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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

Normal
Mimi squirms. It’s Rosh Chodesh Adar, crunch time. Raizy gave them all their instructions for the Miss Spiegel Prank

By Rochel Samet

True Account
It was only after my parents died that I learned more about their horrifying past

By Mindel Kassorla

Second Thoughts
President Biden visited his limousine, his luxurious hotel rooms, the opulent banquet halls, but in his cocoon, he never experienced Israel. No one asked me, but if I were managin ...

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

For the Record
Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s candidacy served as a catalyst for his only visit to the Holy Land

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

Text Messages
How are we to know what are the things for which we need to repent and mend our ways?

By Eytan Kobre

Knowing and Growing
When our inner world is foggy, all the aveiros can come in. When our inner world is clear, they stay out

By Rabbi Reuven Leuchter