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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 Rose Report
Why Biden-Bibi friction won't end with a White House visit

By Binyamin Rose

The Moment
“Is it possible,” the talmid asked, “that the Vilna Gaon didn’t hear the thunder?”

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

For the Record
Tishah B’Av marks the 88th yahrtzeit of Dr. Leo (Shmuel) Deutschlander

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

Second Thoughts
Is there, underneath it all, some kind of connection between sports and religion?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Outlook
Rabbi Warren Goldstein has now published, as a companion volume to the Shabbos Project, Shabbat, A Day to Create Yourself

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Knowing and Growing
If we take the Ramban’s approach to aveilus, mourning the Beis Hamikdash will be easy and uncontrived

By Rabbi Reuven Leuchter