Family First Editor's Letter
Shabbos makes us stop. Think. Notice. Experience. Reflect
Magazine Feature
Do you rue the fact that your house only looks good for two minutes after candle lighting? Meet Marla Cilley, aka Fl ...
Sister Shmooze
Call it the miracle of the cholent pot. Whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, carnivorous, or celiac, whether you’re Sephardic, y ...
Whispers
“You sound like you’ve had an interesting life,” the instructor said, giving me a look that was a cross between astonis ...
Real Life
She’d passed on shiurim, begged off friends’ invitations, wrapping herself in the new threads of marriage, tight to choking. ...
Windows
The system of tying “sitting next to Mommy or Tatty” to “serving and clearing up for Mommy and Tatty” taught my chil ...
House of Mirrors
Laylee’s father demands a plan about the shul, which Gavi ad-libs. He pledges half the sum to Gavi and Laylee if the ...
Free Fall
At the hotel for Shabbos, Annie tells her father about the telegram announcing Bella’s death and the need to find a ...
LifeTakes
Listening to Baba’s story, her words penetrated deeper than any mussar speech. Because Baba is so… real. Beneath her petit ...
Mesorah Quest
Did a crypto-Jewish community in Uruguay date back to the 1700s? Today a dwindling modern community led by dedicated rabbi ...
