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Family First Feature
Why kids are vaping younger and younger, and what we can do

By Barbara Bensoussan

Family First Inbox
“What an outrageous, unfair, untrue, and plain motzi shem ra statement to make about an entire generation!”

By Family First Readers

A Better You
There are three common areas that parents are hesitant to discuss with their children: facts, feelings, and physicality

By Family First Contributors

Musings
“But that’s Yiddish. Don’t you have a Hebrew name?” she pressed

By Zelda Goldfield

To Be Honest
Faigy is a widow. She lost her husband some time ago. She loses him every day

By Ahuva Roth

Family Tempo
“Everyone is so excited that you’re joining us today. It just feels like we can be a family again. Your father would be so happy”

By Esther Kurtz

Windows
I’m not sure whether to feel disappointed or relieved at the relative simplicity of the deed

By Chashie Stern

Family First Serial
That quiet inner voice was followed by an unexpected realization. I care about Artie and his future: I love my brother

By Miriam Zakon

The Moment
“I heard a rabbi needs a shopping cart,” he said, “and I’d love to help out”

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Summer Series
A writer relives the making of lifelong memories just 20 minutes from home

By Sandy Eller

EndNote
Singing of hope and endurance in the killing fields of Europe

By Riki Goldstein

Open Mic
This is why I’m quite strict about using the term “specialized needs” instead of “special needs” 

By Stephen Glicksman

Voice in the Crowd
Then they came for Visiting Day

By Yisroel Besser

LifeTakes
I wait. I wait for the birth pangs, I wait for the mourning. But both are slow in coming

By Ariella Schiller