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much," she explains.
But Rachel, who does most of her
work in the classroom or at her fami-
ly's computer, is not letting herself get.
into a rut. Her current project is a
mystery story, in which the
Declaration of Independence is stolen
and "the White House is going nuts."
While the theft may pale in compari-
son to scandals with a certain intern,
Rachel came up with the idea from
writing a research paper on the
Declaration in fourth grade.
Mindy Siegel, Rachel's teacher, gave
the assignment that inspired Rachel's
winning story, and she also recom-
mended it to the MRA. "Rachel is
very conscientious and very bright,"
says Siegel. "I was just grading one of
her book reports the other day, and I
wrote in the comments that I couldn't
have done a better job."
A girl of many interests — includ
ing bike riding, piano playing and
Beanie Baby collecting — Rachel is
not yet sure she wants to make writing
her career.
"I want to write on the side but
also have a different job," she says. El

Folk Tale

RACHEL COHEN
Special to The Jewish News

When my father's grandfather came
to America, the rest of his family
stayed in Russia. They lived in a little
town called Toyanov, outside of Kiev.
My great-great Uncle Eliezer
wrote letters from Russia to his
brother, my great-grandfather and
the family in America. He could
not write about how bad it was in
Russia or else the Russians would
read it and not send the letter.
So he wrote on the envelope and
put the stamp over it so the
Russians couldn't see what he had
written. The family figured out that
there was writing under the stamp
and used the steam from the tea
kettle to loosen the stamp without It
tearing the envelope.
Somehow., my family kept in
touch. They kept writing under the
stamps, and the Russians never
found out about it. Even after my
great-grandfather died, Uncle Eliezer
wrote to another family member,
my father's Uncle Herman.
My great-great uncle remained
religious until the day he died in
Russia, in the 1960s, at the age of
92. H

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1998

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