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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

Magazine Feature
ALS froze Mendy Rosenberg’s muscles — but it couldn’t chill his spirit

By Eytan Kobre

Business Casual
“Show hakaras hatov and treat them like family, because they do feed your family and financially support you”

By Sarah Massry

The Current
Is that a Nazi U-Boat submerged off the coast of Argentina?  

By Yaakov Lipszyc

The Moment
Now that the final night had arrived, he realized that he was about to lose this month’s Kiddush Levanah

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

This Way That Way
Whether roasting the flesh, toasting the seeds, or creaming the puree with eggs and sugar, pumpkin is an awesome ingredient to keep stocked in your pantry this winter.

By FamilyTable Contributors

The Moment
A few suggestions for times gone by, circa 2000. Let us know if this gets the memories going! If not, tell us, what does?

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz