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Not Special    
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Laying Down My Warfare     
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Magic in the Middle
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My Forever Baby    
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Dinner Diaries
Easy Does It!
Real-world meal strategies from Family First reader Chani Klein
Riki Goldstein
2020 Election Special
Biden Wins, Unseats Trump
Joe Biden has now confounded his doubters, making history as the oldest elected president with the first female Vice President
Binyamin Rose
2020 Election Special
Valley of Echoes
The new cadre of journalists was a little less focused on accuracy and a little more into likes and retweets
Yisroel Besser
Teen Serial
Upper Class: Chapter 45
“Meeting Shan’s mother feels more like a job interview with a boss who already hates you”
Ariella Schiller
Teen Serial
Upper Class: Chapter 43   
Hashem, I whisper, please help me. I have no idea what to do. I don’t want to hurt anybody. And I’m just really, really tired
Ariella Schiller
Milestones
The Power of Yizkor
The murmured words of Yizkor echo in the upper worlds
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Milestones
Life and Death 
At the moment of death, a soul is born
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Election 2024
Wait — Who?!
Some presidential candidates who managed to leave a mark — however small — on American history
Yaakov Lipszyc
Election 2024
Trump Cards: Left Foot Forward   
As Democrats descend into infighting, will the party wake up to the fact that its leftward lurch is toxic?
Gedalia Guttentag
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The Child We Were Given   

Our princess spent her first day of life undergoing a battery of tests and scans

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There really is a monster eating all the socks. Or an elf who sneaks them away to put them on

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A Surrender of Love   

What would tomorrow be like, far from my family, far from my shul, in the hospital on Hoshana Rabbah?

By Chaya Wayntraub

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He Loves Me

“You did a really big aveirah. You must do teshuvah to the Eibishter.” She doesn’t know how. She feels scared and small

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The Island

After years of facing a closed door, I now stand on the other side

By Rivka Streicher

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Midlife Non-Crises      

I smile, trying to stay polite, despite my frustration at answering this question for the 30th time

By Chaya Berger