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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

Serial
He started his rounds. Yitz, Akiva, Eric… they were doing well. But why was Chaim sitting alone? Where was his chavrusa?

By Blimi Rabinowitz

A Heaping Scoop
I want to make kreplach ahead of time. How should I freeze them?

By Family Table Contributors

Outlook
What is the power of this work, which is written in a simple, straightforward style, and lacks any dramatic stories?

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Screenshot
It’s very humbling to dedicate your creativity, contact list, and analytical skills to someone else’s work

By Shoshana Friedman

On your Mark
When Elissa Felder’s life went dark, she sought ways to bring light to others

By Mindel Kassorla

Sidekick
If her engagement is a secret, why does everyone know about it?

By Nechama Gutwein