structured well, meetings become productive spaces for team alignment, problem-solving, and clear next steps
Gvira Milworm
Works of Art
The Best Banner
“Maybe we’ll do it your way in the end, but if someone else has a different idea, they’re allowed to say it!”
Zivia Reischer
Works of Art
The Painting  
She looked down at the canvas, moving it in the moonlight until she could see the image it held
Malka Winner
Connect Four
Fruits of Redemption 
Tu B’Shevat is deeply rooted in the most important aspects of creation
Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Connect Four
The Day of the Brightest Light
The holier a specific time is, the more desperately the opposing forces will seek to attack it
Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
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One Tiny Spark 

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Musings
Home Is Where the Heart Is    

I’d never expected my parents to move out of our house — it hadn’t occurred to me that it was even an option to leave that house

By Russy Tendler

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Dear (Some) Seminary Interviewers

These beautiful girls shouldn’t come out of interviews sobbing, feeling degraded

By Anonymous

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A Girl’s Best Friend  

All I can think is… Should I have done  anything differently?

By Ariella Schiller

Words Unspoken
Dear Mommy

What can I say, what can I do, with this realization? Thank you? How woefully inadequate

By Anonymous