Bar Mitzvah Magazine 2011

Age of maturity 

The best tools for parents 

t o develop their child’s 

character as they enter the 

A g e o f B a r / B at M i t z va h 

Inspirational 

stories contest 

best stories get 

published and 

kids receive 

great prizes 

Anti 

bullying 

slogans 

When you 

witness 

bullying 

kids’ ideas 

how to stop 

it on the spot 

Parenting 

Getting your kids 

to listen to you 

understand you 

positive 

peer 

pressure 

40 pages 

ad-free 

develop kids’ 

social skills 

Pages 24-64 

Great 

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Content: 

Accept the Difference 

Magazine created by kids and teens 

Kids’ stories on bullying in the lunchroom.......................26 

Kids’s stories about bullying at recess...............................32 

Kids helping kids who are teased for being different ......42 

Kids’ strategies to include weak players in the game.......46 

Everyone is invited to a party except for your friend.......50 

School project: nobody counts your friend’s opinion ....54 

Everyone is invited to his house except for your friend.......56 

How to hide your friend’s low mark from others............58 

Saving your friend from embarrassment ........................60 

The popular kids include the left out kids........................62 

Torah view on Bullying/Meaningful Bar-Bat Mitzvah.......64 

Top Essay Contestants List (by shul).............................40 

Winners: Boys’ photos...........53 Girls’ Photos ............45 

You are not invited! 

Good Manners Contest (1st-3rd grades).........................29 

Parents vote on next topic/Vote for best slogans.................64 

How to enhance your communication skills with your kids?....24 

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Getting your kids to listen to you 

to understand you 

Enhance communication with your child 

through stories with moral lessons, written by kids: 

Example of Bad Behavior The usual response Better response 

Kid eating too much junk food 

Eating junk food is unhealthy. 

(The kids can’t relate to it) 

Eating junk food can affect 

your appearance 

It’s important to give kids reason they could relate to. 

Don’t lecture him 

after he misbehaves 

Your older child is fighting with a 

younger sibling. Your immediate 

response: Lecturing why fighting 

is wrong. This is not the best way. 

Your child is not interested in hearing 

that it’s his fault and he will 

blame his younger sibling for starting 

up with him. The better way is: 

let it go for now. Another day, when 

he is calm, tell him an inspirational 

story with the moral of the story being 

the importance of getting along 

with a younger sibling. 

Sometimes parents 

misinterpret their child’s 

behavior. A part of good 

communication is to 

get to his level and 

understand his motives. 

Try to identify your child’s bad 

habit and use these stories to inspire 

him to improve. But, don’t expect 

immediate results. Repetition of the 

positive message in a fun way will 

bring the change you expect. 

Kids’ positive influence 

The stories in the magazine focus 

on kids’ writing on practical topics. 

The kids give convincing reasons 

that show when a character in the 

story makes the right choice, he 

benefits from it. When he makes 

the wrong choice, he loses. 

Figure out your child 

The stories are a collection of kids’ 

writings that show a variety of motives 

for the same behavior. When 

you read the stories with your child, 

try to figure out what are the reasons 

and motives behind his behavior. 

Vote on the stories together with your 

child. It’ll give you a better understanding 

as to what his interests are. 

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practical topics written by kids 

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The stories give parents the tools to teach their children how to make the right decision, 

not because they fear you but rather because they realize it’s the right thing to do. 


Focus 

Loyalty 

Patience 

Courage 

Fairness 

Honesty 

Tolerance 

Creativity 

Flexibility 

Reliability 

Forgiveness 

Cooperation 

Organization 

Self Discipline 

Positive Attitude 

E d d i e , R a l p h , D a v i d & J a c k S i t t E d i t i o n

k i d s ’ s to r i e s o n b u l ly i n g 

i n t h e l u n c h r o o m 

By: Daniel Eis 

Yeshivah Chaim Berlin 

Yochanan sat down. He had a delicious 

Yochanan exclaimed. “Who said 

they are true? Besides, you are so 

cruel to him. Give him a chance!” 

lunch; a cream cheese sand- 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

wich with tomatoes 

and 

a juice box. 

“Ah,” he said, 

“This is really 

good!” “Hey, 

Yo c h a n a n ! ” 

Avi came calling 

from the 

door, “May 

I join you?” 

“Sure!” Yochanan 

said, 

”Thanks a ton, 

Yo c h a n a n ! ” 

“Why not?” scarred 

for life 

Avi beamed. 

Five minutes 

later, the least by: M.d.y. students 

popular kid in class came stomping 

into the lunch room. His name 

By: Joy Laniado 

Magen David Yeshivah 

was Shlomo. Most kids thought he 

I once saw the ‘popular kids’ poking 

was weird; there were tons of rumors 

about him. “Uh, Yochanan,” 

he said softly, “Can I eat with you?” 

“Uh,” stuttered Yochanan. “Sure, 

why not?” Avi said, giving Yochanan 

the ‘weird’ kid during lunch. 

You saw the girl’s face as she wanted 

to cry like crazy, but wanted to 

be strong. I stood up and told the 

a stern look. “Th-thanks,” 

‘popular kids’, “What’s the point? 

Shlomo said politely. After lunch, 

Should I come and poke you while 

Yochanan asked Avi why he agreed. 

you are eating?” The girls said 

“For the last time, there is nothing 

wrong about him,” Avi said angrily. sorry and actually sat with her during 

“But, what about those rumors?” 

lunch. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

Bullied kids, 

By: Solly Mosseri 


Once, at lunch, there was a kid and 

nobody would let him have some 

orange juice and they 

made fun of him. I 

asked my friend to pass 

me the orange juice 

and my friend gave 

the orange juice and 

I poured the shy kid 

up to the top. I asked 

him if he is OK and 

got him a seat next to 

me. We became friends 

and I protect him from 

the kids that were 

mean to him in school. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

Keyword 

Lunchroom 

search 

By: Shoshana Rosenberg 

Masores Bais Yaakov 

Chavie ran down to lunchroom and 

saved her best friend, Rina, a seat. 

A quiet girl named Simi, not knowing 

that the seat was saved for Rina, 

sat down. Immediately, Chavie said, 

“Can you please get up this seat 

has already been saved?” So Tzipporah, 

knowing that Simi was embarrassed, 

screamed over,” Hey 

Simi, I saved you a seat. Come sit 

next to me.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


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By: Danielle Franco 


One day, a girl was excluded by everyone. 

Someone tripped her and all 

her lunch fell on her. Several girls 

By: Aida Franco 

Yeshivah of Flatbush 

There was a girl named Sally who 

was new in school. She was very 

shy and didn’t talk much. The popular 

By: Jeanie Schrem 


Someone walked up to my friend 

and I while we were eating lunch. 

She wanted to sit with us and my 

teased her, 

friend said, “No.” I 

bothered her, 

got sad and felt bad 

and even made 

her cry. I told 

my friends that 

we should let 

for the girl. So, I 

called her name and 

told her to come sit. 

My friend was very 

her sit with 

angry and was telling 

us. My friends 

me to make the 

then started 

girl leave. I said, 

to laugh. So, I 

went and asked 

her if she wanted 

“No. Why should 

I? That’s not nice. 

She is a very nice 

to sit with 

girl. Why can’t 

girl made rumors about Sally and liked her.” That day at lunch, she 

you just let her 

me at a different 

table. The 

sit?” My friend finally 

agreed and 

girl’s frown 

the girl sat down. 

turned into 

The next day, my 

a big smile. 

by: M.d.y. students 

friend said, “Tell 

When I sat 

her to sit with us today. I really 

with her, she told me how she felt. 

I felt really bad for her. Then, when 

told everyone not to be her friend. sat with us and my friend told her 

my friends saw me sitting with her 

One of her friends said that what to come over later. Now, we are all 

and not them, they all got up and 

she was doing wasn’t really nice. best friends. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

came to sit with us. A few days 

By: Miriam Milstein 

Another friend agreed with her and 

later, we all realized that this girl 


soon the popular girl began to feel 

was just like us. So, we all became 

By lunch everyone was talking. 

like she made a mistake. The popular 

friends. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

One girl was left out. I saw her 

Keyword search 

girl asked Sally if she wanted to and changed our conversation to 

have lunch with her. In lunch, they include her in it. She looked so 

Lunchroom 

really bonded and now they are best happy. I was glad that I was able 

friends. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 to help her. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

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Buttons are like 

bullets. 

After you press 

‘send’ there is 

no way back

L u n c h 

time. I 

hate lunch! 

T h a t ’ s 

when all 

the groups 

of friends 

sit together 

By: Esther Levy and exclude 

other 


girls. I always just sit in the corner of 

one table either studying for a subject 

or reading. That’s how I got so smart. 

While everyone is laughing, talking, 

and sharing stories, I am the girl that 

just reads during lunch. The girl that 

no one bothers-until yesterday. Tiffany, 

Ashley and some other girls 

kicked me off their table calling me 

a teacher’s pet, brat, smarty pants. 

That really hurt my feelings. And 

the worst thing is no one defended 

me. The next day, I was looking for 

someone to sit with when Amanda 

and Cindy came up to me and told 

me that what Ashley said was mean 

and asked me if I wanted to go with 

them to the mall after school. It was 

so much fun. Now, I have someone 

to tell my secrets to, and hang out 

with. Here is a big lie that everyone 

says, “Sticks and stones will break 

my bones but names will never hurt 

me.” Here is the truth. If you see 

someone being bullied, stand up 

for them. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

Once, there 

was a girl 

that had a 

very hard 

time finding 

friends 

in school 

b e c a u s e 

Danielle Amar 


she was 

new to the school. At lunch time, she 

was sitting alone at the table. I was 

sitting with my friends. So, I took all 

my stuff and sat next to her and we 

became friends. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Odaya Shapiro 


At lunch, there was a group of girls 

sitting together who are friends. 

They let a girl that’s also their friend 

join them. She brought a home lunch. 

