Art behind Bars
Carol MessingIncarcerated teens work through their pain using paint and glue. A seasoned art therapist speaks about how art can reach the places beyond words
Your Child’s Keeper
C. RosenbergSending a child to a relative or friend for a few days or more requires planning. How to make it as smooth as possible for everyone
Inside Job: Physician Assistant
Rachel BachrachThree PAs on what they do, why they love it, and how, contrary to popular belief, being a PA is not second best to being a doctor
At the Window
Bracha SteinAhuva’s heart twisted. Was it with pride at Sari’s offer, or pain for Esther’s refusal? She didn’t know
Map the Starlight: Chapter 8
Leah Gebber“And if we were to marry, then what would that help? You would be thrown out of your father’s home, Jocef, surely you see that?”
Lifetakes: Longed-for Children
Shoshana GoldSeeing the woman did not understand the expression, someone explained: “Gebetene — it means that the children were asked for”
In Search of an Orphan Cure
Esther Ilana RabiWhen Megan Crowley and her brother were diagnosed with an orphan disease, and their parents told they’d die within months, their father refused to accept the diagnosis
Turning Tides: Picture Imperfect
As told to Leah GebberIn every picture, she had draped one arm over someone’s shoulder. The sleeve had slipped, exposing her elbow — and her tattoo
Tempo: Journeys
Miriam DanskySara thought that Yaakov had become akin to the Shabbos lights in their dramatic shadow: zachor, yizkor, a quiet act of remembering, a lingering glow
Map the Starlight: Chapter 7
Leah GebberRamon’s heart beats as if there is something he is about to encounter in that old forgotten room, something more than writings of a despised nation
Learning Curve: Chapter 55
Gila ArnoldFlying tomorrow. Of course. How silly of her to imagine people like the Goldfeders made Pesach. Indeed, a minute later, a china platter of very chometzdig biscotti appeared
Grab the Reins: Chapter 14
Shoshana Schwartz“There are situations in which a person’s participation is entirely against his will. The responsibility does not lie in her actions, but rather with what happens afterward”
Right to Die? What about the Right to Live?
Yonoson Rosenblum Inside the “quality of life” mentality
Yonoson Rosenblum Inside the “quality of life” mentality
