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Family First Feature
What are we really doing all day? A group of seven women, ages 20 to 65, decide to find out just where the time goes

By Aviva Lison

Etched in Memory: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5784
Sometimes there are events so monumental they’re perfectly preserved as a snapshot, never forgotten. 5 readers share the moments forever

By Family First Readers

Hanging in the Balance: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5784
Sometimes it feels as though your entire future hinges on an upcoming verdict that will change everything. 4 stories of women left hanging in the balance

By Family First Readers

Family First Inbox
“The conclusions you drew long ago in childhood are now part of the architecture of your brain. They can certainly be dismantled, but only by you”

By Family First Readers

The Conversation Continues
“Alcoholics and other addicts would never be encouraged to just have their substance in moderation, just walk away, or just try harder”

By Family First Readers

A Better You
“It’s true one person can’t save a relationship, but one person can make changes that greatly improve it”

By Family First Contributors

Family Tempo
What happened next is vivid in my mind like a scene from a horror film

By Leorah Hartman

Musings
The migrating birds that make their way over my Jerusalem neighborhood as summer winds down will always remain my favorite

By Risa Rotman

5783: Year in Review
It’s hard to remember a year in which the US and Israeli governments engaged in more public squabbles

By Binyamin Rose

I'm Stuck
“I’m so torn between my ideals of what marriage and chinuch should be and my practical reality on the ground”

By Faigy Peritzman

5783: Year in Review
Despite the war, “lev Yisrael eir” — the heart of Israel is awake in Torah and mitzvos

By Rabbi Meir Stambler

Teen Serial
“Shh! Not so loud. Oy, Nomes, you poor thing, you walked right into the chaos”

By Ariella Schiller

Inbox
“Every parent of a special-needs child fears the day they will no longer be around to care for them”

By Mishpacha Readers

From My Table
The topping in this recipe is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside in a way a photo cannot capture! Try it yourself!

By Chanie Nayman