It was a cream cheese sandwich. Everyone 

else said, “Eww, you brought 

cream cheese?!” That girl got so red 

in the face. I said, “So what, I also 

brought cream cheese. Maybe she 

didn’t have anything else to put in 

her sandwich.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

A new girl 

came to 

our school. 

She got 

bullied. I 

said, “It’s 

not nice. 

W o u l d 

you like 

By: Esther Beyda 

Magen David Yeshivah it if I did 

that to you?” The new girl Miriam 

said, “Thanks for that.” She was sitting 

all alone in lunch. I said, “Do 

you want to sit with us?” She said, 

“Yeah.” My friends said, “What are 

you doing?” I said, “There is this 

girl Miriam and she is very nice and 

I want us to be friends with her.” 

She sat at our table. All of us are 

friends now! Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Sheila Mishan 


One day, Gayle was sitting alone 

at the lunch table. The popular 

girls walked by her and were about 

to spread a rumor that she has no 

friends. Then my friends and I ran 

up to her and started giggling with 

her and talking with her. I was so 

happy that we proved the popular 

people wrong and we made a 

new friend. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

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is the 

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kids’ stories about 

b u l ly i n g at r e c e s s 

By: Jacqueline Zaccai 


Once, there was a girl named Abigail. 

She was new to our school 

and other girls in our grade thought 

of her as a new 

target. When I 

heard this, I was 

upset. Because 

she was new, she 

hardly knew her 

way around the 

school. It started 

out as bumping 

into her in 

the halls and 

ignoring her at 

recess to taunting 

her and writing 

mean things 

about her and 

‘accidentally’ 

leaving them 


on her desk. I 

thought this was horrible, mean and 

disgusting. One day, I walked into 

the bathroom in between classes 

and heard low sobbing. I knocked 

on the stall door and said, “Abigail, 

that you?” She stopped crying, 

took a few steps to the door, and 

opened it slightly. Her face was red. 

Her eyes were puffy. She stared at 

me for a second then fell onto my 

shoulders crying. I felt puzzled; I 

didn’t know what to do. “It’s not 

fair how they treat people around 

here,” she said. “I was once in the 

same position you were, it was horrible,” 

I noted. Eventually, the girls 

Bullying 

isn’t cool, 

it’s cruel 

By: Hadassah Bennett 


I watched as Tzivi entered the room. 

She saw Chevy laughing with Yael 

and Tehila. I was forcing myself to 

laugh even though 

the joke wasn’t funny. 

Tzivi turned and 

walked out. It was sad 

to watch, but I knew 

Tzivi was not the fun 

type. She was quiet 

and plain. There is 

nothing special about 

her. But, a small part 

of me felt bad for her. 

Every time she tried 

to be part of the class, 

they turned her away. 

She had no friends. 

Chevy said, “Well, 

as I was saying, next 

time Tzivi walks in 

lets make her trip. 

I read this great book where a girl 

tripped face first into a chocolate 

pie. It was hilarious. Let’s do that to 

Tzivi!” she exclaimed. Yael and Tehila 

loved it, of course. They started 

giggling away. I, on the other hand, 

knew right form wrong. “Chevy,” I 

started, “This is wrong. It’s not nice 

to. Tzivi is a person.” “You know 

Tova, you’re right,” Chevy said. 

And they became friends with Tzivi. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

stopped teasing Abigail once they 

saw she had someone at her side-she 

wasn’t alone. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Yosef Jasbiel 


One time, Shmuli came into the classroom 

early during recess with David. 

They saw that someone’s knapsack 

was poured out on the floor. To save 

him embarrassment, they poured out 

their knapsacks. So, now he won’t 

feel bad. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


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Recess 



By: Sarah Chami 


There was a new girl in our school. 

By: Sara Gindi 


I know a girl, her name is Fran- 

She was not so smart. The teacher 

was asking questions about Navi. 

cine and she is a quiet girl with no 

friends. She always tries to socialize. 

That girl tried answering 

one of the 

questions but she 

got the wrong answer. 

Everyone was 

laughing so hard. 

The girl got so embarrassed 

that her 

face got red. After 

class was finished, I 

went to those girls 

and said, “You know, 

you’re making it like 

you never got an answer 

wrong.” And 

they said, “Yes we 

did. But, not a hilarious 

answer like by: M.d.y. students 

that.” I said, “But at least she tried 

Every time she comes near 

to answer.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 someone, they say, “She is fat,” and 

By: Stephanie Franco they embarrass her. When it’s lunch, 

Yeshivah of Flatbush they don’t let her sit near them. But, 

If you buy cookies for the class 

one girl came and said, “Enough 

and there is one girl who is mean 

is enough.” She said all the good 

to you, you don’t want to give her 

things about Francine. Now, she 

a cookie. You see everyone is looking 

is so popular but she knows not to 

at her not having a cookie. So, 

you go over to her and say, “The 

cookie is good, no one wants to 

miss out.” And you give her a cookie 

embarrass anyone and she includes 

anyone she sees alone. It is not 

good to embarrass people because 

you are required to find the good 

as well. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 in people. Vote: 1 2 3 4 

5 

Be nice to 

nerds because 

one day you may 

work for one 

By: Virginia Dweck 


A girl in our class gets made fun of 

all the time, but she never realizes it. 

Even though she doesn’t realize or 

do anything about 

it, a few of my 

friends and I stand 

up for her and include 

her in what 

we do even if others 

don’t. In this 

situation, I would 

say, “Guys you 

are being mean. 

What did she do 

to you?” But, I’m 

pretty sure they 

wouldn’t listen. 

But, that’s okay 

because we try and 

she feels good that 

we stand up for her 

and include her. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Danielle Sutton 


There is a girl that is always left out. 

Her name is Jane. One day, this popular 

girl named Raquel said to Jane, 

“Your outfit is so ugly!” Jane was crying. 

A different girl, Rochelle, went 

over to Raquel and said, “Your outfit 

is ugly.” She did it so Jane would 

feel better. Raquel felt bad for what 

she said and said, “Sorry” to Jane. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


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By: Francine Manopla 


By: Madeline Dana 


Once there was a girl who everyone 

made fun of because she was 

so perfect. She loves school and 

she doesn’t care about anything but 

One day in school, everyone in my 

class had these cool pens. But, one 

of the girls in my class was very quiet 

and humble and no one included 

getting a good 

grade. One day, 

a girl made a 

sleepover and 

everyone was 

talking about it 

and everyone 

said, “You’re 

not invited, you 

are a big looser. 

Why would you 

be invited?” 

I saw her feel 

very bad and 

she was always 

so embarrassed 

to tell her mom. 


After school, she 

her. She didn’t have the cool pen. 

would cry every night. So, one night 

She was a little poor and she didn’t 

I called her and said, “Do you want to 

want anyone to know that she was 

have our own sleep over?” She said, 

“Yes.” So, we made sleep overs. 

Then everyone made fun of me because 

I stayed with her, but I didn’t 

care. We were good friends and we 

poor. She didn’t have the money for 

the pen. So she wouldn’t get laughed 

at by the popular girl, I gave her my 

pen and I saw a smile on her face 

ignored everyone. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 brighten up. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

You don’t have 

to be mean to 

be popular 

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Yeshiva Chaim Berlin, Masores Bais Yaakov and Bais Yaakov D’Rav Meir. 

For their great cooperation with TorahValues.com 

By: Tehila Dayani 


One day at school, my friends and 

I were playing at recess and there 

was this new kid who was very shy 

and she didn’t really 

have any friends. I 

saw her sitting there 

lonely all by herself. 

So, I quit the game, 

went up to her and we 

started talking. But, 

she wasn’t that type of 

person who would like 

to play ball or tag… 

But, I didn’t mind. 

As long as she was 

happy, I was happy. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Renee Hadef 


Regine dresses very pretty. Unfortunately, 

Leah, a popular girl 

was jealous and said Regine wears 

the ugliest clothes. I saw Regine’s 

face, how so sad she was holding 

in her cry. I walked up to Leah and 

said, “Stop picking on her.” She 

said it was none of my business. 

Than she realized what she had 

done. She apologized and never did 

it again. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


One day 

e v e r y o n e 

was playing 

and 

M i c h e l l e 

c a m e 

and said, 

“Can I 

By: Raquel Erdos play?” We 

Yeshivah of Flatbush all said, 

“Yes,” except one girl said, “No.” 

She made her go away and Michelle 

started crying. We all felt very bad. 

The girl that said, “No”, her name 

is Grace, the girl who said “No” 

said, “we are going to spill water 

on the floor and let her play, when 

she comes she will fall and everyone 

will start laughing.” Everyone 

who was playing the game went to 

Michelle and said to her, “Grace 

has a plan to let you play, but she is 

going to put water on the floor, so 

don’t go.” The next day Grace said, 

“Hey Michelle, you want to play 

with us?” Michelle forgot and said 

yes. We were playing and, all of the 

sudden, Michelle fell and everyone 

stated to laugh. We all felt bad so 

I went and ‘fell’ and everyone was 

‘falling’ and she didn’t feel bad anymore. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

My friend, 

A l l y s o n , 

was a really 

great 

friend. She 

never talked 

much. 

But she 

Nancy Toussie didn’t talk 


b e c a u s e 

everyone was jealous that she was 

voted smartest in the grade. She was 

short, and every day at recess, a few 

people bullied her. One day, I saw 

my best friend Allyson sitting on the 

side crying with people next to her 

making fun of her. That was the day 

we were assigned a poster to make 

an ‘anti-bullying’ poster. My poster 

said, “Words can hurt just as much 

as punches.” And, there were two 

boxing gloves hanging. I gave in my 

project and I got an A+. I was really 

happy. Next day at recess, I took my 

poster and marched around with it 

getting a lot of people to hold their 

signs and march as well. The bullies 

went away from Allyson because 

everyone scared them. Allyson was 

happy. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

Winners of the TorahValues.com 

It was time 

for recess 

for the 6th 

grade. The 

three prettiest 

girls 

were playing 

jump 

By: Jamie Sutton 

rope. Their 


names were Emily, Jane, and Molly. 

