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Family First Feature
An invitation. A Diet Coke. An offer to babysit. The acts were small. Their impact enormous

By Family First Readers

On your Mark
Chana Falk founded and runs Keren Ohr, an oasis for couples suffering from infertility

By Libby Livshin

Family First Inbox
“While the two words are visually very similar, the word ‘tortuous’ is an entirely different word that means ‘twisted or windy’”

By Family First Readers

A Better You
Storytelling has been recognized as a “fitness activity” for the brain

By Family First Contributors

War Diaries
When my phone rings at odd hours, like 7 a.m., my heartbeat takes off

By Sara Bonchek

Musings
Even as we watched, we understood why our mother hated it

By Ruthie Miller

Family Tempo
It was vacation time, and (say it with me) the kids were bored

By Esther Mandel

Family First Serial
Whatever the reason, Marjorie surprised herself by beginning to speak about her “yesterday”

By Miriam Zakon

Open Mic
“How can a public figure not see the difference between right and wrong? This is such a basic choice”

By Yossi Charner

LifeTakes
We didn’t know, then, if he would ever speak. If we would ever hear that sweet, sweet voice

By Tali Edelstein

Touch Base
Our anxiety no longer has the same urgency — how do we keep feeling?

By Mrs. Batya Weinberg

Magazine Feature
The terror and carnage of October 7 couldn’t stop United Hatzalah’s volunteers from heading into the war zone

By Rabbi Nachman Seltzer

Halls of Power
Six ways for Donald Trump to amp up his campaign 

By Maury Litwack

The Current
A haunting exhibit in the east of the capital educates British politicians and journalists about the horrors that the October 7th captives endure in Hamas’s tunnels

By James J. Marlow