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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

Family Diary
I notice suddenly that we’re the only couple in the store without a baby

By Chava Glick

Magazine Feature
Underground yeshivos that kept the song alive in times of terror and fear

By Tzivia Meth

Parshah
We ask Hashem, “Inscribe us for life!” The deeper request is asking Hashem for a life of chiyus

By Faigy Peritzman

5783: Year in Review
Eight years after his rise, the fact that the Trump era hasn’t run its course is the biggest political story of the year

By Gedalia Guttentag

Words Unspoken
But then you push it too far. You think you can stretch “happy kiddo” to chap arein Shemoneh Esreh

By Anonymous

5783: Year in Review
A repeat of the 2020 election looks to be in store

By Maury Litwack