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Jr. Feature
Everyone’s in place — the plaintiff, defendant, the jury, court reporter, court clerk. It’s time for the court proceedings to begin

By Rochel Burstyn

50 Reasons

By Ariella Stern

Story Time
All the Jewish communities were living in utter terror because of this one, atrocious sorcerer. Something had to be done, but who could fight this powerful enemy?

By Y. Bromberg

Double Dance
“No,” Rikki said. Her mother’s unease made her wary. “But my birthday is coming up, so I just thought that maybe…” Her voice trailed off

By Bracha Rosman

The Road Home
It takes a few days for me to realize something about this new house. Sissika is not here. She didn’t come. We didn’t bring her

By Malka Winner

Out of Step
I need to rush home, do homework, go out for Chinese with Goldie, a long-standing Monday night tradition, and — sigh — apologize to Ma about not listening to her explain what happ ...

By Ariella Schiller

Personal Accounts
Twelve writers share the messages they mined from months gone by

By Family First Contributors

Outlook
We need a better answer on Rosh Hashanah to Hashem’s question of, “Who are you?”

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Family Matters
At a particular stage of my husband’s illness, it became clear that the shul we were attending no longer met our needs

By Joan Zlotnick

Voice in the Crowd
So as you do the math in your shul and make the same mental kabbalah as last year — to find out what nezirus Shimshon actually means before next Rosh Hashanah — here’s a story for ...

By Yisroel Besser

Musings
I stand there with my years’ worth of baggage. Praying for another year

By Rivka Streicher

Shul with a View
Why Hashem had me come to Crown Heights today and precisely at this hour

By Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman