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Rebecca Mordechai

New York
As seen in: HuffPost, TIME, InStyle, Forward, Money, Tablet Magazine, Electric Literature, TIME For Kids, Lilith Magazine
Former writer @ TIME for Kids and editor @Newsela. Words in @nytimes for kids @TIME @MONEY @InStyle @huffpost @hellogiggles @electriclit @jdforward @tabletmag.

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Okay to Eat?

Okay to Eat?

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Teacher's Pup

Teacher's Pup

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James Joyce Ruined Me for Orthodox Judaism - Electric Literature

James Joyce Ruined Me for Orthodox Judaism - Electric Literature

It was 'Dubliners' versus 15th-century rabbis in a battle for my soul W hen I was 5 my teachers refused to re…

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A New Deal

A New Deal

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Articles

Creature Care | Your 🔥 Job

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By Rebecca Mordechai
| TIME For Kids
How do zoo caretakers get animals to stay still for a vaccine? Michael Adkesson vaccinates a sloth at the Brookfield Zoo on September 7. CATHY BAZZONI—CZS-BROOKFIELD ZOO In January 2021, eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, in California, became the first great apes to test positive for COVID-19. “There was immediate concern,” Nadine Lamberski told TIME for Kids. She’s the chief conservation and wildlife health officer at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
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Should Kids Run Businesses?

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By Rebecca Mordechai
| TIME For Kids
Running a business can be both complicated and rewarding. Should kids be allowed to take on that task? Some say running a business lets kids earn money and learn how to manage it. It’s never too early to pick up such skills. Others say that in the long run, kids benefit more from focusing on school and extracurricular activities. Running a business can be distracting. Should kids run businesses? TFK Kid Reporters Ethan Zhang and Via Ryerson weigh in. What do you think?
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TIME for Kids | Spring Reading

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By Karena Phan , Ellen Nam, Rebecca Mordechai
| TIME For Kids
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. Here are three recent books with AAPI themes or characters. Which one would you like to read? The Last Fallen Star In The Last Fallen Star, 12-year-old Korean-American Riley Oh wants to become a healing witch like her sister, Hattie. Hattie creates a spell so she can share her magic with Riley—but the spell goes wrong. To fix things, Riley must find the last fallen star. Riley feels like she doesn’t belong.
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