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Sara Katz
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Zahava Robbins
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Raizy Jotkowitz
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C. Schon
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Naomi Levenspil
Outside Chance
Chaim picked up his laffa, then put it down. He seemed to be thinking. “I don’t remember ever making a conscious choice in my life”
Esther Kurtz
Outside Chance
My breath caught in my throat. Every time I let myself picture that awful moment, I felt first-trimester nausea
Esther Kurtz
2020 Election Special
Joe Biden has now confounded his doubters, making history as the oldest elected president with the first female Vice President
Binyamin Rose
2020 Election Special
The new cadre of journalists was a little less focused on accuracy and a little more into likes and retweets
Yisroel Besser
Solve Our Image Problem
What — if anything — can be done to repair the damage? And what role do we play in the dynamic?
Mishpacha Staff
Solve Our Image Problem
"The primary reason we should be behaving in a certain way, in whatever situation, is because it’s the right way to do things"
Alexandra Fleksher
LifeLines
If you ever read any book about love languages, my mother’s picture should be on the opening of the chapter on gift giving
Mattie Weinberg
LifeLines
Fighting for our baby’s every breath, we gained just as much as we gave
C. Saphir
Street Smarts
In the taxi world, drivers are divided as to whether a “real” nahag uses Waze. For these veterans who know the city’s every highway and byway, the consensus is clear: real drivers don’t rely on it
Yaacov Lipszyc
Street Smarts
Love of the land has been infused in Shuki’s blood since birth; he’s the right man for our challenge
Ariella Schiller
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 I’d done it. Achieved supreme of Jewish womanhood, and I was only married four years

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After a lifetime of avodas Hashem he was ready to meet his Maker, on this holy day of Purim

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When the sonographer told me that my sixth baby would be a girl, I told her to check again

By Gitty Gold

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I’m a mother now, but I’m not Mommy. The gap is tremendous

By Aidy Feldman

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And it hits me then: my children are ready because they believe they’re ready

By Russy Tendler

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The answer to my tefillos surprised even me

By Rebecca (Feldbaum) Steier