When Georgia Governor Brian Kemp announced that all state residents 16 and older would be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine on March 25, it didn’t cause a huge stir among AJA’s senior class. All but one of the seniors who have attended school in person this year had already received their first dose of the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech regiment during the previous two weeks. By the first week after...

“What is your view on U.S-Israel relations, California-Israel trade, and BDS, the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movement?” When the two most prominent candidates running for state Assembly were asked this question May 3, Heather Hutt said the answer is simple — she opposes BDS and believes Israel should be protected and “whole” at all times. “I certainly do stand against the boycott,”...

It’s not often nowadays that you can share your political opinions with others without running into conflict. However, at NYHS town halls, students can, in fact, share opinions freely and respectfully. “An important part of a Jewish education is to be able to think critically and see different perspectives,” said Head of School Jason Feld. At a town hall, students and staff discuss the pros...

In the first-ever tie for JSPA's top prize for high school journalists, staffers of The Lion's Tale at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School and The Boiling Point at Shalhevet High School both won the 2021 Grand Prize for Jewish Scholastic Journalism, the Jewish Scholastic Press Association announced Sunday. "Is Shalom Hello or Goodbye?"  by Daphne Kaplan and Rochelle Berman of The Lion’s Tale, ...

Just this past year, in 2020, Israel normalized relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain with the Abraham Accords. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was lauded in Israel, and former President Donald Trump received praise in the US. However, in doing so, Netanyahu changed his approach from “land for peace” to “peace for peace.” In the past, other Arab countries would not have...

The Class of 2021 is beginning their Irene and Daniel Simpkins Senior Capstone trip by quarantining at Alexander Muss High School for 10 days after their arrival on April 6. The class is quarantining in pods, with two pods for the 28 female students and one for the 19 males. Each pod is further subdivided into rooms of four to six people. Though students are separated by pods, they are able to see...