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Family First Feature
When positivity masks pain, it can come at a heavy price

By Chani Muller

SisterSchmooze
We Sisters are pleased to share some of the silent, inanimate objects in our lives that schmooze with us

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

Family First Inbox
"Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky famously advised parents not to rebuke their children for behaviors they’ll naturally outgrow"

By Family First Readers

On your Mark
The thirst for connection displayed by the women I’ve come to know over time never ceases to fuel me and humble me

By Miriam Bloch

Family Tempo
She’d known all along that something was wrong. Was it the lost heirloom?

By Elana Rothberg

Sidekick
The genie looked surprised. “That wasn’t exactly what I had in mind”

By Esty Heller and Shaina King

A Better You
One of the most painful forms of suffering is watching someone you love in pain and not being able to do anything about it

By Sarah Rivkah Kohn

Musings
We went the “eenie-meeny-miney-mo” route. Seemed as good an option as any

By Gitel Moses

The Rose Report
Half of the Democratic dropouts belong to the “Blue Dog” coalition

By Binyamin Rose

Family Connections
We can’t live someone else’s life; we must live the one that we were designed for

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

The Current
Despite economic pain, an ancient Jewish community is holding on

By Avi Blum, ESQ

Diary Serial
“Maaa,” I whimper. My hands fly to my throat. “My voice. My voice is gone!”

By Rena Wieder

For the Record
From this cadre of talmidei chachamim emerged an entire generation of roshei yeshivah and marbitzei Torah

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

True Colors
Guess when we arrived in Buenos Aires? It was the end of February 2020, just a few weeks before coronavirus invaded the entire world

By Chaya Rosen