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On Topic
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. But that’s not always good advice. Sometimes, the smartest course for ourselves and for our families is to choose to quit

By Rochel Burstyn

SisterSchmooze
The siblings we’re stuck with — and stick with

By Marcia Stark Meth / Emmy Leah Stark Zitter / Miriam Stark Zakon

Family Matters
Had the situation been reversed, I know that my husband z”l would’ve taken even better care of me than I did of him

By Joan Zlotnick

Fiction
Tamar's life felt all wrong. Did the Sorting Sheitel make a mistake?

By Gila Arnold

Yardsticks
I doubted Yocheved even knew that fresh flowers went against the takanos deal. I never shared the nitty-gritty takanos details with her. I avoided takanos conversation with her in ...

By Esty Heller

Vacancies
She took a deep breath and gave herself a Kate talk: “You can do this, Talia. You’ve done it before, you’ll do it again. Go for it, girl. Chaykie’s gym”

By Adina Lover

LifeTakes
It was for a great reason, but it sure was awkward. I had to reach out to my new mechutanim before my obstetrician

By Rochel Leah Korn

Parshah
The conquest of Eretz Yisrael was much more than mere appropriation of real estate

By Faigy Peritzman

The Road Home
I am her physical opposite, and I have never in my life said “Oh my gosh,” but I am 10,000 times more comfortable than I was just five minutes before

By Malka Winner

News In Depth
Chassidic singer Motty Steinmetz became an unwitting hero in a fight he never anticipated. But it was about far more than a concert

By Shlomi Gil

Metro & Beyond
Yeshivos in New York: a crisis of complacency

By Yochonon Donn

LifeLines
Decades later, Peter the Nazi reappeared in a different guise

By C. Saphir

Text Messages
Do we still have opportunities to fight for Yiddishkeit anymore?

By Eytan Kobre

10 Questions
Rabbi Jake Czuper, a Jewish educator and singer-songwriter/entertainer, recently released his third album. He’s based in Atlanta, Georgia

By Rachel Bachrach