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Musings
No need to ask Ma for help — in any case, Ma can’t remember where Ma put anything so long ago, before Pesach a ...

By Chava Rochelle Vodka

Free Fall
Moe is sent to the front lines to serve as a translator. Abe’s division is also sent to combat, and he’s been pro ...

By Miriam Stark Zakon

House of Mirrors
Sarah calms Laylee just before the hearing. Laylee agrees to sign up Cookie for dance camp. Norman and Gavi’s father ar ...

By Rachael Lavon

Learning Curve
Esti comes to Aviva’s house and offers help. Aviva’s mother criticizes Chavi for not being as helpful as Esti, and Aviv ...

By Gila Arnold

LifeTakes
There’s no supper, not in the oven, not in the fridge — not even on the agenda — as I enter my apartment at ...

By Shevy Hollander

Family Reflections
Expressing feelings without getting defensive leads to healing,

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Magazine Feature
Just over a month ago, the Jewish world lost one of its last links to the world of Sarah Schenirer and prewar Eur ...

By Esther Teichtal

Sister Shmooze
Mess-Ups, and Mayhem,In choosing this month’s theme, we weren’t looking for profound truths or deep thoughts. We were just ...

By Emmy Leah Stark Zitter and Marcia Stark Meth and Miriam Stark Zakon

Magazine Feature
His mental health has been deteriorating for a while, as his baffled parents look on helplessly. He’s rebellious, just overcome by social anxiety and depression. What now?

By Esther Ilana Rabi

Jewish Geography
Who Will Be New Jersey’s Next Governor?,The Race to Replace Christie ,Who Will Be New Jersey’s Next Governor?

By Jacob Kornbluh

Outlook
How my old friend came close to euthanasia

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Second Thoughts
The stereotypical “thinker” is my absent-minded hero

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Profiles
The state of Arkansas has already produced one president — Bill Clinton. If it ever produces a second one, the odds-on candidate right now would be Tom Cotton, currently the junio ...

By Binyamin Rose