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Fiction
If she could paint, Nina would run color onto every surface she could reach. The bed linen. The IV pole. The wall

By Rochel (Grunewald) Samet

Personal Accounts
Playground. Oasis. Hideaway. Magical Kingdom. Twenty-two women tell of sun and swings, treehouses and tranquility

By Family First Contributors

On Topic
Even simple choices aren’t always so simple to make. What’s behind our decisions — and how we can make better ones,

By Shira Yehudit Djalilmand

Map the Starlight
The place was a blaze of candles and lanterns. “Mallorca must be doing well, to afford such light,” Papa had murmured. ...

By Leah Gebber

Learning Curve
Dini Goldfeder shows up at Suri’s house late at night, in the middle of a severe manic episode

By Gila Arnold

Grab the Reins
I was very worried about her. She had so much fear inside her, so much pain, and so few tools to navigate those ...

By Shoshana Schwartz

LifeTakes
It is hard to imagine our elderly Bobby any way other than the way we see her: an old, opinionated, somewhat stern, ...

By Elana Rothberg

Parshah
A rule for the entire Torah

By Faigy Peritzman

Fundamentals
Three life-changing morning minutes

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

Text Messages
“…Open and Orthodox, whatever that means”,Coming Detractions,“…Open and Orthodox, whatever that means”

By Eytan Kobre

Second Thoughts
Help! We’ve been captured by emojis!

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Personal Accounts
Through contact with friends and promises of anonymity, several frum converts were willing to break their usual silence about ...

By Yocheved Lavon

On Site
At Steinway & Sons piano factory in Queens, the fresh sawdust on the floor belies the old-world tradition of the world’s ...

By Malky Lowinger

Guestlines
Transparency with children when making decisions

By Rabbi Shneur Aisenstark