They never let anyone play with 

them. One of Molly’s friends was 

Susan. Susan was a shy girl who 

didn’t have many friends. Susan 

really loved to play jump rope. So, 

she asked Emily, Jane, and Molly 

if she could play. They had a small 

conversation in private to discuss 

whether they are going to let Susan 

play. Molly said, “I think we should 

let her play.” Emily replied, “But 

if we let her play, we would have 

to let every girl who asks to play 

with us.” Jane said, “So it’s settled, 

we won’t let her play.” Molly said, 

“Or, we can just let everyone play!” 

In the end, they had a big great 

game of jump rope and everyone 

was happy. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

Ashley Miller Yeshiva of Flatbush Rachel Tbeile Yeshiva of Flatbush Sheila L. Franco Yeshiva of Flatbush 




By: Rina Derrancesco 

By: Becky Johnson 



My friend and I were once playing 

One day, my friends and I were 

at school when a girl invited us 

to play tag. We both said, “Sure.” 

The girl looked at my friend and 

playing a game when someone 

came over and asked if they could 

play. My friends started laughing 

said, “Not you.” 

I said, “If she 

doesn’t go, then 

I don’t.” My 

friend touched 

my shoulder and 

said, “You can 

go I’ll be fine.” 

At first, I stood 

back and then 

I went. A lot of 

people don’t 

like my friend. I 

feel so bad when 

people don’t include 

her. After 

and said, “No, we have enough 

10 minutes, I 

decided I felt so 


bad I couldn’t play. So, I stopped 

and I said, “Why don’t we invite 

her to join us?” I pointed at my 

friend. At first, the girl who invited 

me said, “No.” But, then everyone 

started saying, “Yes.” So, we invited 

people, so you could walk away 

now.” The girl started blushing and 

walked away sadly. I think I saw a 

tear running down her face. I told 

my friends how mean they were 

her over and had a fun time. 

and told them I was going to play 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

with her. We played with each other 


Recess 


Girls’ bullying 

is hard 

to detect 

and became friends. Going to play 

with her was the best decision I 

ever made. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Fanya Dorin 


On Shushan Purim, Megan brought 

the entire class Mishloach Manot. 

They were healthy and had fruits 

and vegetables. Everyone was very 

disappointed. Megan 

started apologizing 

and I could tell that 

she was very embarrassed. 

So, I took out 

the raisin box from the 

Mishloach Manot and 

said, ‘Oh my gosh! I 

love raisins, especially 

this kind.” Everyone 

started to eat the raisins 

and Megan was so 

happy her face lit up. 

To embarrass someone 

is equivalent to stabbing 

them to death. The 

reason for that is when 

someone is hurt emotionally, 

their heart breaks. That’s 

why I don’t embarrass my friends. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Chayala Goldbaum 


There was a whole group of girls 

talking by recess. One girl was 

standing on the side all alone because 

she is very shy. I left the 

whole group of popular girls and 

went to talk to her. Her face lit up 

when I went over to her. I knew I had 

made her day. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


When I 

was in 

3rd grade, 

my friend 

was being 

very rude 

and mean 

By: Frieda Zeitoune 

to someone. 


She 

got the whole class to hate her. She 

was trying to get me to join her and 

hate her, too! I tried to tell as many 

people as possible not to make fun 

of her because she is my best friend 

and she is a great person. Only three 

people wanted to be friends with 

her. The mean girl came to me and 

said, “Why are you hanging out 

with the loser?” I said, “Because she 

is nice, fun, smart, and trustworthy 

and the best friend anybody can ever 

have.” Ever since then, everybody 

was friends. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

The new 

girl sat in 

the corner. 

I wondered 

why 

she never 

spoke to 

a n y o n e . 

By: Florence Deutsch One of 

Yeshivah of Flatbush my friends 

whispered to me, “That girl is so 

weird, why is it that she never 

talks?” I whispered back, “I don’t 

know but I am going to talk to her.” 

I walked over to her and said, “Hi, 

what’s your name?” She didn’t answer. 

I asked her for the rest of the 

week, “Hi, what’s your name?” Still 

no answer. Finally, my friends also 

came and asked her to play with 

us. She asked, “Is this a joke?” We 

all replied back, “No. Why?” She 

said, “Because in my old school 

everyone would make fun of me 

because I was shy and I wore different 

clothes. So do you still want 

to play with us?” We all replied, 

“Yes.” We got to know her and now 

we are best friends. I still wonder 

why we ever thought she was 

different! Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Rachel Gammal 


Once there was a girl. She came from 

a different school. She was smart and 

shy. The whole class made fun of her 

and she started to cry. So, I told everyone 

not to make fun of her. I went 

over to her and said, “Don’t worry.” 

She started to talk and it made her 

happy to know that someone was by 

her side. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

There is a 

new girl 

in school. 

She is from 

a different 

c o u n t r y 

so she has 

an accent 

By: Sara Shtaynberger and weird 

Yeshivah of Flatbush c l o t h i n g . 

This one girl said that she wants to 

make fun of her in recess. A different 

girl heard that and decided to 

defend the new girl. In recess, she 

saw the mean girl walk up to that 

girl with all of her friends so that 

girl ran up to the teacher and told 

her and the mean girl got detention. 

After that day, they were best 

friends for life and went everywhere 

together. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Janelle Missry 


There once was a girl named Julie. 

She was new to a school. All she 

wanted to do was to fit in and make 

friends. On her first day in school, 

she felt a little bit anxious but she 

felt very….nervous. She said “Hi” 

to people she saw in her class. All 

the girls reacted in such a mean 

way. They turned around and they 

giggled and made her cry. There 

was one girl who thought it was 

so mean and disgusting. So, she 

stopped them and they all became 

good friends and learned from their 

mistake. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

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By: Stephanie Dweck 

Magen David Yeshiva 

A group of girls are making fun of 

one girl about how she looked even 

though it was just her bad hair day. 

I looked back and saw this happening. 

I told people that I want to mess 

up our hair and make ourselves look 

like a mess. We went to the group 

that was making fun of that girl and 

asked if they liked how we looked. 

The girl being made fun of had a big 

smile because we all looked crazy 

and the mean group didn’t have 

enough insults to insult all of us and 

had to give up. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 




By: Ruthie Gindi 


On Friday, everyone was making 

plans after school. Joy invited 

everyone except for one girl. This 

girl, Danielle, was watching her 

invite them and 

By: Rena Cohen 


In my old class, I used to fit in with 

the girls. But, when I came to this 

new class, I only had one friend 

By: Zahava Zutler 


There is a girl sitting on the side. She 

is left out, lonely. She looks sadly at 

the in crowd laughing, telling jokes, 

having fun. She wishes she could 

be part of that group. 

she wished she 

She looks down at the 

was invited. She 

floor so they won’t see 

pretended that 

the tears slowly dropping 

she didn’t notice 

down her face. 

them and 

And then she hears a 

put her books in 

voice saying, “Wanna 

play?” She looked up 

her locker. One 

with a hopeful look 

of the girls who 

on her face. A girl was 

was invited saw 

looking at HER, asking 

HER. She wipes 

the girl who was 

about to cry. She 

her tears on her sleeve, 

told Joy, who 

gets up happily, and 

was inviting everyone, 

joins the game. That 

that she 

girl just made her day. 

saw that Danielle 

felt bad and 


Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

who was on my block. But she was 

By: Sarah Levy 

asked if she could invite her. She 

with a clique already, which was the 

Yeshiva of Flatbush 

told her secretly so she wouldn’t 

When school starts on Fridays, Shabbat 

music fills the halls. The girls in 

popular clique. So, of course, I was 

embarrass her. Joy said, “No. I 

left out until a nice girl came over 

don’t like her, she is weird.” So, the 

the grade always come together to 

to me and said, “Do you want to 

girl who told Joy said, “Ok. So may 

sing one song. This Friday, when the 

play tag with me?” With excitement 

be next week we’ll make plans.” 

song was almost over, Ava saw Chana 

shyly approaching. She didn’t 

in me, I got up and went to play. 

She went over to Marilyn and invited 

her over. They ended up having 

Now, when I see someone alone know where to break into the circle 

a very fun time. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 and have no friends, I get up and so Ava moved over. Chana smiled 

and walked over. Chana seemed so 

ask them, “Do you want to play?” 


happy singing with everyone. The 

I could see how they feel just like 

Recess 

worst thing in the world is being 

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By: Adele Zaga 



A horrible rumor was spreading 

from person to person about Leslie. 

She was crying so badly. Once I saw 

her tears fall down her red cheeks, 

There was once a time when I 

was in 6th grade and my friends 

started picking on 5th graders. I 

found out and told them to stop 

I decided to fix this. 

I couldn’t stand seeing 

a person cry from 

a rumor about her that 

wasn’t even true. Once 

the rumor got to me, I 

changed it up a little to 

what really happened. 

Once everyone heard 

it, they understood 

the misunderstanding 

and apologized. I 

hope you never know 

what it’s like to be in 

this situation. This horrible 

thing should never 

happen in the world. 


Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Marcelle Shasho 


One day, we were all in recess. A 

few of my friends and I were playing 

a game. One girl asked to play 

and they didn’t want her to play. 

They said there were too many 

people. So, I said, “I played yesterday 

already. She can play instead 

of me.” They said, “Fine, 

she can also play.” They enjoyed 

playing with her and they became 

close friends. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

Don’t be 

mean behind 

the screen 

because they are also people and 

we hated it when the former 6th 

graders did it to us. They hesitated 

to stop but then they realized 

what they were doing and felt 

bad and stopped. This shows that 

when you are doing something 

bad, think about how you felt or 

would feel if it ever happened 

to you. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Recess 

By: Shira Falcheri 


Shani, Devori, Tamar and I were all 

standing around. Shani said, “Oh my 

gosh, Rina’s boots are so ugly.” Rina 

was standing 5 feet away. I quickly 

added, “You 

are jealous. 

