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Family First Feature
Defuse fights by understanding your inner conflict

By Shira Fruchter MSW

Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
Five women connect to Yom Kippur in unexpected locations

By Sarah Pardes

Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
“Please come with me,” she begged. “It’ll be a one-time thing — and the trip won’t last more than 24 hours”

By Sarah Pardes

Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
One should never delay a burial, but my father’s wishes had been clear

By Erin Stiebel

Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
For 18 months, my husband and I drove up to the kibbutz from Bnei Brak every single Shabbos

By Sarah Pardes

Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
It wouldn’t be easy to both fast and care for my father the entire day. So, the zechus of the mitzvah fell on me

By Sarah Pardes

Connection Everywhere: Yom Kippur Theme 5783
Even as we headed into the jungle, we made sure to eat well on Erev Yom Kippur so we could fast easily

By Sarah Pardes

Family First Inbox
“With brave people like you sounding the alarm, hopefully by the time my children are parents, it will change. It must change”

By Family First Readers

Musings
“You did a really big aveirah. You must do teshuvah to the Eibishter.” She doesn’t know how. She feels scared and small

By Ella Mandel

Magazine Feature
Was that soothing presence a savior or saboteur?

By Bracha Toiv

Family Diary
My friend looked at his retreating back in horror. Had she lost her job before it even started?

By Nechama Norman with Batsheva Berman

Washington Wrap
What are some features of the past year we would like to leave behind?

By Omri Nahmias

Parshah
If you look inside and acquire a deeper understanding of Hashem’s plan you won’t need to cry

By Faigy Peritzman

Job Search
A good travel agent is organized, detail-oriented, a good multitasker, and eager to learn, research and discover new information about destinations

By Gila Arnold