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Face the Music 
Chavie Zilber
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When You’re Mine        
Chana Silverberg
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Raising Superwoman
Hanna Green
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Are You There, Ma?
Sarah Rose
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Forever Special Children 
Brochie Wolfson
FF Point of View
Sheltering Your Kids Is…
Is sheltering kids the ideal — or misguided? Ten women share their take
Family First Contributors
Behind the Book
The Captives  
Against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush, life on a Louisiana plantation, and Cherokee clan rivalries, the characters struggle with their own family dramas and dilemmas
Riki Goldstein
Behind the Book
Abandoned
M. Kenan shows her versatility as an author, crossing cultural worlds with integrity while remaining in the modern age
Riki Goldstein
Food that Packs
Ramen à la Vodka
Her diagnosis was a blow. And 18 years later, she’s still a child   I stand at the doorway watching Chaviva. She’s off to the side, singing to her own beat. She then gravitates toward the windows, where she can see the room’s bright colors, and the tables and chairs, reflected in the window pane.
Rivky Kleiman
Food that Packs
Grilled Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich
Her diagnosis was a blow. And 18 years later, she’s still a child   I stand at the doorway watching Chaviva. She’s off to the side, singing to her own beat. She then gravitates toward the windows, where she can see the room’s bright colors, and the tables and chairs, reflected in the window pane.
Rivky Kleiman
About-Face
Reaching for the High Notes
In the spirit of V’nahafoch hu, Mishpacha contributors share the axioms they were sure of…until they weren’t
Rabbi Avrohom Neuberger
About-Face
Going Home
In the spirit of V’nahafoch hu, Mishpacha contributors share the axioms they were sure of…until they weren’t
Yael Schuster
Hindsight Is 2020
This Isn’t the SHABBOS TABLE of 2010
Her diagnosis was a blow. And 18 years later, she’s still a child   I stand at the doorway watching Chaviva. She’s off to the side, singing to her own beat. She then gravitates toward the windows, where she can see the room’s bright colors, and the tables and chairs, reflected in the window pane.
Chanie Nayman and Michal Frischman
Hindsight Is 2020
This Isn’t the KIRUV of 2010
This dual focus — on Torah growth, and maintaining Jews’ last Jewish connection — is one that kiruv organizations should embrace
Gedalia Guttentag
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