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Family First Feature
After her husband was killed in Gaza, Hadas Loewenstern shares a message of strength

By Leah Gebber

Family First Feature
Fighting for Israel in a different uniform

By Lori Holzman Schwartz

Family First Inbox
“I think saying that’s ‘what worked for us back then’ is a recipe for disaster”

By Family First Readers

A Better You
Working memory has nothing to do with intelligence or effort. It’s merely a deficit of our executive functions

By Family First Contributors

War Diaries
“Thanks for not canceling when you saw my name… I’ve had little business lately”

By Rivka Streicher

Family Tempo
Gavi was homeless. Could we take him in?

By Esther Mandel

Windows
Secretly, the idea of baking sourdough started — whatchamacallit? — fermenting in my brain

By Esty Heller

Musings
She’s the level of nice that has always caused me to feel protective of her

By Yocheved Zerfman

The Current
In the alleys of Jenin and beyond, terrorists can never be sure who’s signing their death warrant

By Yaacov Lipszyc

The Rose Report
Bringing the hostages home now and demanding new elections now. ...those two goals are contradictory

By Binyamin Rose

Second Thoughts
There is, however, one casualty of this war that is very welcome, and that is the aura of invincibility and power that enveloped Israel and its armed forces for decades

By Rabbi Emanuel Feldman

Voice in the Crowd
What I am about to write, though, is really and truly intended for myself. It’s a personal feeling, and nothing more, but one I hope to honor now and always.

By Yisroel Besser

EndNote
In tribute to Rabbi Alter Yachnes, who created the soundtrack of Yiddishkeit for children around the world

By Riki Goldstein

Deal or No Deal
You realize that your husband and the other sons-in-law were not invited