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Impressions
Shawls? I’d been prepared for messianic Jews, and they wanted to talk capes?

By Elana Moskowitz

Family First Editor's Letter
While working on our “Impressions” theme, I found myself thinking about that cholent

By Bassi Gruen

Family First Feature
Rebbetzin Chaya Ausband lived with faith, intense joy, and boundless appreciation for Torah

By Gila Arnold

Impressions
She’ll deny it, but it was always an imbalanced relationship. Chaya was the mashpia and I was the mekabel

By Shoshana Itzkowitz

Impressions
It’s been over 20 years since that summer. But I’ve never forgotten Henchi and her kindness

By Russy Tendler

Impressions
I wondered if it was time to take on something I had an aversion to — physical exercise

By Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz

Impressions
Years ago, you crossed paths, and something changed. Her hands warmed your essence, left an imprint upon your soul. 7 writers sought out the women who changed them

By Gila Arnold

Impressions
In 2020 we recognize “so normal” as authentic. That was Miri. No pretenses, no apologies, no straining

By Esther Kurtz

Parshah
One who exerts himself in Torah study is given the means to alter nature

By Faigy Peritzman

Out of Step
And that’s when I know this past year had changed me. Because I didn’t hesitate at all

By Ariella Schiller

Magazine Feature
Rabbi Ari Schonfeld leads night seder for 1,500 eager teens

By Rachel Bachrach

For the Record
The Radin Yeshivah stood at the forefront of Torah dissemination in Eastern Europe

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

Staying the Course
As foreign as some of the classes were, ultimately, the questions raised in every course brought me back to where I came from

By Yossi Myers

EndNote
"Our way is to connect with authentic chassidish warmth and flavor, and we believe that the koach haneginah can work without the audience understanding each word of what they’re s ...

By Riki Goldstein