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Medical Mysteries
“I’m not hanging up until you tell me you’ll see a doctor today!” A mother’s intuition isn’t a small thing to ignore

By Faigy Peritzman

Family First Inbox
“Once I started therapy, I told my mother that I can’t imagine relating to a boy who didn’t have to work on himself”

By Family First Readers

Family Tempo
We left Israel for a short visit. We returned 15 years later

By Beth Perkel

A Better You
Executive functioning refers to a set of mental skills that enables people to get tasks done

By Family First Contributors

Windows
Finding the shoes I wanted was proving mission impossible

By Raizy Appeldorfer

Musings
Our princess spent her first day of life undergoing a battery of tests and scans

By Gila Mensch

Family First Serial
As he moves, his tzitzis flap gently; they are dyed green, and she wonders why, for she has only seen tzitzis made of yellowing wool

By Leah Gebber

Family First Serial
Had she been kidding herself all those years? Had she really never had potential to be anything more than an amateur?

By Esther Kurtz

The Moment
Turns out, we’ve been seriously underestimating fall all these years

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Serial
Tziporah knew Benny was disappointed at her practicality. This party was so vital to him, it had become an obsession

By Blimi Rabinowitz

Outlook
“The Torah shines a bright light, and suddenly I see how the Torah enlightens a variety of disparate topics”

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Guestlines
The New York Times’ ongoing campaign to demonize Orthodox Jews

By Avi Schick

Story Time
In their own way, they made sure to greet others with a smile and a kind word

By Y. Bromberg

Gourmet Vs. Everyday
Two ways to tackle this hearty dinner

By Chaya Suri Leitner and Sara Gold