By Charlie Chera Chaim’s Bar Mitzvah was in two days. But, he didn’t know how to read the Torah. He went to his best friend Yaakov. “Yaakov, can you help me with taamim?” Yaakov said, “Sorry, I can’t.” Chaim was disappointed. He went to this boy, named Meir. Chaim didn’t like Meir because he wasn’t…
By Michelle Saka One day, Jacqueline was getting bullied a lot. When Shelly was eating her snack she suddenly paused and said, “Stop.” Shelly walked down the street with Jacqueline. As they were walking Jacqueline said, “Boy am I hungry.” “Well, here, I have some money,” said Shelly. “Let’s go to the ice cream truck, its right…
By Esther Maleh One day, I was playing in recess. Then I fell and I couldn’t get up. No one was around me. Someone saw me and she ran to me. She asked me if I was ok. She also took me up to the nurse from recess. That’s called a good friend. Someone is showing off…
By Daniel Tawil Jacob wanted snack from Liam. Jacob became friendly with Liam, so he can have snack. Liam gave snack to Jacob and Jacob was nice to Liam. The next day Jacob was organizing a league. Liam came over thinking, he made Jacob his friend, and asked Jacob if he could play. Jacob said to Liam,…
By Nissim Khafif A good friend is someone who cares about you. He wants you to come over. He is loyal and honest. A bad friend is someone who hurts you; someone who is a sketch friend. He only wants your answers for the test but, right after the test, doesn’t even talk to you. This story…
By Cerise Rishty Arielle had money to buy lunch. Mary forgot her money at home. Arielle had extra money left over. Mary went up to her and asked her if she could give her some money, so she could buy lunch. Arielle said, “Sure.” The next day Arielle left her money at home. But, Mary remembered…
By Vico Mizrahi I like a friend who accepts me for who I am. I don’t want a friend who wants me to be someone I am not. A real friend is someone who likes you for who you are. When someone takes advantage of people, in the end of the day he feels bad. He…
By Marc Hazan The sign of a good friend is when a boy sees you in hard times and you’re down, he confronts you and is there for you no matter what happens. That is a good friend. For example there were a few boys playing football during recess. And there was a boy named, Sammy, sitting…
By Isaac Alfaks If my friend was getting bullied from popular kids, I would stick up for him and would make sure he wasn’t bullied or else I would bully them. I will never let him be picked on. Also, if we are playing sports and my friend is hurt, I will help him and I will…
By Evelyn Tebele A good friend is a friend who is always there for you. Someone I know was being teased by a group of mean girls. She needed someone to be there for her. Her friend stood up for her and told them to stop being mean to her. Even though the girl was very…
By Jake Bivas My friend asked me for review sheets a day before an important test. But, I also needed it. He kept on complimenting me and saying that I am so nice. The next day, at recess, I asked him if I could play basketball with him. He didn’t let me. He didn’t pay back….
By Estelle Obnona One upon a time there were two girls, Nina and Louisa. Louisa always thought she was cool and popular. So every day she bragged about her iphone, ipod, ipad and apple tv. She was the most popular girl in the 6th grade. Nina was not so cool and pretty. One day, the 6th grade…
By Jack Ashkenazi People have friends who take advantage because kids want to be in a group of popular kids and use their rich gadgets. A sign of a good friend is if they keep your secrets and don’t use you. A sign of a bad friend is when they use you if you’re rich or they…
By Sarah Cohen A good friend never tells you to change. If you are wearing something you really like and your friend tells you to change because she doesn’t like your outfit, that’s not a good friend. A good friend knows how you feel even if you don’t say anything. When you take advantage of someone,…
By Jack H. Dweck A sign of a good friend is a friend who helps you when you are not feeling good. My friend tried to cheer me up when I got a bad mark. Also, a good friend is someone who is not mad at me if I play badly. A sign of a bad…
By Shirley Sardar One day, I was walking in the hallway when my friend came up to me and said, “Can you help me find my jacket?” I said, “Ok, I’ll help you.” We went into the last class she was in and it was locked. We had to go downstairs and get the key. When…
By Isaac Gindi A sign of a good friend is someone who plays with you and doesn’t leave you out. One time, my friend came over to my house to play football and we had a good time. At school we played football in passes and I fell. He helped me up. I had little cuts so…
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 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 Abie Nahamias Someone who is a bad friend might only like you for what you have. And if you get into a fight and you re afraid, your friend will stick up for you. He will be happy for you when you accomplish what you set to accomplish, like not getting jealous.
By Jack R. Dweck A good friend likes you for who you are. Not if you’re rich or not. Let’s say you are rich and you friend likes you because your father owns the Knicks. But, if you are not rich and you don’t own anything than they should like you for who you are.
By Ikey Dayan Why do people choose a friend who may take advantage of them? People do that because they want to be popular and they want friends. They also do that because they think that person is cool. So, if they are friends with the cool kids they will be cool. What is a sign of…
By Yakov Elias Michael was at Robert’s house. Michael used his laptop, enjoyed comfortable couches ate good food. In school, when they were making basketball teams, the other captain didn’t pick Robert and Michael did the same. They didn’t pick him because Robert wasn’t a good player. Robert went to sit on a bench and started crying….
By Madalyn Zalta A good friend is someone who you can trust, doesn’t use you. If your friend always asks you for homework every night, and when you need homework she is not there, that’s a sign of a friend using you. You shouldn’t be friends with someone who does that. If you take advantage of someone,…
By Rebecca Greenstein When you take advantage of someone you don’t have a real friend. You might feel cool for having a rich and the most popular girl as a friend. But, to everyone else, you are not really cool. You are using someone. When everyone finds out that you used her, you are not going…
By Jack Katach A bad friend is someone who is using you and laughs at you with other people, – just like Lavan used Eliezer for the gold and wanted to kill him. If a popular kid wanted to be friends with a different kid but not for friendship, just to take money from him, he would…
By Yosef Ftiha There was once a boy named Michael who was the smartest boy in the grade. He got 100s on his test. One day, a boy in his class named Benny heard that Michael got 100s on his Mishna, Navi and Chumash tests. Benny had a Mishna test coming up. Everybody knew that Benny was…
By Paula Guindi I study with my friend and I ask her, can I have some candy. she answers no. I give her a big piece from my candy but when I ask to get a piece from her candy, she gives me a crumb. That’s a bad friend.