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Family Reflections
Journey to Freedom
Pesach is a reflection of our lives — and the chance to better it

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Fundamentals
To Split the Sea
Kri’as Yam Suf inhabits a unique position

By Mrs. Elana Moskowitz

Connect Two
The Cyclist: Part I
“They say the window of opportunity is closing”

By D. Himy, M.S. CCC-SLP and Zivia Reischer

Words Unspoken
The oldest-first rule no longer holds
I don’t want conversations filled with awkward pauses

By Anonymous

Magazine Feature
A Taste of Home
A teacup. A salt shaker. A stockpot. They’re simple objects, but they’re layered with stories. Thirteen accounts

By Family First Contributors

Family Tempo
The Color of Sunset
I want to leave. Leave the store and the girl and her round green eyes and the questions splayed across her forehead

By Rachael Lavon

Windows
Making Space
Unwilling to drive home from the first Seder as she had done in previous years, she was going to spend the first Seder alone

By Debbie Goldman

True Account
Path to Freedom
Sophomore year, I walked into a bookstore in the Jewish neighborhood. What was probably a typical seforim store felt, at the time, like a suffocating closet of truth

By Abby Delouya B.A, B.Ed, MFT

Day in the Life
All the Eggs in His Basket
Nesanel Rosin is the owner of Eggs Direct in Jerusalem

By Rachel Bachrach

Voice in the Crowd
It All Makes a Difference
We march on, together and different, on the way home

By Yisroel Besser

Text Messages
The Sound of Music
To be a Jew is to be free, but truly so

By Eytan Kobre

Outlook
The Exodus You Almost Passed Over
Am Yisrael’s founding was no less than a second Creation

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Point of View
Reach for the Moon
What does the moon have to do with the Exodus?

By Rabbi Moshe Grylak zt"l

Normal Like Me
Normal Like Me: Chapter 38
Smiling wickedly, Itzik decided to have some fun. “Yes, as a matter of fact, there is something… or I should say, someone. Someone I met”

By Ruti Kepler