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Family First Feature
When illness overturned Chani Brand’s world, her faith was her anchor

By Chani Leiser

SisterSchmooze
As we’ve learned, sometimes, you’ve got to… Do It Yourself

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

Family First Inbox
“How we see ourselves as Jewish women in a world with a tortured and unhappy definition of a woman is something we must hold sacrosanct”

By Family First Readers

Family Tempo
The veil hanging in my bedroom reminded me of all I had to daven for

By Bracha Stein

Musings
This house, with its dearth of closets, was going to be mighty intolerant of Things

By Raizy Appeldorfer

Windows
I carried the story of Tali and her mother in my heart throughout my childhood

By Tali Edelstein

A Better You
How can trauma affect a marriage, and what can you do about it?

By Family First Contributors

To Be Honest

By Lisa Twerski LCSW

The Current
David Shishlov refused to abandon Mariupol until he took a direct hit

By Chananel Shapiro

Double Take
But… was this my perky daughter and her exuberant chassan? What was happening between them? Was everything okay?

By Rochel Samet

Second Dance
Reuven was quiet. He hadn’t asked for the meeting, and he wasn’t going to make it easier for Heshy

By Dov Haller

Text Messages
The gift of a parnassah b’kavod to over 700 frum Jews in New York City

By Eytan Kobre

EndNote
Yissachar Dror’s third Medley of My Soul a cappella track is a mix of recent and vintage Israeli hits of longing, comfort, praise and gratitude

By Riki Goldstein

Family First Serial
“Okay, we’ll make cookies today.” That would be enough doing of something to feel like it was a day in her space in Chicago

By Esther Kurtz