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Esther Kurtz
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Esther Kurtz
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Esther Kurtz
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Esther Kurtz
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
The boys would go home for Pesach and Succos, and the place lost its energy; the town became a shadow of itself
Rivka Streicher
My Yeshivah: Shavuos 5782
M y potatoes had eyes. I held up two of them to the light as if I wasn’t sure they were there — they were. Not that I couldn’t pluck them out but for a moment I debated whether to get dressed leave the house and get new ones. The phone rang. I reached for
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Viral Growth
Two years later, those Covid-inspired kabbalos and resolutions are still keeping us going. Eight personal accounts
Esty Heller
Viral Growth
Two years later, those Covid-inspired kabbalos and resolutions are still keeping us going. Eight personal accounts
Eytan Kobre
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
diary
I’m continuously astonished by how much less of a big deal this switch has been than I thought it would be
Aliza Feder
Flashback
M y potatoes had eyes. I held up two of them to the light as if I wasn’t sure they were there — they were. Not that I couldn’t pluck them out but for a moment I debated whether to get dressed leave the house and get new ones. The phone rang. I reached for
Bassi Gruen
Flashback
M y potatoes had eyes. I held up two of them to the light as if I wasn’t sure they were there — they were. Not that I couldn’t pluck them out but for a moment I debated whether to get dressed leave the house and get new ones. The phone rang. I reached for
Faigy Peritzman
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“Well, you didn’t nix it off the bat, so that means you’re considering it, and I’m wondering why. You’d usually just laugh”,Facets: Chapter 8,“Well, you didn’t nix it off the bat, so that means you’re considering it, and I’m wondering why. You’d usually just laugh”

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What was I supposed to tell the kid? I totally heard where he was coming from. He just lost himself, happens to us all, albeit sans fists,Facets: Chapter 7,What was I supposed to tell the kid? I totally heard where he was coming from. He just lost himself, happens to us all, albeit sans fists

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“I’m not making him into a chesed case. Besides, no kid wants to be told to become friends with someone. And then, if he’d find out….”,Facets: Chapter 6,“I’m not making him into a chesed case. Besides, no kid wants to be told to become friends with someone. And then, if he’d find out….”

By Esther Kurtz

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“You’re right, I’m going to make a friend, now stop talking about it before I cut off my nose to spite my chin”,Facets: Chapter 5,“You’re right, I’m going to make a friend, now stop talking about it before I cut off my nose to spite my chin”

By Esther Kurtz

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I thought about swapping my bathrobe for clothes, but it’s Shifra. I’m not even going to brush the crumbs off my counter,Facets: Chapter 4,I thought about swapping my bathrobe for clothes, but it’s Shifra. I’m not even going to brush the crumbs off my counter

By Esther Kurtz

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“That’s what custom jewelry is about,” I said. Fiancé leaned back in his seat, coffee in hand, let the women go at it,Facets: Chapter 2,“That’s what custom jewelry is about,” I said. Fiancé leaned back in his seat, coffee in hand, let the women go at it

By Esther Kurtz