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Family First Feature
She was once a Catholic schoolgirl in France; now Ora Zyto’s a frum bio-engineer in Boston

By Barbara Bensoussan

Medical Mysteries
Even though this was my first birth and I was admittedly inexperienced, I felt something was seriously wrong

By Rachael Lavon

Family Diary
“I totally don’t do that, ever. I never even let the boy buy a drink for me”

By Shani Leiman

Family Tempo
Even as a child, I knew we didn’t have real grandparents

By Shoshana Lesser

Musings
The doorbell rings. No one rings the doorbell to our house unless they’re FedEx or UPS

By Ruchie Cohen

Windows
I did this crazy six-people-to-three-functioning-devices scramble in the spring. I thought we were finally heading back to normal

By Tzivia Meth

Rocking Horse
“Fortuna, do you still think that I am a princess who lives in a castle? This is all I have”

By Leah Gebber

Outside Chance
Chaim picked up his laffa, then put it down. He seemed to be thinking. “I don’t remember ever making a conscious choice in my life”

By Esther Kurtz

Perspectives
Spiritual resilience can be understood as the ability to stay close to Hashem during challenges

By Alexandra Fleksher

Side-by-Side
Either you’ve committed yourself to a recipe that you turn to time and again, or you jump from one recipe to another in search of something greater, better, tastier.

By Sina Mizrahi

LifeTakes
My daughter’s face lights up. Yes. She’s going to teach me! Look at that, she’s got the coolest mommy!

By Esty Heller

Touch Base
Readers share their take on oversharing

By Mrs. Batya Weinberg

Story Time
Unbeknownst to the good guys, Captain Thomas, the corrupt English officer, was very, very close by

By Y. Bromberg

Magazine Feature
Rabbi Pesach Lerner's battle for tradition

By Yonoson Rosenblum