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You Can Have Your Space, Cowboys A Message to the Class of 2025 You can tell a lot about a person by the playlists on their phones.  And when I think of the Class of 2025, there is a playlist that is being put together in my mind. There is, of course, Am Yisrael Chai, with images of so many of you dancing on 78th street, arms locked with joy and conviction on Yom HaAtzmaut. There is Od Yoter Tov -the song that escorted IDF soldiers into the school just a few months ago with your collective embrace.  There is Barukh HaShem It’s Shabbos which we hear each week as we leave the school lobby on Friday afternoons, wishing each other a sweet Shabbat..  Uvenei Otah, from our celebration just a few weeks ago at the Kotel on Yom Yerushalayim.  Acheinu as we pray for the hostages and the IDF and even serve them dinner on an army base.  And, of course, there is Tomorrow, that timeless song of hope, which you all sang with energy and joy even after 24 straight hours of no sl...