Jr. Tales
“Want to have an adventure?” I stopped. What was he talking about? Grabbing my hand, he whispered, “Let’s go. Fast! Before they turn off the lights!”
Jr. Tales
My brothers had great self-esteem, while I was always struggling to find a reason to feel good about myself
Story Time
“Open the gates!” the king screamed at the Jewish men guarding the entrance to the city. “I am your king!”
Win or Lose
“This is hard,” Yitzy muttered. “Way too hard. I’m just a kid. Kids don’t give up Ball-Bloops to learn Mishnayos. It’s impossible”
True Account
I thought about Shlomo and this story often as my life turned over, as my world ended
Family Matters
Writing is a way to feel some small sense of control over our lives in those circumstances. When I wrote in my journal, worked on a memoir, and then published my novel, Griefwriti ...
Yardsticks
The kallah and her mother exchanged quick looks. It was so fleeting I nearly missed it — the mother’s panicky shake of the head, the girl’s pleading eyes
