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Tribute
The end of my mother’s life — as sad and painful as it was — was also beautiful

By Miriam Kosman

I dare me
Some of my kids have personalities that “get” me; others don’t. It’s the personalities that rub me the wrong way that lead to explosions

By Elisheva Appel

Fiction
To be fair, Bruchy did give me advance notice. Not so far in advance that I could get out of it

By Perel Grossman

 
Tante Heidi isn’t really an aunt, but she’s always been a part of our family. And she’s a person you feel bad for

By Libby Silberman

 
Though Dini didn’t actually look at her, Huvy, sitting on the floor in a corner of the room, squirmed. She hated when they complained about her mother

By Gila Arnold

The Gatekeeper's Daughter
“Didn’t she tell you? Her mother wants her back in Lithuania. From what she’s told me, I doubt she actually wants to go back and live there”

By Esther Teichtal

More or Less
I want to give this to him. But there are so many buts. Who has time to plan a seudah? And matching costumes, you’ve got to be kidding me

By Esther Kurtz

 
I mean, what a fantastic thing to do! From then on, I too encouraged my kids to offer a meshulach a drink

By Rochel Burstyn

Win or Lose
“Rabbi Brody called all three of the local hospitals, and they all said the same thing. No patient named Irving Greenbaum was brought in today”

By Chaim Finkelstein

Story Time
“Please, Reb Pinchas, heed my warnings! If Eliezer breaks these conditions, I will be powerless to protect him from the consequences that will follow”

By Yehuda Bromberg

Ask the Expert

By Leah Reisman

Jr. Tales
Chezky’s French accent had made him popular at first. Everyone asked him questions just to hear him talk. Then recess revealed that he couldn’t play baseball

By Tzivia E. Adler

Magazine Feature
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. No one knew then just how great he would become

By Yisrael Rutman

At the Core
Within every Jew is the flame of instinctive emunah

By Baila Vorhand