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Oh, Say I Can’t See
G. Shulman
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You’re Right
Rivky Neuhaus
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Direction
Tehila Feldman
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Triggering Memories
Ellen Milstein
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Musings: The Braid
Chanie Stavsky
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By Design
“She really has to come live here. She should be near us. What else does she need at this point besides us and our children, her nachas?”
Rivka Streicher
Calligraphy: Succos 5785
Surface Deep
“I was in Reb Azarya’s office. You know the picture of the baby on his desk? The picture of… of….” He took a deep breath. “Yisroel?”
Shmuel Botnick
Siblings Fighting
Motherboard
Fighting for Family
Siblings can be each other’s best friend — or worst enemy. Here are our best tips for guiding them through and away from sibling rivalry
Mindel Kassorla
Motherboard
On Time   
Getting out in the morning with little kids can be nuts! What are your suggestions to ease the morning madness?
Mindel Kassorla
Know This
Working on a Hospital Floor
We’re understaffed, undersupplied, and overworked, but we’re doing our best
Shoshana Gross
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Mother of a Neurodivergent Child 
The daily battles, private prayers, and unexpected growth of raising a child whose struggles play out in public
Ella Fried
Pesach Without Pressure
Pesach Without Pressure: Laya Appelbaum
Windex — it’s all about happy Jews and Windex.
Bracha Stein
Pesach Without Pressure
If you’re getting frustrated, you’re probably spring-cleaning
Bracha Stein
2020 Election Special
Biden Wins, Unseats Trump
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
Valley of Echoes
The new cadre of journalists was a little less focused on accuracy and a little more into likes and retweets
Yisroel Besser
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“Hanyosh”

Don’t mistake me. I enjoy seeing new places and different cultures. I just can’t stand the means of getting there

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The Letter That Nobody Wrote

You may look back on the year and wonder, what difference did I make? Whose life did I touch? And will anyone remember?

By C.B. Wahler

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A Mother of Boys

My home thrums with the energy of joyful music, wooden spatulas drumming on my garbage can, and the thumping of sneaker-clad feet

By Esther Novak

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The Blessing of Counting

On Pesach, Chumie counted Sefirah, on a transcendent Leil Shimurim she medically shouldn’t have lived to see. And the next night. And the next

By Etty Fried

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