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Family First Feature
Six women share the moment they felt privileged to belong to our nation

By Riki Goldstein

Family First Feature

By Ariella Schiller

Family First Feature
Seven readers share a sacrifice they made — and the reward they were granted

By Family First Readers

Family First Feature
At six years old, I knew my mother’s idols were powerless

By Tziyona Kantrowitz

Fiction
 How many times would I be forced to prove my allegiance?

By Chanie Goldenberg

Family First Inbox
“There is a suffocating lack of space for individuality in our communities”

By Family First Readers

To Be Honest
I spoke to my friends (#bossmoms). Almost all of them were going. Most didn’t even understand why I was hesitating

By Leah Goldstone

To Be Honest
The great debate of stay-at-home mothers versus working mothers is inherently flawed and unnecessary

By Tova Grossman

LifeTakes
Try as I might, I still harbor that childish conviction that Rus and I are one and the same, that the megillah is referencing me in its depiction of dedication and complete subser ...

By Russy Tendler

The Moment
The glove is a powerful thing

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Voice in the Crowd
Every picture of kinderlach dancing around a fire on the schoolyard asphalt is a message to him. You were right, Rabi Shimon

By Yisroel Besser

For the Record
American Jews now found themselves caught between their desire to express solidarity with the nation and reverence for Lincoln, and the need to observe the traditions of their fai ...

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

Knowing and Growing
When Chazal say one who does a mitzvah he was commanded to do is greater than one who wasn’t commanded, they don’t mean more praiseworthy. They mean the effects of his mitzvah are ...

By Rabbi Reuven Leuchter

DMCs
My stutter didn’t just turn up one day, like it does for some people after a traumatic event — it’s been with me for as long as I can remember

By Devorah Grant