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Family First Feature
Letters from parents, teachers, and students as they reflect upon school years past and share their dreams for the one that’s starting

By Family First Contributors

Family First Feature
Food was my life — until I tasted true freedom

By Miriam Bloch

Family First Inbox
“Penny-pinching is a personality trait. It masquerades as principled and frugal. But it has little to do with the economic resources available”

By Family First Readers

A Better You
If last year’s homework situation in your home could best be described as tense, stressful, or excruciating, don’t despair

By Family First Contributors

Family Tempo
I run a hand over my face. I’m too old for this. I’m too tired for this. I’m too Lanni-phobic for this

By Ariella Schiller

Windows
An SUV plowed into the trunk with a crunch that seemed, at the same time, to shake my ivory tower to its foundations

By Esther Shemtov

Family First Serial
“It’s a great opportunity, Abe. We’ll build something really important together. Think about it and get back to me”

By Miriam Zakon

Family First Serial
It would be the ultimate proof that Dini had no concept of how regular people lived

By Gila Arnold

The Moment
“The Chazon Ish repeated the words ‘makom Torah, makom Torah’ and sat down. That was his entire derashah”

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Second Thoughts
Are the real Zionists those who pray hamachazir shechinaso leTzion three times a day, or those who never give a thought to prayer, to G-d, or to Zion?

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

EndNote
One person wrote, “Thank you for making Jewish music part of my life again”

By Riki Goldstein

Screenshot
Should the upcoming magazine feel like a summer offering, or broadcast the gravity and purposefulness of Elul?

By Shoshana Friedman

Family Reflections
Not everyone has the need to talk about their feelings

By Sarah Chana Radcliffe

Jr. Serial
Tammy? Oh, no, that’s going to be so awkward. We haven’t said a word to each other in weeks

By Rochel Samet