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Much More than a Magazine

On the eve of Mishpacha’s 1,000th issue, we challenged 10 editors and writers to share what Mishpacha means to them, beyond printed words on paper. The challenge: write about it in 100 words each; 1,000 words for our 1,000th magazine. Here we present you with an ode to Mishpacha in exactly 1,000 Words

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Mishpacha is… a bridge

Bassi Gruen, former managing editor of Family First

She approached between the first dance and dessert, a stranger with a warm smile.

“You’re Bassi Gruen?”

I nodded.

“I love your letters. I got such chizuk from that story about your son…” and she launched into a detailed recounting of an incident I barely remembered.

Then she related how touched she’d been when I’d quoted something from her grandfather’s sefer — a sefer she hadn’t known he’d written. She’d shared it with her extended family.