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Theme Section: Open Secrets
So many of us carry secrets — some heavy, some light. Some that mean nothing, and some that change everything. Six writers tell stories of secrets kept, shared, and revealed

By Family First Contributors

On your Mark
Shani Greenfield makes shidduchim — the right wig for the right woman 

By Chani Kahan

Sidekick
A tree grows in Brooklyn. And that’s the last thing you need

By Esty Heller

Family First Inbox
“I’m confused about how filling up on materialism as a child would help someone gain strength to face challenges”

By Family First Readers

Family Tempo
I was an opera singer. Then Torah helped me find my voice

By Chani Leiser

A Better You
“Helpful” does not mean inherently good or bad

By Family First Contributors

Windows
No destinations penciled in. No times jotted down. No deadlines marked. Nothing

By Hadassah Steinman

Family First Serial
“Next time your Papa gets angry. Next time, you must use your mind to build a wall around yourself, one brick and another and another"

By Leah Gebber

Second Thoughts
All of life, not only sports, is a matter of inches

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Parshah
Jews possess the madreigah of sod, or preserving hiddenness

By Faigy Peritzman

Screenshot
That ordinary home on East 27th Street became so much more than a house

By Shoshana Friedman

To Be Honest
We aren’t here to talk about my stories — we’re here to talk about our society

By Miriam (Pascal) Cohen

Jolly Solly
“What a dreadful racket!” he complained. “There’s no need to break the door down”

By R. Atkins

Normal
This test… this is not what it’s really all about. This isn’t going to decide anything. It’s all been decided already

By Rochel Samet