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Mrs. Chani Juravel
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Devoiry Braunstein
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House of Mirrors
One year later, Laylee smiles… I’m going to enjoy this, she thinks to herself
Rachael Lavon
House of Mirrors
“If you really want to make a difference, the great Laylee Beloff should blog about making meaningful connections with family members, no matter their size or school”
Rachael Lavon
The Bigger Picture
The medics had returned to Meron and were sitting in a circle around 45 candles, processing their loss, their limits
Charlie Harary
The Bigger Picture
Let’s do what Yidden do, even now, even after, and after, and after again
Yisroel Besser
Once upon a Story
What a great resolution! What a great plan! And what a great year it was going to be!
Rochel Samet
Once upon a Story
Maybe they were just dehydrated — they should go drink some of Mommy’s lemonade and they would stop seeing things 
Penina Steinbruch
Crisscross
I understand that she wants to tell me something. I stroke her hand and force myself to be patient as she struggles to form words
Tovy Mann
Crisscross
“Mommy? Mommy!” I say. Two tears travel slowly down her face. I jump up and bend closer to her. “Ima! Ima! Mommy’s crying!”
Tovy Mann
DMCs
“Loser, you’re a loser,” my classmates taunt, pointing at my cleft lip while I shrink into hopeless oblivion
Devorah Grant
DMCs
I would find myself crying not for Kaila and her family, but for the simplicity of my own life before this all happened
Ariella Schiller
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