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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

On Site
“I knew art was starting to heal me, that the real me — unafraid of expression, of judgment, of being misunderstood — was emerging”

By Rivka Streicher

Like a Local
How could it not be good — it’s bursting with scrumptious apple flavor. I would almost call it an apple babka, especially with the crumbs and glaze, and it’s perfect for Rosh Hash ...

By Faigy Grossman

Serial
Akiva had the sudden realization that he had no idea where he was going. It was 2 p.m. on a Monday, and he had nowhere to be

By Ariella Schiller

Outlook
The task of Rosh Hashanah is to crown HaKadosh Baruch Hu as King over us. And there is no king without a nation

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Voice in the Crowd
Mechilah can make a tzibbur feel whole

By Yisroel Besser

Windows
She was now Chedva, my amazing friend. Also my therapist, confidante, advisor, mentor, technician, plumber, and doctor

By Ariella Schiller