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 Ruth Tawil If you are going to buy shoes and you chose a pair that you love, you’re ready to buy them until you hesitate because you think that your friends might not like them or they will make fun of you. Then, you put the shoes back and you leave the store empty handed….
By Celia Cohen There are many different situations in which people are too fearful. One example is a person who wants to grow up to become a scientist or have an academic career but they won’t follow their dreams because they are afraid that someone will make fun of them and call them a nerd or a…
By Albert Sitt It is very important to identify your hidden talent. When you are picking people for your team, don’t just pick your friends. Pick people who you think would give you the best chance of winning. It is also very important to thank people behind the scenes. When you do this, they will want to…
By Linda Gammal In the beginning of the year, I forgot a lot about keriah and how to read it. When I was finally in keriah class, I was called on and I froze. The teacher has asked me to read. I started at a slow pace and then I got faster and faster. I realized that…
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…
By Eddie Halwani We were playing a game and there was a boy who was dribbling. He was confusing everyone. Then he ran and scored. This is a good talent because he can confuse anyone and get past everyone easily. If you are not a good dribbler, don’t try to do a great dribbling move because it’s…
By Shirley Haber One time, I said that I would pray to Hashem every single weekend. I tried but my Yetzer Hara always pulled me back. So, one weekend I woke up early and I prayed to Hashem and I felt so good. Now, every single weekend I do it. I feel so proud of myself. I…
By Frieda Haber Our teacher announced that we were going to have a school play. Everyone was so excited. I wanted the main part. I knew I was going to get the main part. I’d make sure of it. The next day was the auditions. I was horrible, but I convinced our teacher to give me…
By Talya Grego Two weeks ago my English teacher told the whole class to make a play for the whole school to see. My teacher said, “We are gong to be divided into groups.” She picked me, Emily, Suzy and Alison. My teacher said, “One person is in charge.” So, I said, “Ok guys, I am in…
By Viviane Farca One day a 5th grade class was starting to prepare for the Bridge competition, where they would have to build a bridge and see which one can hold the most weight. The teacher was making groups and one of them was Fortune, Sarah, Allison and Lauren. Each person had a job in the group….
By Ikey Dweck Social media is like a death trap. People think that people like them on Instagram or Facebook. This isn’t true. These people like the pictures and things you put on the internet. If your whole class has an iphone or ipad, don’t just get one to fit in because they won’t be your friends…
By Norean Chakalo Gail was walking in the hall. Lauren came over to her and asked: “Want to be friends?” Gail said, “Sure.” Lauren was a little mean to people but Gail didn’t know that. She is sweet and smart, kind to others. They became friends. Gail helped Lauren with homework every day and took her to…
By Esther Chabbott There was a girl named Sophia. She had 2 friends, Samantha and Victoria. Sophia’s dad got her real gold “best friends forever” necklaces. She walked into school wearing one of them. Renee and Molly came up to her and were trying on her other 2 necklaces that she had. So, they hung out with…
By Lois Betesh A good friend is a friend who is trustworthy. One day, Jacqueline told her friend Michelle a big secret. The secret was that she was having a party but her mom let her invite only 10 girls. Jacqueline made sure to tell Michelle not to tell anyone because she didn’t want to make anyone…
By Evelyn Antebi Hanukkah was coming. My classmates and I decided to make a play about Hanukkah to perform to the whole 7th grade. We were picking jobs to do for the play. I decided that I wanted to design all the costumes. When I got home I noticed that I didn’t know what I was doing….
By Danielle Tuachi When you see that someone popular has something that you want just because they have it will you get it? Put yourself in their shoes. When they most popular person in your class gets that popular item and you don’t even like it. you will go home and beg your parents for it. Then…
By Jeanette Tebele When I had a science project with my friend Pamela, we had to make a copy of an animal or a plant cell. Pamela gave us the idea to do an animal cell. First, we went to her house and were looking for all foods to use for it because we were making it…
By Eric Shlomo An example of a bad friend is if you have plans with your friend and he goes to his other friends instead, or if you fall and he starts laughing at you.
By Joseph Hirsch Sign of a good friend is when two friends are fighting and a day later it’s over. A bad friend would keep trying to start up with you and be mean to you.
By Yaakov Grunsfeld Social media kids all over the world are using Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Kids are following and friending random people to look popular. It might look cool to pull a prank or act mischievously to fit it. When a kid feels he ranks low, he would want to do something silly and funny to…
By Rosie Benmashiah You are afraid to take your test. You studied so hard. Your mother and teacher are confident that you are going to succeed. But, when you are about to take the test, you start to shake. You’re nervous and you start to write different answers that don’t connect to the questions. This fear…
By Moshe Benhamu When I got home one day, I went on Facebook. I saw that people began to follow people who surfed. I went online to get a picture of a kid surfing. I posted it in Facebook and I got more followers. Social media strips our individual qualities. If you like music and people don’t,…
By Mark Barsano A sign of a good friend is a person who cares and motivates you. One time at the basketball game, there was one good player and one bad player. The good player said to the bad player, “Keep trying. I think you are a great player, even though people think you are…
By Eileen Franco “Jennifer,” Sarah screamed from across the room. “I love your jacket. It is so cool.” “Thanks. It’s new,” Jennifer answered. “It’s awesome. So, you know my birthday is coming up, right.” “Really?” “Yeah. So what are you going to get me?” Sarah said excitedly. “Well, what do you want?” “That jacket would be nice,”…
By Eli Nahamias When we play football, all of the good players get the ball. All the kids that are not so good don’t get the ball a lot. All the kids that don’t get the ball always get upset, because they don’t get the ball. Except, sometimes we let all the kids get the ball. We…