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Home Ground: Chapter 1

Rochel Samet

F is for Friendship

Why Work Hard?

“But, but….” I sounded like the sputtering last cup of soda in a slush machine. “That doesn’t make any sense,” I finally said

Ruchama Schnaidman

F is for Friendship

Tzivi wasn’t the writer, I thought. I glanced around the classroom. That left twenty-two other girls. Well, twenty-one because it wasn’t Penina

Ruchama Schnaidman

Change of Heart

Change of Heart: Epilogue

I do have a new understanding of how the world works. I knew it all along, but it’s a little more real to me now

Leora Hammer

Change of Heart

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I didn’t want to do it in fear. I wanted to do it with trust. The ride of my life

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Behind the Book

The Captives

Against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush, life on a Louisiana plantation, and Cherokee clan rivalries, the characters struggle with their own family dramas and dilemmas

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Abandoned

M. Kenan shows her versatility as an author, crossing cultural worlds with integrity while remaining in the modern age

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A guide to finding your head or your heart

J.S. Wolin

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Learning in style

So who are the five little mentchies living inside everyone’s brains?

J.S. Wolin

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Calligraphy, Succos 5783: Editor's Letter

Maybe the ultimate strength of Stories is their unique ability to wrangle with the soul

Rachael Lavon

Editor's Letter

Editor's Letter: Calligraphy Pesach 5780

You struggle and toil and build, and then it all comes down, but perhaps that’s the point. Perhaps the glory is in the effort, not the result

Yisroel Besser

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