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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

Family First Serial
“I always find it fascinating how people can find pleasure in things I loathe,” her mother-in-law finished

By Esther Kurtz

Magazine Feature
She thought her grandfather was a hero. Then she learned he was a Nazi

By Rachel Ginsberg

LifeTakes
Yes, I conclude, it might be that we are the anavim, the ones who don’t believe we are worthy

By Yael Zoldan

Theme Section: Wandering Jews
His name was Gamal Abdul Nasser. I’d never heard of him before, but he was about to destroy my perfect childhood world

By Leah Gebber

Know This
Being widowed leaves a gaping hole — here’s how you can help

By Rebecca (Feldbaum) Steier

The Moment
When Jews come on pilgrimage to that sacred site, they should weep over this stone for the loss of all their loved ones

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz