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Cheesecake Confessions
Esther Kurtz
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We Got it All    
E. Mandel
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Shabbosdig
Chany Galitzky
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Meeting Him on the Mountain 
Rivka Streicher
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Beneath It All
Mindel Kassorla
The Struggle Is the Goal
The Struggle Is the Goal: Driven to the Edge 
We each have our own private quests, those goals we tried — or keep trying — to achieve. As we struggle and strive, the process becomes its own destination
Ahuva Holzer
The Struggle Is the Goal
The Struggle Is the Goal: Got a Match
We each have our own private quests, those goals we tried — or keep trying — to achieve. As we struggle and strive, the process becomes its own destination
Yosef Zoimen
Uncomplicated
Supper in Seconds
Making Pesach for the first time is a rite of passage, I tell myself It’s time. I make my way to the wooden shelf that holds a glass tray cluttered with abandoned matches. As I climb onto the stepstool, my eyes align with the candlesticks. Their silver sparkles in the soft glow of the room.
Faigy Grossmann
C is for Courage
C is for Courage — Revisited
Almost four years have passed. Almost four years since that hot summer day when I was diagnosed with cancer. Who would’ve thought that cancer would be the best thing that happened to me?
Esty Bloom
Reflections
The Mother Myth
Mothers get too much blame for their children’s issues
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Reflections
Daytime Drama-Free Conflict
You shouldn’t follow the “don’t go to sleep angry at your spouse” rule
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
In His Own Words
Pick of the Day
Florist Amerique Ashear of Lakewood is happy to share his tips
Yosef Herz
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Teen Troubles  

It’s the private, only-for-Mom’s-eyes tantrums that bring me to my knees. “Our family is dysfunctional!”

By Yael Rosen

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The Clothing Contract

Did my girls love their exclusive European dresses I spent hours looking for? Of course not!

By Elky Pascal

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It’s Okay Not to Be Okay

The message surrounds us: All of life’s doors are open to you if you can push through the pain

By Yocheved Zerfman

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Hear My Cry

The girl can barely speak, the lump in her throat is so large. And she cries brokenly as she tells him that she’s reached a dead end

By Bassheva Kahn

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Treasures or Trash?

I love reading my grandchildren the same picture books I read to their parents, but times have changed attitudes

By Yehudis Aron

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Yes, No, Maybe

We went the “eenie-meeny-miney-mo” route. Seemed as good an option as any

By Gitel Moses