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Family First Feature
Women are returning to the classroom decades after leaving it, and this time, the learning is leading them to the ultimate goal: a rich relationship with their Creator and themsel ...

By Malkie Schulman

Therapy Toolbox
“I know what the feeling is. It’s…” Batsheva took a deep, shuddering breath. “It’s like I can’t stand being in my own skin….”

By Abby Delouya B.A, B.Ed, MFT

Family Diary
We’re all used to hearing  words can heal or hurt, build, or destroy. I was watching that play out in real time

By Shani Leiman

Musings
Babi was out. Grandma was also out. Bubby for sure was out. Bubby was the stuff of tales from the alte heim

By Miriam Klein Adelman

Windows
Was I emotionally ready to move on, to actually remove my husband’s books and papers that hadn’t been touched in years?

By Ahava Ehrenpreis

Family Tempo
Yes, a convert is still allowed to love his or her biological parents, something many Jews don’t realize

By Shira Yehudit Djalilmand

Dream On
"Yes, I got divorced recently. So what? Lots of people do, and their daughters don’t end up in the hospital from it”

By Gila Arnold

Follow Me
There was a change in their lives, true, but how many people would feel blessed to have to deal with this kind of problem?

By Esty Heller

The Current
Commander Golan Vach of Israel’s National Rescue Unit speaks about the toil, the heartbreak, and fanning the fading embers of hope

By Eliezer Shulman

Summer Job
I had that moment when I acknowledged that I wanted to be a shiur counselor and not just a lifeguard

By Esther Kurtz

Summer Job
The splash of boiling soup on the fingers of my left hand happened on a hot, sticky night, as we served supper in the crowded kitchen

By Riki Goldstein

Light Years Away
Nechami suppresses a smile. Shifra possesses enough innocence for ten people, with a bit left over

By Ruti Kepler

A Heaping Scoop

By Family Table Contributors

EndNote
“The Wonder of Life,” with lyrics that touch on feelings from the lowest places, has already hit home with struggling teens 

By Riki Goldstein