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Riki Goldstein
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Fire Fighters
A small flicker, a smoldering ember. If left unchecked, it can become a raging inferno, consuming everything in its path. Unless someone stands tall and douses the flames. Four tales of courage
Fire Fighters
A flame left unchecked can become a raging inferno, consuming everything in its path. Unless someone stands tall and douses the flames. Four tales of courage
Devorah Grant
Game On!
Think beyond your fridge. Many doors, dishwashers, or other household items have a large magnetic surface
Chanie Nayman
Game On!
This month, we’re rallying around all things wood, namely, popsicle sticks, to bring the trees indoors
Chanie Nayman
Earth to Zalmi
I’ll be sitting on a spaceship for five days until I reach Boruch’s planet
Faigy Gut
By the Letter
    Tzvi pushes out his chair. “You’re going to win anyway, Mommy, why should I play?” Everyone settles around as I plunk the wooden box on the table and pull out the game board. Clink. Clunk. The cream rectangles with numbers one to thirteen in red, yellow, blue,  and black spill out like white chocolate squares.
Mindel Kassorla and Mindel Kassorla and Cindy Landesman
By the Letter
Life is a cycle — and a spiral that pushes us higher
Cindy Landesman and Mindel Kassorla
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