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A Better You
The root of emotional eating runs deep

By Family First Contributors

Family First Feature
 Shulamit Cohen-Kishik was a wife, mother of seven, and… an Israeli spy

By Tovi Elkayam

Family First Inbox
“Rather than trying to convince them not to hate us, let’s learn what it is we have so dear that they hate us for”

By Family First Readers

The Conversation Continues
In response to “Help Me Join Your Nation,” about the process of giyur, two women share their experience in the frum world post-geirus

By Family First Contributors

Living Room
The latest research shows exercise has little to no effect on the rate of your metabolism

By Esther Shaindy Leshkowitz

Living Room
Advice on finding and maintaining the best shoes

By Zisi Naimark

Great Reads: Fiction
I was a woman and I was single. What did that mean to my employers?

By Esther Kurtz

Windows
 I can only imagine the mayhem that would ensue if my boys had access to technology

By Hadassa Swerds

The Moment
Lakewood’s Adirei HaTorah celebration, just completing its fourth consecutive year, is likely an enigma to anyone who isn’t present

By Yitzchok Landa

EndNote
“It’s always been imperative that the tune fits the words, and that the niggun is something I would be comfortable playing for my rebbeim”

By Riki Goldstein

Guestlines
There is a secret weapon that a Jew can marshal at all times. It is called “kivui,” hope in Hashem

By Rabbi Yonah Sklare

Parshah
If we see someone with a bad middah, that means we also need chizuk to work on this trait

By Faigy Peritzman

Halls of Power
How a group like this could be so dominant in a political party that represents half the country is mind-boggling

By Maury Litwack

The Rose Report
It’s essential to understand why this diplomatic victory is so significant for Israel

By Binyamin Rose