Datyah Ben-Dor

"The child in this story assumes that it might not be very nice to be a tree. A tree is stuck in one place, can't visit friends, might be bored when everyone is sleeping . . . but the tree actually likes all of those 'tree-ish' things. The phrase adam yehidi nivra (Hebrew for "every person is a unique creation") reminds us that our differences are just as precious as the things we have in common. The tree in this story also seems to have an innate...