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Family First Feature
Why those four years leave an imprint we can't shake. A look at the science and psychology of high school

By Gila Roth

SisterSchmooze
Come travel with the Sisters… you won’t even have to take off your shoes at the airport!

By Marcia Stark Meth / Emmy Leah Stark Zitter / Miriam Stark Zakon

Family First Inbox
“I’m hoping women who feel the way I do about list-making won’t make the mistake of listening to the organizational gurus over their inner voice”

By Family First Readers

A Better You
What can you do if you think your child or student is struggling with this type of fibbing?

By Family First Contributors

War Diaries
I wish I could say I was excited to go back, and that our return home was smooth. But I wasn’t, and it wasn’t

By Mindel Kassorla

Diary Serial
“Please check on the patient in Room 5,” the nurse repeated, and I was strangely irritated by her clinical tone

By Shoshana Gross

Know This
“Every time you say, ‘How is Chaya Leah doing?’ you’re actually causing me even greater pain”

By Basya Cohen

Musings
“Everyone is buying new shirts for the play!” says my nothing-if-not-persistent daughter

By Chashie Stern

Inbox
“The pre-Pesach Stealth Mom secretly throwing out old socks matched my current mood perfectly”

By Mishpacha Readers

For the Record
This collection of letters from fundraisers and applicants provides insight into the inner workings of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

Shul with a View
 “You came here to thank me,” she told Miri. “However, I must thank you”

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman

Outlook
A very partial solution at best. But one that might benefit many Jewish elementary and high school students

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Tempo: Second Guessing
I’m trying to be calm. “Just a reminder I need to leave at three thirty,” I say in my most “I’m a professional” voice

By Ariella Schiller

Parshah
The reason for the difference? Nothing we can see. Nothing we can determine. Something only G-d can see

By Faigy Peritzman