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Family First Feature
What happens when religion is used as a weapon? Professionals and victims speak up about spiritual abuse

By Rivki Silver and Tamar Abboudi

Family First Inbox
“When people heal from developmental trauma, they stop the progression down the generations, and are able to validate and be present with their children”

By Family First Readers

Family Tempo
My role as Bubby is taking shape as the grandchildren grow and multiply

By Risa Rotman

Musings
I’m now a spectator, painfully watching the race go by. I’m no longer one of you

By Shevy Rosen

Windows
So in the end, I failed chemo, or rather, chemo failed me

By Gitel Moses

A Better You
Was there ever a generation so heavily assaulted by external stimuli?

By Family First Contributors

On your Mark
With Yad Batya, Venezia Zakheimis seeks to memorialize her daughter’s joy

By Ariella Schiller

Behind the Book
Battling for survival, she believed she was the sole surviving Jew

By Riki Goldstein

Parshah
There are times we have to compromise, even if we know that what our children want to do is wrong

By Faigy Peritzman

Theme Section: Wandering Jews
In this day and age, could war and destruction really upend our lives overnight?

By Rivka Streicher

Moonlight
All evil is self-destructive. The moment of truth becomes the ultimate revelation of Hashem’s Kavod

By Rabbi Menachem Nissel

The Moment
A shadchan’s job doesn’t end when a couple they set up gets engaged

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Story Time
“I’ll teach you what happens to Jews who step into our streets! I’m going to finish you off, right here!”

By Y. Bromberg

The Moment
In cherished tradition, last week Nageela Midwest held its Bar Mitzvah Evening, an annual celebration celebrating the boys who turned 13 during the past year, but didn’t have any ...

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz