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By Morris Esquenazi I have a friend who is everything I can ask for. He shares because he knows how it feels to want something and not get it. He is also a good influence. He is well behaved. My friend has a great quality of honesty. He is always nice even when we disagree. Today, most…
By Amanda Heskiel In color war, Sarah was the general. We split up the team. We needed to make songs and then to sing as a team. Esther was chosen to write the songs. She thought that Rachel was much better in writing songs. Esther gave that job to Rachel. When Rachel finished writing it, she gave…
By Rebecca Sardar It was the summer of 2012. We had color war in camp. I was chosen to be the captain of my team. I was so happy and I, maybe, was too excited. I put myself in the color war dance, play, games and everything else. I was so carried away that I was selfish…
By Lori Safdieh I told my parents I will start wearing skirts every day. I did it for two weeks. Then I started wearing pants again. Now, when I get dressed in the morning I try to remember to put on a skirt.
By Jack Guindi A good friend means someone who cares for you. An example is if you are down and your friend helps you back up. A bad friend will not help you back up. A good friend is unselfish. For example, he asks you, “What game do you want to play?” If he is a bad…
By Sarine Zafrani Let’s say you like a different style of clothing than your friend. A good friend won’t push you to pick her style. This story was published in the Bar Mitzvah Magazine
By Abie Nahamias When someone’s business goes down, he shouldn’t just say he failed and go into a new business. He should never give up and keep trying. Also, learn from the failure. The way the business failed he should never let that happen again to his business. Recently, when I was playing a basketball…
By Joyce Kassin Everyone at some point fails. Most people look at a failure as a very bad thing. But, you don’t have to. When someone fails, that could be your motivation to reach your goal and do better even if you don’t get it the first time or even the fifth time. Never give…
By Amanda Heskiel Sarah is 12 years old. She knows how to swim but she is afraid to dive. One day, she had a pool party with all her friends. They were all diving and doing all tricks and she was in the shallow. She was waiting for them to finish because she didn’t want…
By Naomi Haser There was a competition of who can write the best song for the play. Rebecca had a great song but you had to perform it. She was too shy and asked her friend if she wanted to sing it for her. Her friend said, “Why should I sing it? You should sing…
By Victor Fteha Perseverance can prove useful during childhood in several ways. For example, I once received an unusual grade in Jewish History. It was the lowest mark I got my whole life. Instead of pondering about it uselessly, I pledged upon myself that I would study hard for my upcoming tests particularly Jewish History,…
By Vivian Elias A girl was very scared of many things. The one fear that held her back was her fear of making new friends. When she moved to a new school, she lost her old friends and was too scared to make new ones. She was scared to be rejected. They wanted to be…
By Sari Alfaks Fear can prevent you from reaching your life goals and dreams. If it’s your dream to be a lawyer, you should push yourself to get there and enjoy doing it. If you have a job interview and you get very nervous about it, you won’t succeed. An opportunity like this comes once…
By Stephanie Franco When I tried to commit to do well in 3rd grade, I kept failing. But, I kept on trying and trying till my grades went up and today I got in to honor rolls. I am glad that I didn’t let this experience of failing shut me down. I succeeded and got…
Pamela Franco I have a goal to do well in school. There was big test that I studied so hard for. When I got it back I saw that I didn’t do as well as I thought I would. The next time I had a big test I just wanted to give up. My…
By Esther Kishk “I want the lead role,” I shouted. “I really want to be the lead in our school play. I will be amazing in the spotlight.” “I think that Leah will be amazing in the spotlight,” Barbara stated. “No, I want to be the lead. I am a really good singer,” I moaned. “Even…
By Vivian Elias My friends and I were working on our science project on the solar system. I was in charge even though I didn’t want to. I just wanted to get the credit. But, my friend was a better leader and she was better at making everything work out fine but I wouldn’t let her…
By Rachel Russo This past year, when we were assigned a science project, I was given a group of girls that had all different talents. One person knew how to draw, one person knew how to type, one person knew how to sculpt, and one person was very organized. Since everyone knew how to do something…
By Judy Shalam There was one girl, named Rebecca, who wasn’t as popular as Elaine. She had to work with Elaine and the other 2 girls on a project. Rebecca is, secretly, the best drawer you would ever see. She went to Elaine and said that she has an idea to draw on Tri board….
