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Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 31
Ariella Schiller
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Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 29
Ariella Schiller
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Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 28
Ariella Schiller
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Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 27
Ariella Schiller
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Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 26
Ariella Schiller
Incredible Lab
Walking Waters
See water “walk” in this incredible experiment! 
Malka Winner
Incredible Lab
The Self-inflating Balloon   
Heat expands molecules while cold contracts them. And this experiment demonstrates it
Malka Winner
Friendship Fix
I Feel Guilty for Being Grateful on My Friend’s Cheshbon!     
I don’t want her to feel like she can’t lean on me because I don’t lean on her
Shoshana Itzkowitz
Friendship Fix
"Should Women Be Schmoozing about Their Shalom Bayis?" 
The best way to end the conversation without making an issue or insulting anyone is to subtly change the topic
Shoshana Itzkowitz
Etched in Memory: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5784
Etched in Memory
Sometimes there are events so monumental they’re perfectly preserved as a snapshot, never forgotten. 5 readers share the moments forever
Family First Readers
For Keeps: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
Standing Guard
I can see the shul from my dining room window. The idea that it was so close, yet so far, was too much to bear
Binyomin Yudin 
For Keeps: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
No Greater Treasure     
“He would be killed just for having it in his possession. But a Torah is a Torah and my father was determined to save it”
Sandy Eller
Beltway Brief
Schrödinger’s Kurds
The Kurds find themselves suspended in Washington’s favorite foreign-policy paradox
Jake Turx
Beltway Brief
Spinning Past Sean Spicer
Once upon a time, the room revolved around Sean Spicer. On Thursday, it spun right past him
Jake Turx
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Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 24

Being liked by Tamara Fine is no small matter. I’ve seen the way the other girls look at me whenever she calls out a sunny, “Hey there, RaRa”

By Ariella Schiller

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Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 22

Mommy laughs and then puts her mug down. “So, tell me again, eight other girls really got your backpack just because Tamara complimented you on it?”

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Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 22

“RaRa, where’s Hadas today?”
I swallow and shift from foot to foot. Mommy’s green eyes flash, she doesn’t say anything.

By Ariella Schiller

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Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 19

As I step over the threshold into my new classroom, I’m certain I’ve just altered my life forever. I just don’t know if it’s for better or worse

By Ariella Schiller