By Tanya Bukai Sally was the most popular girl in school. She was always in the center of attention and everyone looked up to her. One day Mary, who was not very popular, came in with a beautiful golden set of jewelry. It included a bracelet, watch, ring and a necklace. When everyone saw it, they ran…
By Elena Betesh If you are new in town and you are not comfortable, a good friend would walk up to you and say, “Hi” or, “Do you need help?” That’s a good friend. Sometimes, you think that you have a good friend but then you hear them talking about you behind your back and, even…
By Nathan Botton There is someone in the grade who is rich. He has a big house and lots of fun video games. There is another boy who is not rich and does not have any video games. The boy wanted to be the rich boy’s friend just so he could go to the house and play…
By Jack Mosseri One day, Yitzchak had a huge party. Yosef didn’t get invited. Yosef asked Yitzchak, “Can I come to your birthday party?” Yitzchak said, “Yes.” The day of Yitzchak’s birthday everyone said, “Yosef, why are you here? You weren’t invited.” “No,” said Yosef. “Yitzchak invited me.” All of Yitzchak’s friends asked Yitzchak, “Why did you…
By Victor Fteha One of my friends is Joshua. Joshua has all the qualities of a good friend, from sharing to honesty. When we play Xbox in his house, he lets me choose if we should play NHL or not. Another friend, Morris, teaches me how to play basketball. I’ve improved from his advice. Teddy lets…
By Steven Gammal Picture this, one day, you and your friend are playing basketball. Your friend asks you, “Are you excited for the trip tomorrow?” You say, “Yeah, I have been looking forward to this trip for months.” Then your friends ask you, “Are we sitting together in the bus?” And you say, “Definitely.” The next…
By Elliot Serouya Jack was a very smart kid and Morris wasn’t so smart. Morris was trying to be friends with Jack at lunch time. They became friends and Morris asked Jack is he could help him study for the Chumash test. Jack said yes. So they went to Jack’s house to study after school. Jack was…
By Edgar Chkalo A bad friend is someone who is selfish, someone who talks about himself. Beware of a friend who likes only you because he just wants to use you for what you have. When he gets what he wants from you, he will start hating you. That’s what I think about how to choose a…
By Shira Frenkel “Hi, my parents are going away can I stay with you for today?” Atara just asked me if she could stay at my house. She is the most popular girl in school. “Yeah, but I’ll need to ask my mother,” I said in excitement. I watched Atara go back to her popular group….
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 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 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 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 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 Alyn Kbabia A bad friend is someone who would spread rumors about you. If your friend rejects you, that’s not the right friend for you.
By Jennifer Benzaken One day, my friend Genelle invited me over to her house. When I went there, she said so many nice things about me. She asked me for money so we can buy something. I gave her a $10 bill. I had $5 left, but I didn’t care because she was my friend. When…