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Devorah Cohen
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Tzipora Shub
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Leah Gebber
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Esther Rabi
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Devorah Cohen
Windows
This is the land of married people. You do not belong here. Look away, you creepy creep
Dina Ehrlich
Windows
 Before I opened the box, I knew what was in there
Hadassa Jacobowitz
Balancing Act
The making of a martyr
Family First Contributors
Balancing Act
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
Be My Guest
"Raising Torah-true children was just becoming the new frontier, so 'Vezakeini' expressed the prayer on every parent’s lips"
Riki Goldstein
Be My Guest
If you could invite one music personality into your succah this year, who would it be?
Riki Goldstein
My Miracle
Alight. Five stories of salvation
Mindel Kassorla
My Miracle
Five stories of salvation
Family First Contributors
Standing Ovation
Sheya Mendlowitz had an unusual knack for recognizing the talent in a singer or the potential of a song
Dovid Nachman Golding
Standing Ovation
Veteran producer Dovid Nachman Golding hosts a walk down musical memory lane
Dovid Nachman Golding
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But then I thought of the pleasure the journey had given me, the sense of wonder at the world My father led an exceptionally busy life. He worked first as a general practitioner, and then later as a professor of dermatology, in addition to being very involved with shul matters. He’d sometimes say: What is

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Stripped of my sophisticated boots, my secret is exposed. I can hear the rumors, spreading among the shadchanim with the rustling leaves

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Once upon a time, my husband learned in kollel and we lived happily ever after most of the time, at least on days when the washing machine didn’t break and all of the kids went off to school in the morning and went to bed on time at night. Days when things didn’t go exactly

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Since when did dry shoes become a higher priority than the sweet bliss of childhood?

By Rivka Zahava

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The glass slippers of sheva brachos have long been replaced by sensible clogs My baby sister just got engaged, over a decade after I did. By now, I’ve long since relinquished my young-couple status. The way I see it, you’re no longer newlyweds once your kids outnumber you. I wouldn’t want to go back to

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I said to myself, oh, no — I can’t write a book

By Leah Subar