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“You need to choose to fight this monster or he’ll get the better of you. You can live a happy life, you can break free of this. The first step is to want to get better.”

By Michal Marcus

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“I’m not going to be riding horses anymore. And I couldn’t find a way to tell you, so I didn’t. But seeing as you’re here anyway, coming to tell me about other bad choices I’m mak ...

By Rachel Newton

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“It’s your job, to make her smile, to bring her happiness, and a girl like this, she can use it. You’ll know what you have to do. It’s not as easy as you think, but it’s also not ...

By Dov Haller

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What does that feel like, to be at peace with your lot in life, even if that lot is standing at the corner of Kikar Shabbos and Malchei Yisrael on a cool Jerusalem morning, annoyi ...

By Ariella Schiller

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Now Jacob’s pathetic cries were a mockery, and I trembled, my knees pulled tight up to my chin. I could not, would not hold him in my arms and watch him slip away. Not again

By Perl Weisz

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Sometimes you need to play nice, and dumb, and keep your insights to yourself. Sometimes you walk away even when you probably should stay. And you never tell people the answer — t ...

By Esther Kurtz

Calligraphy
It was different before the birth, what did he have then? Grainy images, a sound like a horse or a train that they said was a heartbeat, a baby that seemed all Denya’s — and now t ...

By Rivka Streicher

Calligraphy
Wrinkles are an honor when grandchildren count them. He has his four grandchildren from his son Meir. I, as he’s well aware, am a bubby to no one.

By Esty Heller

A Better You
I encourage a small reframe, which can lead to giant changes: Don’t aim for control, aim to take charge

By Family First Contributors

The Moment
Like anything a tzaddik says, the few words contained endless layers of meaning

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Family Diary
“I apologize that this got so out of control,” he said softly. “Really, I wish it hadn’t ended like this”

By Tzippi Leibenson

On Site
There are more than a few good takeout places on the Continent. So why is everyone flocking to Hoffy’s in Antwerp?

By Riki Goldstein

A Healthier You
Guess what? This doesn’t only happen to babies. It can happen to kids, teens, and adults as well

By Chaya Rosen

I'm Stuck
“Teenagers are shrewd observers, and they can’t be fooled. It doesn’t matter what you say. What you do matters. Who you are matters”

By Faigy Peritzman