Her boots are 

so cute.” Shani 

immediately 

saw what I was 

doing and said, 

“Of course. I 

was being sarcastic.” 

She 

walked over to 

Rina and asked 

her where she 

got her boots 

from. She 

made a whole 

fuss about 

them. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Odette Sardar 


If I would see someone crying 

or getting picked on or lonely, I 

would go to her and talk to her. 

Sarah is a new girl and no one likes 

her. I would tell her, “Don’t worry, 

don’t cry. It doesn’t matter what 

people think. It only matters what 

you think. So, don’t cry; ignore 

them. Be yourself.” She would 

feel better. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


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Kids helping kids who are 

teased for being different 

By: Yisrael Rosenfeld 


There was once a boy named Yehuda. 

Let’s just say he was not the 

most popular kid in the class. He was 

always being 

made fun of. 

Kids were calling 

him names 

like, “monkey”, 

“munch 

milk”. You 

might think it’s 

funny but it really 

hurt him. 

Then, one day, 

a kid named 

Shmuel called 

over Yitzi, the 

most popular 

kid who made 

fun of Yehuda 

the most. 


Shmuel said, 

“I think you are hurting Yehuda’s 

feelings.” “I know,” replied Yitzi. 

“Then why do you do it?” said Shmuel. 

“Because it’s fun,” said Yitzi. 

“Well, if you were in Yehuda’s place 

would you also find it funny? You 

would feel bad.” “I guess so. I will 

stop,” said Yitzi. “Thank you,” said 

Shmuel. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Being different 

By: Yaakov Mermelstein 


There was once a new boy in my 

class. He was short, fat, had an accent. 

Nobody in my class likes him. 

You can make 

people laugh 

without hurting 

someone 

He didn’t understand English. One 

time, the Rabbi called on him and 

he answered the questions with a 

dumb answer. My friend started 

laughing and that boy turned red. 

Later that day, I went over to the kid 

who laughed and asked him, “How 

would you have felt if you were that 

new kid?” He understood what I 

meant and went over to the new kid 

and apologized. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Rosie Zonana 


It was the first day of school and 

there was a new girl from England 

and she was shy and didn’t know 

anyone. Her name was 

Linda. There was club 

and everyone was making 

fun of her because 

she had a little problem 

when she talks. Linda 

also has an accent and 

looks different because 

she is from England. 

I was watching and 

she was about to cry. 

I couldn’t take it anymore 

so I said, “Guys, 

it’s really not nice.” 

They all laughed at me. 

The next day, I invited 

her over and then I told 

the other girls, “You 

know Linda is very nice and I don’t 

know how you are not her friend.” 

They believed me and we are all best 

friends now. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Maurice Dayan 


If someone wore two different 

kinds of socks and people made 

fun of him, I would say, “Stop! 

Just think if you made that same 

mistake?” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 






By: Ninette Salama 


There was once a boy named Jim. 

He was new to our class. Everyone 

made fun of him by the way 

he dressed. Jim wore 

collars other kids 

didn’t. They would 

always call him four 

eyes because he had 

glasses. Another kid, 

Larry, used to be bullied 

like that. Larry 

said to Jim, “I used 

to be bullied like that. 

But you shouldn’t let 

them do that. Stand 

up for yourself. Say, I 

am not scared. Maybe 

I am new and don’t 

wear your kind of 

clothes. That’s who 

I am. Back off.” Jim said, “Thank 

you” and went to the bullies and said 

exactly what Larry told him to. The 

bullies backed off and didn’t bother 

him again. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


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By: Ruthie Mosseri 


A new kid was in class today. She 

seemed different. Everyone was 

talking about her and she looked shy 

and worried. At lunch time, Rachel 

Treat others 

the way you 

want to be 

treated 

went over to the new girl and started 

talking to her. She had an English 

accent and people at the other table 

were laughing. Rachel went over to 

them because they happened to be 

her friends. She stood up for this girl 

and told them how they were obnoxious. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 



By: Helen Menashe 


One day, someone was commenting 

how her shirt looked ugly and childish. 

She sat quietly like she simply 

didn’t care. I saw that she was upset. 

So, I got up and 

asked the “Bully” 

if I could 

talk to her quietly. 

She agreed 

and I told her 

she was hurting 

this girl’s 

feelings. She 

honestly didn’t 

realize and felt 

so bad. She said 

she was only 

doing it as a 

joke; she ran 

to my friend, 

gave her a hug 

and apologized. 

That “Bully” never made fun of anyone 

ever again. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Meyer Kassin 


One day, a boy went to school and 

he got braces. He looked very ugly 

in braces. Everyone laughed at him. 

There was a boy who said, “Everyone, 

he is the first person to get braces. 

I think that is so cool!” Everyone 

agreed and no one made fun of him 

anymore. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


R e b e c c a 

was a 

new girl 

in school. 

Sara was 

one of 

the mean 

girls. Sara 

By: Elizabeth Setton wanted to 

Yeshivah of Flatbush find a way 

to embarrass Rebecca. So, Sara and 

her clique decided to go over to Rebecca 

and tell her tomorrow is Pajama 

Day. Rebecca came to school 

the next day wearing her teddy pajamas. 

Sara saw this and announced 

on the loud speaker that Rebecca 

was wearing pajamas. Rebecca ran 

to the bathroom. Nadine knew this 

was very wrong and ran after her to 

the bathroom. Nadine and Rebecca 

walked out of the bathroom together. 

Nadine told Rebecca to ignore everyone. 

This made Rebecca feel so 

good. Rebecca and Nadine became 

best friends. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Isaac Shalom 


There was a kid with an accent and 

he didn’t know how to speak English 

good. When he was supposed 

to say ‘was’ he said ‘vas’. Everyone 

was laughing and him. I told 

everyone, “How you would feel if 

you would have got making fun of. 

Everyone stopped making fun of 

him. He was very happy because of 

what I did. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


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Sarah just 

moved in to 

the neighb 

o r h o o d . 

My school 

has a certain 

clothing 

style. 

By: Naomi Shapiro E v e r y o n e 

Yeshivah of Flatbush wears similar 

clothes. On Sarah’s first day, I 

saw that she didn’t really wear the 

clothes that were in fashion in our 

school. People were pointing and 

laughing at her. I could tell that 

she was embarrassed. So, I went 

to her and told her about what we 

wear. She thanked me so much and 

the next day she was accepted by 

everyone. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Toby Cohen 


Let’s say someone makes fun of 

someone because the guy is weird. 

There is no point to make fun of 

him because no one is perfect. People 

could be weird but that doesn’t 

mean he wants to be perfect. A lot 

of people think they’re perfect but 

they are not. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Say 

“NO” 

to 

cliques 

There was 

a fat girl 

named Ren 

e e a n d 

e v e r y o n e 

made fun of 

her. So, Susan 

wanted 

to help 

By: Rachel Kastner 

her lose 


weight. Susan 

would go to the gym with Renee 

and, within 3 months, Renee lost a lot 

of weight. The two girls became best 

friends. No one made fun of Renee 

and understood that anyone can lose 

weight. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Dina Bracha Bohensky 


During the Chanukkah Chagiga, 

while everyone was dancing, laughing 

or singing, Suri was sitting on 

the side doing nothing. Nobody 

wanted to have anything to do with 

her because she talked and looked 

weird. Then one girl came over to 

her and said, “Come on Suri, join 

us. Could you please tell us joke? 

I know you are really good at it. 

Last time you had me laughing 

for hours.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 



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Kids’ strategies to include 

weak players in the game 

By: Jacob Silvera 

By: Mal Franco 



One day, the whole basketball team If you are playing a football game 

decided that they were going to eat and there is a person that is not so 

pizza at the pizza place after practice. 

good, ask him if he wants to play. 

But, there was one kid who was When he is playing, throw him the 

a new kid in school 

and didn’t know a 

lot of people. After 

practice, we all 

got dressed and we 

were walking out 

of the gym to go 

to the pizza store. 

But, this one kid 

was sitting there 

waiting for someone 

to pick him up 

from school. He 

looked lonely. So 

I went over to him 

quietly and asked 

him if he wanted 

to come for pizza. 


He said yes, and he was 

ball. Let him try to play and catch 

very happy. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

the ball. Even if he is not so good 

By: Teddy Shamma 


and misses the ball, say: “It’s ok. 

It was my fault, it was a bad throw. 

Once, I was having a basketball 

Even I couldn’t catch it.” Make 

game. The kids didn’t want one boy 

him feel good and let him play 

to play. So, I said, “If he is not playing, 

I’m not playing.” Then we found 

with you. This will make him feel 

a ball and we started shooting for fun. 

very happy. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

We kept on shooting and practicing. 

Than he ended up making it on the 

basketball team. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Game 


Accept someone 

for who he is 

and not for 

who you want 

him to be 

By: Nessim Azizo 


I went to play baseball and everyone 

knew that Jack is the worst player. 

I felt bad because he always gets 

picked last. My friend Mike was the 

captain. I went up to 

him to tell him that 

he should pick Jack 

first. He didn’t understand 

but he listened 

to me. Once 

we started to play, 

Jack kept on striking 

out. Mike was 

very upset with me. 

Later in the game, I 

gave Jack some tips 

about swinging. After 

he listened to me, 

Jack got a single and 

brought in 2 runs! 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Solomon Kamkaji 


You are playing football and there 

are nine kids. They were going to 

have a four and four. Your friend 

was left out and you felt bad for 

him. You make believe you are hurt 

and say you can’t play. Then, you 

offer to put your friend that was left 

out in the game. So, now you made 

your friend feel happy and you feel 

even better. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 



Game 



By: Teddy Sardar 


One day when I was at Sunday’s program, 

there was a person who isn’t 

so good at basketball. So, almost every 

time I got the ball, I passed the 

ball to him. Even 

though he missed I 

said, “Good shot.” 

