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Family First Feature
She was once a Catholic schoolgirl in France; now Ora Zyto’s a frum bio-engineer in Boston

By Barbara Bensoussan

Medical Mysteries
Even though this was my first birth and I was admittedly inexperienced, I felt something was seriously wrong

By Rachael Lavon

Family Diary
“I totally don’t do that, ever. I never even let the boy buy a drink for me”

By Shani Leiman

Family Tempo
Even as a child, I knew we didn’t have real grandparents

By Shoshana Lesser

Musings
The doorbell rings. No one rings the doorbell to our house unless they’re FedEx or UPS

By Ruchie Cohen

Windows
I did this crazy six-people-to-three-functioning-devices scramble in the spring. I thought we were finally heading back to normal

By Tzivia Meth

Rocking Horse
“Fortuna, do you still think that I am a princess who lives in a castle? This is all I have”

By Leah Gebber

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”

By Esther Kurtz

Recipes
Everyone loves a classic cream of mushroom soup. Elevate it with roasted garlic, leeks, and shallots, and it enters a league of its own!

By Rivky Kleiman

Bakeaways
They’re always a popular treat and so simple to make, with a variety of flavor combinations.

By Faigy Grossman

Parshah
There is an as-yet unexplored galaxy of greatness in every Yid

By Faigy Peritzman

Words Unspoken
Although I didn’t get to choose these circumstances, I’ve been granted a gift

By Anonymous

Diary Serial
“Now that you are in Eretz Yisrael, girls, you need to learn how to keep your room clean the Israeli way"

By Avigayil Bloom

Tribute
Rav Shlomo Hoffman spent the better part of a century uncovering the layers of the neshamah and left his tools as a gift to the world

By Menachem Pines