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Chashie Stern
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Bexhill
Millie Samson
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My Pet Peeve   
Goldie Hirsch
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Calm Down
Leah Wachsler
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Eighty-Five Years in the Making
Yosef Zoimen
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Dinner Diaries Goes Vegan 
Natanya Namoff’s plant-based menu for the whole family
Riki Goldstein
Dinner Diaries
Dinner Diaries: The Very Varied Chicken Dinner 
Raizy Gerwitz shows us how to serve up chicken but keep it interesting
Riki Goldstein
From Across The Oceans
Donny Morris, 19, Teaneck
“With that chein and smile, by taking three seconds to say good morning, he made an impact that was remembered years later”
Gedalia Guttentag
From Across The Oceans
Yosef Amram Tauber, 19, Monsey
“To lose such a talmid on Lag B’omer — how can we understand this?”
Yochonon Donn
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Remember Me: Chapter 9
How long will we be trapped here, anyway? What if the men don’t come back for days? Will we starve?
Rochel Samet
Jr. Serial
Remember Me: Chapter 8
Except that… it doesn’t look like the Abba I know. It’s him, but without a beard. And without a yarmulke
Rochel Samet
Song at Sunrise
Awake and Aware
This brachah is the grand finale of the birchos hashachar
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
Song at Sunrise
Energy Source
To gain energy, go to the right source
Rebbetzin Shira Smiles
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
Riki Goldstein
Behind the Book
Abandoned
M. Kenan shows her versatility as an author, crossing cultural worlds with integrity while remaining in the modern age
Riki Goldstein
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