And I kept on passing 

to him until 

he scored. When 

we finished the 

game, I helped him 

practice his shot. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Ariel Davidov 


There was a new 

kid in class named 

Dovid. He was a 


very shy kid and when we played 

baseball he couldn’t play because it 

had to be 4 on 4. So, I quit playing 

and he played instead of me. Someone 

from the 8th grade started picking 

on him. I went over to him and 

said, “What’s your problem? Pick 

on someone your own age.” He left 

Dovid alone. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Albert Sitt 


There was a shy kid named David. 

David was on our team in basketball. 

The score was 57-55, the other 

team was winning. There were 5 

A bully’s 

oxygen is his 

audience 

seconds left. I had the ball, I passed 

it to David, and he shot it and 

missed. Everyone was screaming at 

him and I said, “Don’t worry. We’ll 

win the next time. It’s just a game.” 

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By: Teddy Laniado 


I was playing basketball and there 

were a lot of people and one person 

was not allowed to play. I said, “If 

he doesn’t play, I won’t play either.” 

They really wanted 

me to play so they 

let both of us play. 

I knew from the beginning 

that he was 

good but they didn’t 

know it. In the middle 

of the game, 

nobody was passing 

to him so I kept 

on passing to him. 

Now they pick him 

first for the team. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Victor Orfali 


Let’s say there is 

a boy who isn’t 

so good in baseball and the team 

is in the bottom of the ninth inning 

and there are two outs and 

2 strikes and right after the next 

pitch he striked out. The whole 

team was going to hurt him but 

one kid said, “Why are you doing 

that? Accidents happen all the time. 

Don’t act like you never made a 

mistake.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


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By: Victoria Gindi 


When my friends and I were playing 

dodge ball, we had captains to 

choose who would be on which 

team. Sophia was picked last and 

you could see on her face she was 

a little sad, but not surprised. When 

she got the ball, she would always 

give it to someone else to throw. I 

felt bad for her 

and decided to 

do something 

about it. I threw 

the ball towards 

her making 

sure I threw it 

lightly. I wanted 

her to catch it 

and get me out. 

She caught it 

and everyone 

was cheering 

because I am a 

good player. After 

that, she felt 

great and had 

the confidence 

to throw the ball and she turned out 

to be great! Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Abie Ishay 


When my friend was playing football 

with me, people didn’t give him 

passes. I asked my friend if I could 

quarterback and he let me. So, I 

passed to him a lot. He got a lot of 

touchdowns from these passes and 

he felt good. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 



By: Aaron Ishay 


I once saw a person that has a hard 

time playing football. One day, I 

taught him how to catch a ball. Everyone 

thinks it takes so long but 

it really doesn’t. I also taught him 

how to throw a ball. Even though he 

can’t throw a ball so far, I let him 

It takes a 

second to say 

a word, but 

the impact 

lasts forever 

be the quarterback. He gave a few 

short passes and we ended up winning 

that game. That was impressive 

because it was only his second 

day on our team in the playoffs. We 

were in second place all because 

of the kid I taught how to throw 

and catch. At the end of the season, 

we got in the finals and won it. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Sepora Beyda 


Me and my friend, on a beautiful 

day outside, were playing catch and 

my friend told me, “Oh, look at that 

girl over there. Ugh, look what she 

is wearing.” And I said, “I felt bad 

for her because she is really nice and 

sweet.” I knew she was embarrassed 

to ask us if she wanted 

to play because the 

girl I was playing with 

used to make fun of 

her a lot. So, I asked 

her if she wanted to 

play with us and I told 

my friend to play with 

her once and to try to 

be nice. So, we had a 

lot of fun the rest of 

the day and I inspired 

my other friend to 

play with that girl. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Isaac Kassab 


I was playing football once and it 

was a tie game. It was 4th down 

and we were 50 yards from the 

touch down. Quagmire was open 

for the pass. I threw it to him, he 

missed. Although it was a good 

throw and he missed, I blamed myself. 

I said that it slipped from my 

hand and I made him feel good. I 

got blamed but at least he didn’t get 

embarrassed. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 



Alan Jemal 

By: Isaac Marcus 



When I am on one of the teams and When I was playing football, there 

my friend is picking teams, I always were good players and bad players. 

see some kids who are just sitting, 

I picked the bad players be- 

waiting to get picked, and I feel very cause they always get left out when 

sorry for them. Like I have a friend, we play. We ended up winning but 

Steven, who isn’t so good at sports. winning doesn’t matter. Everyone 

I always try to 

help and teach 

him. I hear 

people making 

fun of him and 

I say, “Why do 

you have to 

call him names 

all the time because 

he miss- 

A bully’s 

es the catch bystanders 

or the shot?” 

have the most 

I told Steven 

to come 

influence 

to my house 

to stop it 

on Sunday. 


On Sunday, he 

came over and asked me, “Why did laughed when I picked them. After 

you tell me to come over?” I said, the game, I laughed at them because 

“I hate the way people are making they had the best players and we 

fun of you because you miss the had the worst players and we won. 

shots.” So, that Sunday Steven and I Hashem rewarded me by picking 

were practicing. On Monday, he was the bad players. He made my heart 

playing football with us. My friends feel good. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

and I saw how much better he was 

and no longer did anyone call him 

names. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Game 

Maurice Elbaz 


You can make an excuse that you 

need more people to play a game. 

For example, if you and your 

friends are bored and are trying 

to come up with ideas and your 

friends have ideas, you can say that 

we should ask the shy 

kid’s idea and include 

him in fun even if you 

have great ideas. And, 

if the shy kid makes 

a mistake or something 

silly you can say, 

“That’s what I thought.” 

You could start being 

friends with that kid 

and your friend will 

follow in your lead. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Richie Ayal 


If you are playing any 

sport and there is a kid 

that is not so good, it doesn’t mean 

you don’t pass to him. If you pass 

to him and he misses, it’s ok. Just 

continue. Don’t embarrass him in 

front of everyone. It’s not nice. 

Let’s say he scores the shot and 

he wins the game. You see, anything 

could happen. Just trust them 

and pass. You never know what 

could happen. It’s all about trying. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Everyone is invited to a party 

except for your friend 

By: Amy Yedid 

Joy up to her room and gave her a 

By: Rozie Shamah 


nice dress to wear. If you don’t want 


A girl named Renee was throwing a 

There was a girl and she invited the 

to feel that way, don’t do it to someone 

else! Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

party in her house for her Bat Mitzvah. 

She invited the whole grade. 

Renee. Renee lived across the street 

whole class over except for one girl, 

Renee is very 

from her. When I got 

popular and felt 

like the only reason 

she is popular 

there everyone was already 

there. They were 

all playing a game of 

is because 

“free for all together.” 

she makes fun of 

Then I started playing 

with them, but, while I 

people. At Renee’s 

house, a girl 

was playing, I realized 

that Renee was watching 

us through the win- 

named Joy was 

drinking apple 

dow and she looked 

juice and she was 

sad. I told my friend to 

wearing a white 

dress. Renee sent 

someone to move 

call Renee and say that 

she thought she sent her 

the invite. My friend 

Joy’s hand so the 

did and Renee came 

drink would spill. by: M.d.y. students 

and we all played the 

When that person did that, the juice 

By: Rachel Russo 

game together. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


spilled all over her. Renee took the 

By: Michal S. 

One day in school, a girl named Jamie 

announced that whoever she My friend Devory is making a party 


microphone and was about to say, 

“Look at Joy. She had an accident.” 

texted is invited to her birthday and she didn’t invite a girl who was 

But, right before she could do it, Renee’s 

party but she didn’t invite Raquel. a nerd, Toby. When everyone was 

best friend yelled out, “There 

is a FIRE!” Everyone ran out of the 

place. But, there was no fire. Renee’s 

friend said that so she can grab 

Renee and Joy before they can run 

out and talk to Renee. She told her 

that what she did was not nice to do. 

A girl named Jane was going around 

and asking if they were invited. 

When she got to Raquel, she said 

she didn’t get invited. So Jane said, 

“Everybody, Raquel isn’t invited, 

ha-ha! Suzie said, “Everybody it’s 

not nice.” She asked Jamie to invite 

with Devory she said to Toby, in her 

face, “You are not invited because 

you are such a nerd.” Toby cried and 

went home. On the day of the party, 

I missed the party and went to Toby’s 

house to play and ask her how 

she was feeling. I made her day. She 

Renee said she was sorry and took 

Raquel. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 is my true friend. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

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Party 



By: Eddy Salameh 


I once went to a birthday party and 

I saw one kid that is shy and people 

were making fun of him a lot. He 

didn’t get any candy and other kids 

were showing 

off their candy to 

him. So, I went 

up to him and 

shared with him 

and everyone 

saw me do that 

so they shared 

too. After that, 

everyone had an 

equal amount of 

candy and they 

stopped making 

fun of him. 

By: Judah Kishk 


I was in the park and saw Mark sitting 

on a bench alone. He looked 

lonely. Jack said, “Come on,” and 

I realized I was just spacing out. 

Don’t let 

her be 

left out 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


By: Daniel Segev 

Jack said, “I am having a party on 


After school, Danny made an announcement: 

Saturday. I am inviting everyone 

“Everybody is invited except for Mark.” I instantly felt 

to my party.” Marc got excited and bad for him. I told Jack how I felt 

everybody made a line to get an invitation. 

When it was Marc’s turn to 

but he said, “Mark is a loser.” I got 

the whole grade to feel bad about 

get an invitation, Danny said, “You 

are not invited, weirdo!” Everybody Mark. This forced Jack to invite 

laughed at him. But, a popular kid him. When Jack asked him to come, 

said, “If he is not going then I am 

not going.” And Danny invited Marc 

his face lit up and he was gleaming 

to his party. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

with joy. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Esti Sobel 


In 3rd grade, Yehudis was not invited 

to the party of the year. Yael came 

from a wealthy family and made the 

best parties ever. Yehudis was angry. 

