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Family First Feature
When this email landed in our inbox, it struck a chord with everyone who read it. The ensuing conversation evolved into this piece

By Family First Contributors

No Fail
The contract was going to be our big break — and then it fell through

By Fay Dworetsky

Family First Inbox
“The implication is that if a woman does ‘boot her husband out,’ she is a ‘lesser woman.’ This is a terrible misrepresentation”

By Family First Readers

Family Tempo
Instead of going on a honeymoon, I began chemo

By Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz

A Better You
Why do women over-function in the face of illness, and why do men sometimes under-function?

By Family First Contributors

Windows
Later, as I pushed the double stroller home, I mulled over her statement. Wisdom? Me?

By Lea Pavel

Sidekick
Anyone who tells you that timing is negotiable has never missed a plane

By Sarah Moses Spero

Windows
I went away for Yom Kippur, and prayed that it would be written in the Sefer Hamaves

By Leah Goldstone

Milestones
The murmured words of Yizkor echo in the upper worlds

By Rebbetzin Shira Smiles

Business Casual
“The way to deal with it is by being proactive and anticipating that stress is a part of the job description”

By Sarah Massry

Jr. Fiction
“Go on, go up to the stage,” whispered his friend Yanky, sitting beside him. “Get your prize, you deserve it”

By Debbie Guttentag

The Beat
After a year behind Ukraine, American credibility is back

By Gedalia Guttentag

Normal
Mimi feels a twinge of — what is it? Pity? Protectiveness? Caring? — for her sister

By Rochel Samet

The Moment
To pledge a portion of the maaser of their future chasunah gifts to help their friends in need

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz