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An Optician’s View
Pam Russ
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Rorschach
Rochel Neustadt
Words Unspoken
Dear Seminary Teachers
Anonymous
LifeTakes
Of Nest Eggs and Chickens
Zahava Robbins
Windows
Hope Reborn
Rayzel Reich
Balancing Act
Self, Sacrificed: Reader Roundtable
The making of a martyr
Family First Contributors
Balancing Act
The Ball I Dropped 
14 women give us a look at the balls they’re keeping in the air — and the ones they’re letting go of for now
Family First Contributors
In the Shadow of Corona
Not Alone
“The birth was smooth, the babies are healthy. My mother wasn’t here, but she got me a neis”
Rivka Streicher
In the Shadow of Corona
Life on Pause
Being brave can make a person break. Being real gives us the strength to carry on
Chassia Thau
Shul with a View
The Elephant in the Room
Your father was never judgmental and accepted me for who I was. He showed me true love.
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
Double Take
Dream Team
When Torah learning turns into a tug-of-war — whose seder comes first?
Rochel Samet
Side-by-Side
Pesach Vanilla Chiffon Cake
Here in Budapest we found relative safety, but our lives hung on the thread of maintaining our gentile facade As told to Rayzel Reich by her grandmother, Mrs. Jenia Reich   Hunger devours us from the inside out, shriveling our intestines. Cold brutalizes our weak bones, attacking us like the Russians swarming into the city.
Sina Mizrahi
Side-by-Side
Oil vs. Butter
The impact that the fat makes on baked goods ranges from the flavor it imparts to the texture it contributes
Sina Mizrahi
Next in Line
Dr. Yechiel Weinroth
"I don’t want to waste my time trying to copy Abba, I’d rather develop according to my own abilities"
Riki Goldstein
Next in Line
Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld
"I inherited some of the passion and I am outspoken, but regretfully, not the same degree of tact"
Riki Goldstein
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 It cannot be. Even when he goes outside and the woman calls his name he does not believe it is them. He looks at the children. A boy, perhaps six years old, with long peyos. A little girl

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Sunrise

A date. With someone I’ve been trying to meet for months, but who had always given me a no

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Some people have asked me, “Aren’t these just Hashgachah pratis stories?” They certainly are, but they’re a particular type of story

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A Song in the Night 

I try to pull myself together, when I hear it. Somebody outside, strains of song. I open the window and a voice carries inside. “Mah nishtanah halaylah hazeh, halaylah hazeh…”

By Rivka Streicher

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Unlike her mother, she’d never fail her baby

By Mimi Mandel

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Minus the Peaches and Cream 

Every emotion and thought overwhelmed me. Was this normal for a new mother?

By Tamar Farajian