She was left sitting 

alone while everyone 

talked about 

the party. The next 

year, Yehudis was 

making a party too 

and decided not to 

invite Yael. Her best 

friend, Tzipporah, 

told her, “You didn’t 

like when she did it 

to you. So, don’t do 

it to her. Okay?” Yehudis 

finally said, “I 

am still angry with 

her, but I will invite 

her anyway.” At Yehudis’ 

party, Yael 

went over to her and said, “Your 

party is so cool. I am sorry I didn’t 

invite you. I am really sorry.” So, instead 

of a fight the two of them became 

friends. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Morris Bassoul 


Once, I was having a super bowl 

party at my house. I was inviting all 

the cool kids. Then, I saw a kid, not 

that cool, and I invited him because 

I felt bad and he shouldn’t be treated 

differently. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


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By: Viviane Shama 


Sophia is having a party. Rochelle’s 

new in the school. Sophia wants to 

invite her class except for Rochelle. 

“It’s not fair,” 

said Rochelle 

crying to me. 

“You know 

what,” I said, 

thinking to myself. 

“I want to 

go to the party 

Wait! But, that’s 

not nice that Sophia 

is going to 

feel bad. That’s 

it, I know! I am 

going to Sophia.” 

“Sophia, 

how would you 

feel if I didn’t 

invite you to my 

party and invited 

everybody 

else in our class?” “Well you are 

right. Give this invitation to Rochelle 

right now.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


By: Sophia Cohen 


Molly is having a party. She invited 

the whole class but Gina. I told 

her, “Did you like it when Susan invited 

every girl in the class except 

for you?” Molly said, “No.” I said, 

“Do you want to make someone feel 

like that?” She said, “ No.” I told 

her, “Then invite Gina. It will make 

her happy.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


By: Jacqueline Sasson 


A bully makes 

you feel 

insecure 

because he is 

insecure 

Olivia and Rebecca were best 

friends. One day, Lilly, a girl in their 

class, was handing out party invitations. 

Everybody in the class got 

one except for Olivia. Everybody 

knew Olivia and Rebecca were best 

friends and they couldn’t be apart. 

When the bell rang at the end of the 

school, Rebecca asked if she got an 

invitation. When Olivia told her she 

didn’t, Rebecca decided not to go 

to the party. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Party 

By: Nelly Alfaks 


One day in school, I was giving out 

invitations. My friend was sitting 

next to me but I didn’t want to invite 

her. The next 

day my other friend 

said to me, “Go give 

her an invitation 

because she knows 

about your birthday 

party.” When I got 

home I made her an 

invitation and the 

next day I gave it 

her. She was happy 

that I invited her. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Esther Kishk 


One afternoon, 

on the first day of 

school, everybody was talking about 

a girl’s Bat Mitzvah. Everybody was 

so excited. There was going to be a 

chocolate fountain. Everybody was 

going except for one girl. I asked my 

friend, “Why wasn’t she invited.” 

My friend answered, “Because she is 

poor.” I told my friend, “Why should 

you leave her out? She should still 

have fun with us.” My friend invited 

her. The new girl turned out to be 

so smart and very nice. She always 

helped out. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 



Maurice Sasson Yeshivah of Flatbush 

Daniel Eis 


Eddie Mattout Yeshivah of Flatbush 

Ralph Kraiem 


Isaac Marcus Yeshivah of Flatbush 

Mayer Kamkhatchi Yeshivah of Flatbush 

Joey Cohen Yeshivah of Flatbush Yossi Fishman Yeshivah Chaim Berlin Eddy Salameh Magen David Yeshivah 


While working on a school project, 

nobody counts your friend’s opinion 

By: Jimmy Khaski 


By: Lieby Weintlaub 


Once, there was a popular kid and 

his class was doing a class project. 

Everyone was picking ideas on what 

they were going to do and there was 

There was a girl named Leah. She 

never had any friends. She was a 

very quiet girl. There was a group of 

popular girls and they always made 

a very shy kid who 

said a very good 

idea. After everyone 

heard him say 

something, they 

all yelled at him to 

be quiet and said, 

“You’re stupid and 

your idea is stupid, 

no one likes 

you.” The popular 

kid said the same 

idea as the shy kid 

and everyone said, 

“That’s a great 


idea.” He wrote it down on the paper 

and he put the shy kid’s name on the 

fun of her. Then the teacher assigned 

a project on history. Leah was put 

with the popular girls. They all got 

project. The class ended up getting 

together and left out Leah. So, Leah 

an “A+” and the whole class said 

walked up and stood there. No one of 

“sorry” to the boy. “You are smarter 

than anyone here.” The shy kid felt 

so good. Everyone liked him; he then 

became very popular and was very 

nice to others. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


the girls noticed to her. Leah spoke 

and gave an idea but they didn’t 

even listen. So, Leah said it again 

and one of the girls said, “What 

Leah said is a very good idea.” 

And they all agreed and let Leah 

join in. This made Leah feel good 

Project 

about herself. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

If people are 

afraid of you, 

something is 

wrong with you 

By: Yossi Fishman 


While we were decorating for the 

Siyum, Chaim sat on the side with 

watery eyes. He looked like his heart 

was broken. One kid pretended like 

he needed one more 

kid. So, he went 

over to Chaim and 

said, “Could you 

please help us?” 

He said, “Sure.” 

We ended up really 

needing him. 

Now, he looked 

happier then ever. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Faiga Adina 

Lefkowitz 


Raizy sat on the side watching the 

girls plan the Chanukah party. We 

were all shouting our ideas and 

laughing. I saw her out of the corner 

of my eye. I know I had to do something 

about it. Then, someone came 

up with an idea for a banner. “But 

who should do it?” I said, “Raizy is 

a very good artist, I am sure she’ll 

be able to do it.” “Well... I guess 

we could try,” everyone agreed. 

I looked at Raizy and she looked 

so happy. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 



In school, 

before it 

was Chanukah, 

our 

t e a c h e r 

said we 

can have 

a dreidel 

By: Jayne Gindi 

Yeshivah of Flatbush party with 

games. She said everyone should get 

into groups with your friends and 

play. When it was time for the party 

everyone got into groups. There was 

one girl that was new to the school 

and didn’t have many friends so she 

wasn’t in a group. A lot of people 

were giggling but she seemed like a 

nice girl. So I said, “Come we need 

one more person to play.” She hesitated 

but in the end she had fun and 

made friends. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Jennifer Tricot 


One day, everybody needed to be 

in groups for a project. There was 

a girl that didn’t have a group. The 

whole class was making fun of her 

and pointing and laughing. So, my 

group decided not to make fun of 

her and we let her into out group. 

Then, everyone stopped making 

fun of her. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Naomi Yarmish 


If your teacher is making a vote 

for the bulletin board, you should 

pick the girls with hidden talents 

so they feel much better about 

themselves. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

The girls 

were having 

a Siyum. 

The 

groups for 

d e c o r a - 

tions were 

T a m a r , 

By: Leah Hatanian Rivka and 

Masores Bais Yaakov Sara. At 

Tamar’s house, Tamar said, “Rivka 

you do the background and I will 

do the lettering.” Sara was left with 

nothing to do. Rivka turned to Tamar, 

“Can we talk? Once, Sara came 

to my house for a class project and 

she drew it beautifully. Maybe, you 

will let her do the drawing.” “Are 

you sure?” said Tamar. “I don’t 

want to upset you?” “I am positive.” 

“Wow, your decorations are so beautiful,” 

said Mrs. Gross. “I love the 

drawing.” When Sara heard that, her 

heart shone. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Project 


If you are 

b l e s s e d 

with popularity 

then 

use this 

bracha for 

including 

and not 

By: Shira Muller e x c l u d - 

Masores Bais Yaakov ing people. 

Let’s say you are in math class and 

the teacher says to get into pairs and 

everyone is pushing around to get 

their best friend. What if you would 

go to the quiet girl in the corner? It 

would make her day even though it’s 

not so important to you. Tell your 

group that she is a very smart girl and 

got an “A” on the last project you 

two worked on. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

Stop 

picking 

on her 

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Everyone is invited to play at his house 

except for your friend 

By: Esther Shalam 


By: Daniella Enayatian 


One time, my friend, Gloria, asked 

if people could come over to her 

house. A lot of people lied and said, 

Rachel is making a slumber party. 

Since she is popular, everyone was 

invited. That day, they learned about 

“I can’t. My 

mom will not 

let.” She asked 

me and I said, 

“I will ask my 

mom and tell 

you tomorrow.” 

The next day, 

I said, “I can 

come.” I went 

to her house. We 

had a lot of fun. 

Friday came, and 

I asked if she 

wanted to come 

over. She said, 


“Ok.” But, I didn’t tell anyone that 

she was coming over because then 

they would not come over. That 

day, everybody came over and saw 

that Gloria was there. They asked 

me why she was over. I told them, 

“Trust me, you will have fun.” At 

the end, they all had the best time. 

They said that I was right. Gloria is 

not embarrassing your friend. When 

she was giving out the invitations, 

she realized that one invitation was 

missing. It was supposed to go to a 

shy girl, Simi. Rachel was about to 

ignore it but she remembered learning 

how hurtful it is embarrassing 

others. She personally went over 

to Simi to tell her that she must 

have misplaced it and she would 

a lot of fun. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 give her an invitation tomorrow 

If you get 

rejected, something 

is wrong with 

him, not you 

and try to make it up to her. When 

the other girls saw popular Rachel 

talking to friendless Simi, they immediately 

went to see if she was 

worth being friends with. At the 

party, their thoughts 

were confirmed. 

