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Personal Accounts
Some creative moms turn their homes into camp — and say that the experience is worth every ounce of energy.

By Julie Hauser and R.C. Steif and Riki Goldstein

Family First Feature
There comes a lull in the summer when there are no appointments, no day camp, and not a whole lot of ideas or ...

By Julie Hauser

Turning Tides
One thing I learned right away was that if this was to work — and I believed it could — then honesty was cruci ...

By Leah Gebber

Fiction
If Fraidy brushed off comments with vague rejoinders, well, there was a new Infiniti in the driveway and a full-time Ro ...

By Raizy Isaacs

Free Fall
A soldier, furious that the two Jewish recruits are being accepted by the others, throws a stein of beer at Moe, jus ...

By Miriam Stark Zakon

Learning Curve
Aviva finds out that her parents are coming for Shabbos. Suri and Yael are surprised by the appearance of three graduat ...

By Gila Arnold

LifeTakes
Was my child the only black-and-white thinker in the class who would be devastated when a gold-laden structure failed to ...

By Ilana Shafer

Parshah
She blessed every aspect of my life as I sat there basking in her words not wanting to move.

By Miriam Aflalo

LifeLines
I felt the familiar feelings of frustration mixed with guilt starting to bubble up inside me, and I knew it was time ...

By C. Saphir

Cut ‘n Paste
Some people have been quoted as saying, “A day camp counselor is one of the easiest jobs in the world.” Of course, ...

By Zack Saltman

Fundamentals
How would you react?

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

Outlook
Teachers and professors quickly learn that it is not worth the effort to critique students. As a consequence, grades are ...

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Communities
Smaller Jewish communities across the country are looking to grow numbers by enticing people away from big cities. Community recruiters make it happen

By Faygie Levy-Holt

 
He proudly announced, “This is my father!”,Visiting Day ,He then turned me around to face his counselors and proudly annou ...

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman