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Family First Feature
How do fiction writers bring their characters to life? Esty Heller investigates

By Esty Heller

Medical Mystery
My daughter suffered a rare complication — again and again

By Faigy Peritzman

Family First Inbox
“Why did Chelli agonize over a decision that wasn’t hers to make in a vacuum? She had 14 other people to consider”

By Family First Readers

A Better You
Small steps and affirmations can gradually transform your behaviors and help rebuild your trust in yourself

By Family First Contributors

War Diaries
Why would anyone keep their home so gloomy when free sunlight was readily available?

By Emuna Stein

Diary Serial
“I just stitched up a boy who fell out of bed and bumped his head — for real! How’s supper coming along?”

By Shoshana Gross

Windows
I present you with the People-Watcher’s Guide, Travel Edition

By Chashie Stern

Family Tempo
How could Tzip get engaged to the rav’s son?

By Zisi Naimark

The Explainer
These bochurim fall into a category colloquially known as “bnei mehagrim” (“children of emigrants”) and the issues are complex

By Yaakov Lipszyc

The Current: Israel vs. the World
“To understand how remarkable the accusations against Israel are, one needs to know about how other countries fight wars”

By Eugene Kontorovich

The Current: Israel vs. the World
When Jews can’t wear a yarmulke or won’t wear a Magen David, this is very worrisome

By Malcolm Hoenlein

In Sights
Afterward, the Rosh Yeshivah quietly explained the reason for his determination not to use the machine

By Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg

Reel Chronicles
We take you through a few of our more memorable Mir productions

By Moshe Shindler

On Site
The world’s largest collection has 8,500 of them. Which Haggadah are you going to use this Pesach?

By Emmy Leah Zitter