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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

Recipes
A satisfying crunch brings up the rating of this flavorful fish dish to five-star

By Faigy Grossman

Family First Serial
She looked around. If anyone passed by, she was safe, for Papa would not hit her too hard in front of others

By Leah Gebber

Magazine Feature
A final conversation with the Gaavad, Rav Yitzchok Tovia Weiss

By Aryeh Ehrlich

Flashback
Yirmiyahu’s Jerusalem is a mother, like me

By Shoshana Friedman

Theme Section: Wandering Jews
I was just a teenager, but I knew I had to leave Syria. Without a smuggler, could I possibly escape on my own without being caught or shot?

By Shira Yehudit Djalilmand

Family Reflections
Through processing our destruction, we can rise to great heights

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe