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Profiles
Mrs. Charlotte Dunner has spent the last decade quietly spearheading one important initiative after another, helping spread Yiddishkeit across Europe. Every stumbling block is a s ...

By Rifka Junger

On Topic
For better or for worse, when your last name is one that everyone knows, you’ll often be treated differently. The perks and pitfalls of protektziya

By Barbara Bensoussan

On Topic
Nobody lives forever, but stories can be passed on for generations. How to find and collect your ancestors’ stories — and keep their legacy alive

By Miriam Bloch

Family Tempo
“I’m sorry,” I mumbled. I sat down again and stirred my tea. “You think I’m an awful person. Sitting here on an all-expenses-paid vacation, complaining. How greedy, right?”

By Rochel (Grunewald) Samet

Windows
Here’s a piece of trivia you’ll never have to use: The first family Chanukah party I attended was my in-laws’ family party the year I got engaged

By Esther Novak

Center Stage
Huvy hadn’t said a word! Everything was always “fine, okay, good.” Even when Rina had noticed the others treating her poorly, Huvy never seemed fazed

By Gila Arnold

The Gatekeeper's Daughter
“Okay, I get it.” Baila’s voice is shrill. “Sooo exciting, having this girl from the middle of nowhere move in”

By Esther Teichtal

More or Less
Stuff’s up?! Understatement of the century. They fired Sandra and Peter. Things were bad, sure, but I didn’t think it was that bad

By Esther Kurtz

 
The Torah is very sensitive to our emotional needs

By Rabbi Henoch Plotnik

Text Messages
Is your answer to “Why the Jews?” based in Torah?

By Eytan Kobre

Outlook
Our true capacities are far, far greater than we think

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Point of View
Aren’t Chanukah licht also a kind of ner neshamah?

By Rabbi Moshe Grylak zt"l

Screenshot
Today we’d probably lead with that phone call to Athens

By Shoshana Friedman

Connect Two
Every kid hits a snag now and then

By D. Himy, M.S. CCC-SLP