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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

The Gatekeeper's Daughter
“I wonder if he really is my father. Farmer Gudaitis said he was a silversmith. How many silversmiths could there have been in the Lithuanian underground?”

By Esther Teichtal

Parshah

By Faigy Peritzman

EndNote

By Riki Goldstein

Second Thoughts
Giving of themselves because it is a mitzvah to do so

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Shared Space
About selling the house. Kivi had no idea what Aryeh was talking about, and Aryeh realized that a moment later

By Dov Haller

LifeLines
Working in an environment where I was constantly exposed to death and the fragility of life, I began to understand that we are all in G-d’s hands

By C. Saphir