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Family First Feature
Hadassa Swerds spills the secrets of personal chefs

By Hadassa Swerds

Family First Feature
Do dating coaches make shidduchim — or break them?

By Penina Steinbruch

Fiction
My husband is helping his parents — with my money

By Shaina Kovitz

A Better You
A carousel of meals, family time, Chol Hamoed excitement, differently paced schedules, late bedtimes, and traveling

By Family First Contributors

Family First Inbox
“Should we be encouraging financially clueless newlyweds to spend money they don’t have on such a huge investment?”

By Family First Readers

Musings
I blame my mother. She hated making dessert, too — and so she didn’t

By Esther Kurtz

Windows
You know what, maybe I am crying because of all this

By Dassa Landeur

Family Tempo
Was I the confident, popular principal — or Lulu the reject?

By Bashie Lisker

Magazine Feature
The Vizhnitzer Rebbe’s call in challenging times: “A Yid must never get lost”

By Aryeh Ehrlich and Yisrael A. Groweiss

Worldview
The deluge of hate and anti-Semitism has done more to move the needle on Jewish identity than millions in kiruv funding

By Gedalia Guttentag

The Moment
“The yeshivah is indeed being built in the place of rock,” said the rosh yeshivah, “that ancient rock from the Beis Hamikdash

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Family First Serial
“There’s this case that Rivi wants to take,” Ezra admits. “I can already tell that it’s going to take over her life”

By Bashie Lisker

EndNote
PRODUCERS DONI GROSS, NAFTALI SCHNITZLER, AND YITZY WALDNER OPEN THE BACK ENTRANCE OF THE STUDIO TO SHARE SOME TRADE SECRETS

By Riki Goldstein

LifeTakes
I was taking leave of… a succah I had barely had the chance to sit in. A succah I had decorated but not enjoyed

By Rachel Newton