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 ...
Election Special
The scales of the court have tilted from the conservative to the liberal side, and the shift has been noticeable.
Election Special
It’s hard to pinpoint a particular moment when the winds begin to change, but in hindsight I’d say it was when the faces on the screen at the Javits Center started to show alarm, ...
Election Special
As the evening progresses, the drip, drip of bad news turns into a deluge