By Alison Salman Once, there was a girl named Melanie who wanted to do a science project. She had a friend, named Fortune, who wasn’t so smart. And a friend, named Raquel, who was extremely smart but was less friends with her. She decided to do it with Raquel. Melanie was a smart girl but…
By Morris Lati When you are playing basketball, there are different positions. You always work as a team. There is a shooter, a rebounder and a defender. When you work as a team, you have a bigger chance of winning. The defender blocks the ball; the rebounder could get the rebound and pass it to the…
By Melanie Baum Vivian was having color war in her camp. She was captain to team one. She chose all her friends for the committee. They sat down and started to work. Vivian and her best friends would get all the good jobs. They would dance and sing. She gave her other friends the jobs of…
By Raquel Botton Social media affects quality of true friendship. But how? One time, I decided to go on Instagram. I saw one of my friends posted a picture with a few of my other friends. When I saw that picture, it made me jealous. I decided not to go on Instagram anymore because I realized…
By Ezra Faks You know someone is a good friend if he takes time to help you. For example, if you are not so good in football and your friend takes time to help you. David and his best friend Yosef love football. David isn’t so good in it. Yosef comes to David’s house and they…
By Joey Hamui A good friend wouldn’t use you for all the cool things you have in your house. They will come over because they like you. You could fight but you will always get back to being friends again. This story was published in the Bar Mitzvah Magazine
By Jack Shalom A good friend is someone who will stick up for you when you have a problem. If someone is embarrassed because he has a pimple on his face, a good friend won’t laugh and make fun of him. He will stick up for him and be on his side. A bad friend will…
By Stephanie Franco It is important to know who is a true friend and who isn’t. The feeling of having a true friend is comforting. Your real friend should respect you and accept you for who you are, not what you have or wear. On the other hand, a fake friend would judge you for what…
By Lilly Tawil A bad friend is a person that if you failed and she got 100, she pushes it into to you. This story was published in the Bar Mitzvah Magazine
By Raquel Dayan A good friend lets you be who you are. Vivian told Ruthy that she didn’t like her style. She said she hates the shirt Ruthy was wearing. Ruthy said that Vivian should keep it to herself because Ruthy really liked the outfit she was wearing. Ruthy agreed and, after looking at it, she ended…
By Jack Jemal People choose friends that take advantage of them because they want money, toys, to be in a big house, be popular and try to be cool. The sign of a good friend is if you get in a fight with someone and he is on your side. Also, if he includes you in everything…
By Raymond Tawil One day when I was in recess, we were trying to make the teams. We had a really hard time trying to decide what the teams were going to be. Then we decided to make captains but I thought it wasn’t right because the last person who was left to pick would be the…
By Henry Tawil When you win a game or a raffle a good friend would cheer you on and be happy for you. A bad friend would be angry and scream at you, “It’s not fair. I deserve to win!”
By Mimi Sasson Last year, I didn’t understand math. My math teacher gave me a website to go on and practice some math facts. I only did it once a week because I was too lazy to do it everyday. I would always fail my math test and not care so much about it. But, this year…
By Jacqueline Sasson Teamwork: when everyone works together you can achieve more. Let’s say you are making your friend a surprise party. You want to be in charge, take all responsibility. Only one problem. You are not an artist. Don’t let your ego take over. You don’t want to be and do something you aren’t good at….
By Fortune Saideh You want to hang out with your friend on Sunday. She wants to go to a pizza store and you want to go to the candy store. So, not to fight you will just go her way. That is a bad friend. You shouldn’t be friends with a friend like that, you should…
By Shirley Massre Three weeks ago my teacher told is we had a science project to do. My teacher said my group is Jacqueline, Emily and Raquel. First we argued on what project we should so. Then, Raquel thought of doing something with magnets. Jacqueline, Emily and I thought that was a great idea and would get…
By Jenny Levy A good friend is someone who sticks up for you. I was walking in the hallway with my friend, Jill. We saw one of our other friends, Kim, being yelled at by another girl in our grade, Ruby. Ruby was screaming like crazy. We both walked up to her and told her nicely to…
By Lauren Laniado My friend and I were working on a science project. We wanted to make sure everyone had a job to do. Every person would do what they are good at. One person would do writing, one person would draw, and one person would get the answers. When we brought the project to school the…
By Matilda Kassab One day, I went to school and I told my friend, Lola that I got a bad mark on my test. I told her not to tell anyone. Then, in lunch everyone knew that I got a bad mark and I was really mad. I only told Lola. I went up to Lola and…
By Paulette Jacobowitz When someone is in charge of the play, she thinks that since she is popular, she can give jobs to people who are not even good for the job. The person in charge decided that she will give them jobs based on what they are good at. That would be a good teamwork. This…