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Shooting Stars: Chapter 2
Shira Gold
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Shooting Stars: Chapter 1
Shira Gold
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Shooting Stars: Chapter 7
Shira Gold
Personal Accounts
Close Encounters
I’m all alone.  Alone in this cramped hallway.  Although throngs of girls surround me, I’m alone.   Alone in my thoughts.  Alone in my misery.  There are shouts, exclamations of surprise.  Of course — play parts!  We waited for this moment with bated breath.  And the lists are finally being posted.  I direct a quick glance
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Personal Accounts
The Year of the Song
This year, this niggun was an anthem because we showed it. He’s always there for us, but this year, we were there for Him too.
Yisroel Besser
Know This
Having a Preemie 
I wasn’t ready to have this baby, but I would have to rise to the occasion
Shoshana Gross
Know This
Windfall 
I spent my childhood and young adulthood scrimping and saving. But then, everything changed
Shoshana Gross
Sirens at Ne'ilah
Settling Unfinished Scores
A half century after the guns fell silent over Sinai and the Golan, revisiting the climactic scenes on the front and those inside the heart
Binyamin Rose
Sirens at Ne'ilah
Tears and Tehillim
As sirens wailed, soldiers mobilized, and an entire nation was gripped by fear, how did the Torah world’s leaders respond?
Meir Gold and Yair Stern
Medical Mysteries
When the Cure's the Cause
All the tests came back clear—but something was very wrong
Faigy Peritzman
Medical Mysteries
Spot It
What was behind my son’s attacks of agonizing pain?
Faigy Peritzman
Pantry Makes Perfect
Corned Beef Topped Chicken
Something not too complex, yet flavorful enough to be special
Faigy Grossmann
Pantry Makes Perfect
Hasselback Salmon with Creamed Spinach
This fish dish takes just a few minutes to prepare — definitely appreciated when preparing so many Yom Tov dishes
Faigy Grossmann
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Shooting Stars: Chapter 2

“I don’t want her going through something like this. It hurts me too much”

By Shira Gold

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Shooting Stars: Chapter 1

The monsters are here again. And they’re still not letting go. Why, oh why, did I come to school today?

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Shooting Stars: Chapter 7

Suddenly, crowds of onlookers surround me, lifting me up on their shoulders.  What’s going on? 

By Shira Gold