fbpx
Family First Feature
Baalei teshuvah speak candidly about what they left behind and the obstacles they overcame as they acclimated to frum life

By Barbara Bensoussan

Family First Inbox
“For those studying psychology in secular environments, this is by far the most insidious messaging you’ll hear”

By Family First Readers

Family Tempo
Hearing updates through the telephone wire made the everyday angst of what my family was living through feel very far away

By Rochel Burstyn

A Better You
Remember: You can’t know what you don’t even know you don’t know

By Family First Contributors

To Be Honest
The real shidduch crisis happens when we push people into marriage 

By Miriam Zeitlin

Musings
The torrent of tears raged on. They’d held a party without me?

By Peshie Needleman

Windows
Dizzy sparks cascaded in my skull, and accusing inner fingers leached self-esteem from my bones

By Shayna Malka

Sidekick
Between the ages of 2 and 20 the only words you will hear out of their collective mouths are the emphatic, “No!” and “I want!”

By Sarah Moses Spero

LifeTakes
“Hi, Bobby,” I said mentally. Then I froze. For the first time during the shivah, I felt overwhelmed

By Esther Kurtz

Face to Face
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of livelihood

By Mrs. Elana Moskowitz

Serial
“Yudi,” he gasps out. He can’t find Yudi when he reaches for him. Everything around him is fire and black smoke, acrid and deadly

By Bashie Lisker

Jolly Solly
“Mr. Potts warned me I gotta do better or I’m in big trouble, but this is impossible!”

By R. Atkins

Double Take
I was doing a favor for a neighbor in crisis — so why was I the target of so much resentment?

By Rochel Samet

Teen Diary Serial
“I can’t even imagine how you did it,” Chavala says. “That’s… that’s torturous!”

By Matti Silverstein