From now on, Simi is 

the nicest popular girl 

you could meet. She 

tries to include other 

girls as well since she 

herself knows what 

it’s like to be left out. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Sara Ginsburg 


My friends and I were 

practicing for the Siyum. 

We were in 

dance. We were done 

practicing and everyone 

was going home. But, I stayed at 

my friend’s house later than all of my 

other friends. Another friend of ours 

called my friend that I stayed by and 

asked if she could come over. My 

friend said, “I am busy.” But I said, 

“It’s fine, let her come over. I don’t 

mind. It’s better not to make her feel 

bad.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


“My mother 

just 

bought me 

the coolest 

p r e s e n t , ” 

Aliza said 

to most of 

the classm 

a t e s . 

Devori Kramer 

Masores Bais Yaakov There was 

one girl standing at the side not noticed 

by anyone. “You are all invited 

to my house on Sunday to play 

with it,” she said to her crowd of 

friends around her. The girl standing 

at the side was thinking to herself, 

“Why do I have to always be 

left out of all the fun things? Why 

is it like I am invisible? Nobody 

notices me?” The next day, Aliza 

gave out invitations to her whole 

class except the one girl standing at 

the side, Leah. Finally, Aliza looked 

up and saw Leah, alone, pretending 

to be reading a story but listening 

to her conversation with a pity 

look on her face. “Do you want to 

come to my house on Sunday too?” 

“Oh, I would love to,” she said 

with sparkle in her eyes. From then 

on, Aliza always tried to include 

everyone. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

I went 

to my 

f r i e n d ’ s 

h o u s e . 

My other 

f r i e n d s 

were there, 

too. This 

girl named 

By: Sarah Torgueman 

Yeshivah of Flatbush R i v k a 

came, too. She has brown wavy 

hair and she has blue eyes. My 

friend only invited her because 

they wanted to make fun of her. I 

thought it was disgusting. In my 

school, my friends made up a game 

although Rivka didn’t know how to 

play because she doesn’t go to my 

school. Nobody wanted to teach 

her. I would’ve but I went to the 

bathroom. I came back. I saw that 

Rivka was all alone because they 

didn’t let her play. I got mad. I left 

their game and played a game that 

she knew how to play. The other 

girls felt bad because of what they 

did. They ended up playing with me 

and Rivka. They learned to never 

be mean. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

There are 

these two 

girls that 

are mean 

to me. I 

didn’t want 

them to 

come to my 

By: Naomi Sanders 


house. Everyone 

was 

coming. I invited then anyway because 

I know what it feels like to 

be left out. They had a really good 

time. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Racheli Brickman 


One Shabbos afternoon, a group 

of friends and I were going to my 

friend’s house. So, we were playing 

and talking and somehow it came 

up in conversation about earrings. 

One of the girls was wearing stickers 

earrings. That girl got so embarrassed 

and got so red. Everyone was 

laughing. Right away, I switched 

the subject. When the girl went 

home with me in a car pool she said, 

“Thank you.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Ita Chana Meisner 


One Friday, I was sitting at the lunch 

table. I asked a girl if she wanted to 

come over to my house on Shabbos. 

The girl said yes. I noticed a girl who 

overheard our conversation. I knew 

that she felt hurt because she wasn’t 

invited. I quickly invited her also. She 

was thrilled. This small invitation 

made her day. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


No 

more 

teasing 


How to hide your friend’s 

low mark from others 

By: Esther Sitt 


One time, my teacher was handing 

back tests and almost half of the class 

got over the 90’s. When my friend 

Renee got hers back, she looked at 

it, folded it and put it in her backpack. 

I could tell 

she got a bad grade. 

I felt really bad for 

her especially when 

Julie was begging 

her to see it. Julie 

said, “I know you 

couldn’t get less 

than 85.” Renee 

cried all over again. 

I walked up to Julie 

and said, “Leave 

her alone. It doesn’t 

matter what she 

got. It’s not a competition; 

the grade 

she got is her s to 

tell if she wants to. You don’t have 

to see it.” Julie got really mad at me 

but she left Renee alone. Renee was 

very grateful. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Elliot Akerman 



If you have a friend who gets a bad 

grade on a test and he doesn’t want to 

show the grade to his friend, you can 

say, “You don’t have to show him if 

you don’t want to. Nobody needs 

to know.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Ariel Cohen 


We were getting back our tests. Marilyn 

got the best mark she had ever 

gotten. Sara went over to Marilyn 

and made fun of the mark she got 

in front of the whole class. Marilyn 

every person 

has 

a hidden 

talent 

was very embarrassed. But, she went 

over to Sara and told her, “I tried my 

best and I thought I did very well.” 

This teaches us that embarrassing is 

bad. But, you can learn to stick up 

for yourself. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Matti Miller 


Mrs. Stein was handing back the 

class’ papers. Yaffa walked up with 

a smile on her face. Leah walked up 

to the teacher and back to her seat 

and shoved the test in her knapsack. 

After class, Yaffa 

went over to Leah 

and said, “I got 

100. What did you 

get?” “Well um, 

well, I don’t want 

to talk about it.” 

“Come on Leah, tell 

me.” Sari stood on 

the side. Sari was 

watching as Yaffa 

was begging Leah 

to see her mark. 

Sari walked over 

to Leah and Yaffa. 

“Hey, Yaffa, would 

you mind? I am sure that Leah is 

fine. You know I went to the store to 

get those shoes you were telling me 

about …..” Sari saved Leah from being 

embarrassed by trying to change 

the subject. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

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There once 

were two 

friends in 

s c h o o l . 

O n e 

n a m e d 

Jack and 

By: Joe Hedaya one Daniel. 

Daniel 


was smart and Jack wasn’t as smart. 

They were supposed to have a math 

test and Jack didn’t understand the 

material. Daniel understood so he 

decided that he wanted to help Jack. 

He didn’t want Jack to feel uncomfortable 

having his best friend tutor 

him. Daniel decided to ask Jack if 

he wanted to study together. Jack 

said, “Yes” and wasn’t at all embarrassed. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Rashelle Gersh 


It was a Tuesday, and we all got our 

Chumash test back. Jenny got her 

test back and all of a sudden her face 

turned tomato red. She went to sit in 

the back of the room and you could 

hear her weeping. Adele got 100 on 

the test and figured she should gloat. 

Jenny started crying even more after 

being made fun of. The next day, we 

Once, I 

saw one of 

my friends 

a s k i n g 

a n o t h e r 

one of my 

f r i e n d s 

what he 

By: Kalman Halberstam got on the 

Yeshivah Chaim Berlin test, but he 

was embarrassed to show him. So, 

I went over to him and I told him, 

“Nobody is perfect, so, don’t be embarrassed. 

I also get low marks. Everybody 

gets low marks.” So, then 

he showed my other friend what he 

got on his test. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Shaina Kohanghadosh 


It all happened when we were having 

a spelling bee and the teacher 

gave a girl the word “Tunnie”. Everyone 

was laughing because it was 

an easy word. It was Adina’s turn to 

spell. Everyone knew that Adina was 

the smartest and knew she was going 

to get it right. When she spelled 

the words out, it was wrong. Adina 

turned red. I knew how it felt and 

next was my turn. So, I made sure 

I got it wrong. Afterwards, I went 

over to her and said, “The word was 

really hard.” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Solly Mosseri 

Last week, 

we got 

back our 

tests in our 

math class. 

Everyone 

knew it 

would be 

By: Asher Lifshutz so easy 

Yeshivah of Flatbush and no one 

studied. My best friend told me 

that he studied really well for this 

test so he was sure to get that 100. 

We got our tests back. Some kids 

got 85’s, 90’s, and even 100’s. But, 

my friend got a 62. He was so upset 

and disappointed. Everyone was 

asking him what he got and I knew 

he would be embarrassed. Right 

then, I jumped in and started saying 

how it was such a hard test and that 

I failed badly. Everyone was now 

focusing on my mark and forgot 

about my friend’s. He thanked me 

so much. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Mimi Lazerowitz 


Almost everybody in the class got 

in the high 90’s on a test. Five girls 

got 100 and went around asking 

everybody, “What did you get?” 

and everybody said, “96” or “97”. 

Finally, one girl didn’t want to say 

what she got. Then all the mean 

got a math test back and Adele didn’t 


Once, in class, we got a test back girls were nipping the test out of her 

do well. I went over and said, “I 

and a kid in my class failed and hid hand and screaming what she got. 

guess it doesn’t feel good when people 

his test. Then another kid snuck The most popular girl in the class 

gloat when you get a bad mark.” 

Adele apologized to Jenny and, 

and screamed out, “This kid got 

27%.” Everybody started laughing 

said, “I got the same mark,” even 

though she didn’t. Then no one was 

from that day on, they helped each and then I came and cheered him embarrassed. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

other study. Hashem created all of us up and made him happy. I made 


equal. So, it is wrong to make someone 

an outcast. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 thing funny. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

him laugh with me about some- 

Test 


S av i n g yo u r f r i e n d 

f r o m e m b a r r a s s m e n t 

By: Miriam Medina 


By: Patty Shrem 


By: Yisrael Rosenfeld 


It was picture day and everyone 

looked great. Girls were giving each 

other compliments. But, then, I saw 

a girl all alone and it seemed she 

There is a girl on my bus. She is in 

6th grade. She never lets anyone sit 

next to her. So, I told her, “You know 

it’s not fair. You should let everyone 

There was once a boy named Yehuda. 

Let’s just say he was not the most 

popular kid in the class. He was always 

being made fun of. Kids were 

didn’t look as good 

calling him names 

as she wanted. She 

like, “monkey” and 

was trying to make 

“munch milk”. You 

herself pretty. So, I 

might think it’s 

went up to her and 

asked her is she 

wanted to borrow 

my clip and her face 

lit up. She looked 

gorgeous. I told everyone, 

“Look how 

pretty she looks!” 

