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Gabrielle Beacken has written 4 posts for NU Online

15 life-changing seconds in Sderot

April 22, 2012 in NU Magazine - April, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Sderot is a town less than a mile away from the Gaza Strip. There have been 13,000 Quassam rockets launched into Sderot from Gaza in the past 11 years.

All alone

November 8, 2011 in NU Magazine - November, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

The holidays Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur have recently passed and for me, the holidays were different than they were any other year. This year, I am an only child.

Bracing for a smile

April 21, 2011 in NU Magazine - April, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Ever since seventh grade I longed for the day I would get my braces off. Sure, over the almost three years of having them, I got used to them, but still, in the back of my mind, I always wanted my orthodontist to tell me he was taking them off that very minute.

Change of pace

October 29, 2010 in NU Magazine - November 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

How was the transition? Difficult? Easy? I’m curious to know.
That is the question I hear from every parent I meet from the Hebrew Academy of Morris County.