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On Topic
For those pursuing a shidduch during middle age or beyond, the path can be lonely and strewn with obstacles, but a caring support network can make all the difference

By Elisheva Appel

On Topic
Mazel tov! It’s a boy! A girl! Whatever the gender, the next step is naming the baby. Fortunately, there’s a minhag for that — in fact, there are many

By Libi Astaire

Personal Accounts
Wedding in a whirlwind: When death loomed, they fast-forwarded joy

By Riki Goldstein

Personal Accounts
The intrepid women who work for gown gemachs or own gown rentals share a heartwarming collection of stories — and secrets of the trade

By Rifky Grossman

Family Tempo
A thread of indignation twists itself around my heart. How dare this WASP-y stranger lay claim to my aunt. As if she were one of them!

By Rachael Lavon

Windows
“If I have a chandelier in my bathroom,” Ma reasoned, “why should it bother anyone? It’s my bathroom, after all”

By Lea Pavel

Musings

By Estee Rabinovicz

Center Stage
“It feels funny, doesn’t it? Going somewhere so off-the-beaten-Jewish path. Everyone will be staring at us like animals in the zoo”

By Gila Arnold

Voice in the Crowd
A real rav, a real shul, are forever

By Yisroel Besser

5 out of 10
The more things change, the more they stay the same

By Dovid Bashevkin

Perspective
They were sure their kids were lost forever

By Dr Meir Wikler

Outlook
The shared purpose of drawing Jewish hearts to Torah

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Text Messages
A key to understanding the topic of Sarah’s beauty

By Eytan Kobre

Shared Space
Benjy had seen Naomi upset like this, but that had been a long time ago: she’d become a Halb over time. Halbs didn’t rage or screech

By Dov Haller