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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

The Current
“We did not know about the existence of this report until it was published in the New York Times”

By Yaakov Lipszyc

Inbox
“If our mosdos insist on creating rules that do not acknowledge the reality of today’s challenges, they cannot expect the average parent to be truthful”

By Mishpacha Readers

Open Mic
 By right of our awareness, we’ve shown up. We’re one of the four. The question is, which one?

By Yeshaya Kraus LCSW

Second Dance
“Oh, I don’t know, I imagine you have dreams, like every rosh yeshivah, and maybe this can help you realize them?”

By Dov Haller

Perspective
How much is a year in yeshivah worth to you?

By Rabbi Meir Goldberg

Full ‘n Free
Let’s take advantage of the best the season has to offer — and enjoy the freedom of finding the combinations we love that help us feel our best!

By Rorie Weisberg