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Family Reflections
Spelling things out clears clouds of resentment

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Fundamentals
What was it about Esther that was so powerful?

By Miriam Kosman

Connect Two
“That’s why it’s important to use specific words.”

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

On Topic
The masks that conceal who we really are and instead project the image we prefer people see? What do we gain — and lose — by donning them?

By Esther Kurtz

Personal Accounts
There are many creative ways of helping our fellow Jews without compromising their dignity. Nine hidden acts of giving that lit up lives

By Riki Goldstein

Magazine Feature
Generations after Mordechai foiled a plot by speaking the language of the plotters, seven anecdotes about how dangerous speaking English can be

By Zivia Reischer

Musings
By the time I came onto the scene, the extended family had grown so large that we spilled out of Aunt Vali’s small apartment

By Chayale Saibil

Center Stage
Even in the poor lighting, Gabriella caught her blush. This was the first time in their lives that these girls were being made to feel different

By Gila Arnold

Screenshot
I frame this dilemma as “the people vs. the product”

By Shoshana Friedman

 
Ideas in 3 Dimensions

By Dovid Bashevkin

 
LifeTakes
“He’s much more okay than you remember. He’s changed.” She says this because I look skeptical. Duvi, that skinny boy, that branded child?

By Rivka Streicher

More or Less
It was one o’clock now, I hadn’t cleaned up from Shabbos at all, I was just sitting on the bathroom floor — not crying, just alone

By Esther Kurtz