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I Want One, Too
Raizy Friedman
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I Hear You
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Clean Slate
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Rochel Samet
Once upon a Story
Wholes and Holes
Maybe they were just dehydrated — they should go drink some of Mommy’s lemonade and they would stop seeing things 
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Portrait of a Family: Chapter 32    
“Hmm?” Tamar replied, closing her binder and looking up to see who was calling her name. Oh, Michal
Malka Grunhaus
Portrait of a Family
Portrait of a Family: Chapter 28 
Even with all the arguing, she thought, the table felt so… friendly. They could say whatever they wanted; the warmth, the love, was still there
Malka Grunhaus
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Chapter 8: In Control 
“I want to help you, Mendy,” I said. “But this isn’t the best place for this conversation”
Bayla Hersher
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Chapter 7: Crisis Management  
Without waiting for me to ask a single question, everything that led up to Chesky’s expulsion came tumbling out
Bayla Hersher
By the Letter
Shin-Tav
I see my kids staring out of the window. The longing in their eyes hurts. I look away   What do I hear? You must be joking. Why don’t you ask what I see? I can tell you what I see. I see a line of people outside the grocery store stretching down the block.
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By the Letter
Kuf-Reish  
Life is a cycle — and a spiral that pushes us higher
Cindy Landesman and Mindel Kassorla
In the Arms of Rabi Shimon
In The Arms of Rabi Shimon
I see my kids staring out of the window. The longing in their eyes hurts. I look away   What do I hear? You must be joking. Why don’t you ask what I see? I can tell you what I see. I see a line of people outside the grocery store stretching down the block.
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In the Arms of Rabi Shimon
We're Still Holding On
We’re holding on, Tatteh. Listen to the hespedim, listen to the anguished voices as they praise You
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