Everyone gave her 

funny but it really 

hurt him. Then, one 

day, a kid named 

Shmuel called over 

Yitzi, the most popular 

kid who made 

fun of Yehuda the 

most. Shmuel said, 

compliments and 

“I think you are 

said she looked by: M.d.y. students 

hurting Yehuda’s 

awesome. That day, she was included 

in every activity the girls did. I 

sit.” So she said, “No. Why should I? feelings.” “I know,” replied Yitzi. 

felt good helping a girl out. The best 

part was no one knew it was my clip. 

She thanked me later but I was happy 

for her. A small little deed can make 

a big difference. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

Everyone is always so mean to me.” 

I said, “You know what? You should 

tell people to please stop.” So, one 

day a girl came and said, “You are 

so weird.” So, she said, “Please 

“Then why do you do it?” Said Shmuel. 

“Because it’s fun,” said Yitzi. 

“Well if you were in Yehuda’s place 

would you also find it funny? You 

would feel bad.” “I guess so. I will 

By: Aliza Schwartz 

stop. That’s not very nice.” And she stop,” said Yitzi. “Thank you,” said 


One time, my friend and I were wild. stopped. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 Shmuel. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

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O n c e , 

there was 

a girl 

named Renee. 

Renee 

was a 

mean person 

and 

By: Sydney Benami 

a l w a y s 


went against girls who are not like 

her. She used to be best friends with 

a girl named Nina but, as they got 

older, they grew apart. Nina has a 

Facebook and told her friend her 

password who was secretly friends 

with Renee. That friend told Renee 

Nina’s password. Raquel logged 

into Nina’s account and started 

writing mean things and cursing 

to all of her friends. The next day, 

all of Nina’s friends got mad at 

Nina. But, Renee regretted doing 

that and announced in front of everyone 

in lunch that she wrote all 

the bad stuff about Nina’s friends. 

Everyone forgave her and all the 

cliques in the school broke and 

they became friends. No more 

mean girls! Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

Dina got 

a new CD 

for Hanukkah. 

She 

was very 

e x c i t e d . 

The next 

day Dina 

By: Estelle Saad b r o u g h t 

Yeshivah of Flatbush her CD 

to school to show it to her friends. 

Her friends were very excited, too. 

But Sarah was especially impressed. 

Sarah was having a big family party 

that night and she wanted to impress 

her cousin Eliza with some hip music. 

Finally, Dina agreed to let Sarah 

borrow the CD, but Sarah had to be 

very careful. The next day, Sarah 

walked into the classroom with tears 

in her eyes. As careful as Sarah was, 

she still lost the CD. As disgusted 

as Dina was, she didn’t want to embarrass 

Sarah, and, therefore, she 

just forgave Sarah and told her that 

it was OK. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Embarrassment 

There was 

a girl that 

wasn’t so 

skinny. She 

had a best 

friend who 

she told her 

one of her 

By: Jenny Alfaks s e c r e t s . 

Magen David Yeshivah One of the 

secrets was how much she weighed. 

Her best friend thought it was a joke 

and she announced it to the whole 

class. Everyone started laughing so 

hard. But I didn’t laugh at all because 

I didn’t think it was that funny. So, 

I told the girl, who told everyone, 

that it was so mean of her to do that 

to your best friend. I told the whole 

class that its a joke between us. And 

that girl who wasn’t so skinny felt so 

good inside ! Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Eli Aballi 


You are sitting on a bus and a boy is 

getting made fun of. You could go 

there and say, “Why are you bothering 

him? What did he do to you? 

Leave him alone!” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Chani Goldberg 


“You are so weird,” Miri said to 

Rivky. “Don’t say that,” Kayla 

said. “She is not weird.” The 

next day, Miri said to Rivky, “You 

know, I was just having a bad day. 

I am sorry. I took it out on you. Can 

you forgive me?” “Sure,” she replied. 

They ended up being the best 

of friends. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Stop 

social 

isolation 


The popular kids 

include the left out kids 

By: Susan Mosseri 


If someone was left out, I would ask 

her if she wanted to make plans. I 

would tell her, “Don’t worry what 

they say. You are so nice. Please 

don’t lose confidence. Just ignore 

what they say. 

You are a wonderful 

person.” 

I would sit next 

to her. Because 

it doesn’t matter 

how tall you are, 

how short you 

are; fat, skinny, 

etc, doesn’t matter, 

as long as you 

have derech eretz 

and good midot. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


By: Sarah Levy 


When school starts on Fridays, Shabbat 

music fills the halls. The girls in 

the grade always come together to 

sing one song. This Friday, when the 

song was almost over, Ava saw Chana 

shyly approaching. She didn’t 

know where to break into the circle 

so Ava moved over. Chana smiled 

and walked over. Chana seemed so 

By: Charles Grego 


One day, I was with all my friends 

walking down the block. We passed 

one kid’s house. He was just sitting 

outside alone. People made 

fun of him and accused him that 

Don’t put him 

down to bring 

yourself up 

he does weird stuff. He saw us 

pass and he turned around. I told 

my friend I was going to invite 

him. I had to convince them. They 

still said, “no,” so, I left them to 

play with him. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Gitty Silber 


The girls in 6th grade were bossing 

around the younger kids. I asked, 

“How would you like it if kids 

By:Irwin Savdie 


One day, I came to school and I 

brought a bag of candy. Everyone 

wanted and they were crowding 

around me. There was a kid in the 

corner and he was by himself and 

he wasn’t asking for 

candy. So, I moved 

everybody out of the 

way and I went over 

to him. I gave only 

him candy to make 

him feel better. 

Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Nechami Zilberberg 


A girl I know wanted 

to have a friend 

very badly. But, no 

one wanted to be her 

friend. Her mother 

was spending money on the girls so 

they would be her friends and those 

girls took advantage and made fun 

of her. My mother found out about 

it but she said it’s up to me if I want 

to be her friend. I made the right 

choice. This Sunday she is coming 

with me to the high school play. Not 

only that; now a lot more people are 

accepting her. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

happy singing with everyone. The older than you were bossing you 


worst thing in the world is being around?” They realized that they 

Including friend 

excluded. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 were wrong. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 




Including friend 



By: Aliza Zakutinsky 


By: Victor Guindi 


There was a new, shyer girl in my 

class. She was funny and a pleasure 

to be around. But, because we were 

all friends with someone else, she 

must have felt left out. After Shabbat, 

One Sunday, I was with my friends 

and we were talking. On the other 

side, I saw my other friend alone. We 

were talking about something that I 

was interested in and I told them that 

I asked her if 

she wanted to go 

to pizza with me. 

She came. After, 

she called me and 

told me how she 

had such a good 

time. She thanked 

me and I hung 

up the phone. I 

then thought to 

myself, “Wow! 

I made someone 

else’s night.” 

I was so happy. 

Now, she and I are 


good friends. All you need to do 

is to treat her normally. No one 

wants to be treated as if they were 

I feel bad for my other friend. I asked 

them if they want to go talk to him 

and they didn’t want to. So, I stopped 

different. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 talking with my friends and I went to 

By: Carol Sabbagh 

my other friend and I told him, “Hi, 


We were outside for recess and everyone 

what’s doing?” Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

was playing a game. One Submit your story. The next 

girl came and said, “Can I play?” topic is available online 

They all said, “No.” I said, “Why with examples and clues to 

should you be allowed to play 

help you win. 

and not her?” No one answered. 


Since then, she never felt left 


out again. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

The bully 

looks for an 

easy target 

By:Junie Maleh 


One day, my friend named Rachel 

had fever. She even missed school. I 

suggested calling her with my friends 

to wish her a Refuah Shelemah. My 

friends said, “No way! She is not 

even your friend, 

she is such a loser!” 

I decided to call her 

right there in front 

of my friends. Rachel 

said, “I didn’t 

expect a phone 

call. This is my first 

ever from someone 

when I was sick. 

Thank you, really!” 

And then my 

friends felt guilty 

and, after that, decided 

to call her 

separately. Rachel 

was so happy. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 

By: Gabi Cohen 


In recess, I saw a girl sitting in the 

corner by herself while we were 

playing dodge ball. No one noticed 

her because we were having so 

much fun! I felt very bad. So, I went 

up to her quietly so I wouldn’t embarrass 

her. I asked her to play with 

us and she came. We ended up having 

so much fun and she was a very 

funny girl. Vote: 1 2 3 4 5 


Parents 

From Torah on Bullying 

C lean Language: When the kids 

talk, they think it’s cool to include bad 

words in their language. 

Bad Influence: Don’t follow. A strong 

person is someone who thinks for himself 

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when you see your friend does something 

wrong. 

W ho do you admire: Who do kids 

really admire? Famous basketball players, 

actors or Rabbis and people who contribute 

to society. 

A 

B 

C 

According to Gemara, who is worst? 

Someone who hurts someone 

financially or verbally? 

When someone embarrasses someone 

publicly, the Gemara compares him to: 

• Robber • Rasha • Murderer 

The 2nd Beit Hamikdash got destroyed 

because one of the following people got 

publicly embarrassed. Who is he? 

• Abaye • Gedalya 

• Kamtza • Bar Kamtza 

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Costumes accessories 

and props…. 

Party supply store ~ Wholesalers open to the public 

We specialize in themed party supplies and costumes 

2118 Avenue X, Brooklyn, NY 11235 

Tel: 718-332-8131 * 800-854-8490 * 718-NOVELTY * Fax: 718-332-8141 

www.pintonovelty.com 





Wishing Mazal Tov to the Bar & Bat Mitzvah Kids! 

Phone: 212-302-3661 Fax: 212-302-7390 

1400 Broadway, New York 

Email: zianinyc@gmail.com

Focus 

Loyalty 

Patience 

Courage 

Fairness 

Honesty 

Tolerance 

Creativity 

Flexibility 

Reliability 

Forgiveness 

Cooperation 

Organization 

Self Discipline 

Positive Attitude 

Best tools for parents to develop their child’s character

Bar Mitzvah Magazine 2011

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