Jolly Solly: A Game of Musical Chess

R. Atkins

Fishel fished out the book of instructions, and Faivish tried to pretend he understood what it was talking about, but it was no good

The Tzaddik of Tunisia: Chapter 2

Y. Bromberg

For two weeks Ali trudged slowly to work early each morning and returned with his head down. And then one day, something extraordinary occurred

Crisscross: Chapter 23

Tovy Mann

No dirty dishes in the sink. That means that Ima planned to leave the house early. No reason to worry that something must have happened

Teen Fiction: Moving On

Malky Cope

If I had known what was in store for our relationship, I might not have counted down the days to her wedding with such eagerness

Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 9

Ariella Schiller

I can’t seem to stop. “It’s always Simchi this and Simchi that. Well, I’m sick of it. Sick of it!”

Ancient Medical Secrets of the Cairo Genizah

Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod

Thanks to medieval Egyptian packrats and one modern Israeli researcher, we’re tapping in to ancient medical secrets

Yosef Chaim’s Secret Formula

Shira Yehudit Djalilmand

“I keep asking Hashem to take away my freckles and He hasn’t done it yet. Maybe I could find a remedy in that book!”

The Tzaddik of Tunisia: Chapter 1

Y. Bromberg

“I’m sorry to disturb you,” the tzaddik repeated over the sound of the fierce storm. “I’m searching for a lamp”

Crisscross: Chapter 22

Tovy Mann

Suddenly it seems there are secrets in my house, something I never noticed before. I wonder what could be so important that Abba doesn’t want me to hear

Teen Fiction: Flexible Friendship

Bassy Goldhirsch

The decision is mine: to go to camp and enjoy myself, or stay in the city, in the sweltering heat, to study with a tutor

Bricks and Ladders: Chapter 8

Ariella Schiller

And yet here I am, expected to walk away from it all, expected to leave with grace and poise and barely a “Rachel Ahuva was here” scrawl

Go for the Gold

Malky Lowinger

Everyone’s a winner at the International Chidon Sefer Hamitzvos

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