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  • Winners of the 2024 Jewish Scholastic Journalism Awards to be announced March 10

Jewish Scholastic Press Association

Jewish Scholastic Press Association

BUILDING: Robotics Captain Benjy Kolieb working on the robot for this year’s competition.
Team 6000 Robotics turns 10
David Dakar, 11th Grade, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School • May 1, 2026
Team 6000 — named because it was the 6000th team in the league to register  — is the largest extra-curricular team at Shalhevet, with 29 members. “There’s a place for everyone,” said the team's captain.
A four-car light rail vehicle (LRV) crosses the I-90 floating bridge during Crosslake livewire testing on Oct. 8, 2025.
Light rail expands expands to Mercer Island
Zelick Clayman, The Mane Idea, Northwest Yeshiva High School • April 27, 2026
The expansion is connects Mercer Island, where NYHS is located, to the rest of the Seattle area's Link light rail stations. This allows students to use a new form of transportation to get to and from school.
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OPINION: Faith, Service, and Politics - Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Conscription Debate
OPINION: Faith, Service, and Politics – Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Conscription Debate
Tomer Zur, The Milken Roar, Milken Community School, Los Angeles
Ben-Gurion did not anticipate that the Old Yishuv population would grow to more than 1.3 million ultra-Orthodox Jews today, transforming what was meant to be a temporary solution into one of Israel’s most contentious political issues.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal is displayed at the FEMA National Response Coordination Center in Washington, D.C., Jan. 24, 2026.
Opinion: The Department of Homeland Security uses TikTok inappropriately
Lena Lourenco, The Lion's Tale, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
This genre of posts undermines the emotion and complexity of the situations they discuss by communicating with the public through sarcasm and humor. While they foster a large audience, they are not a professional way to disperse government messages.
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Apply through May 8 for New York teen internship with Riverdale Press
Apply through May 8 for New York teen internship with Riverdale Press
Deadline May 1 to apply for Summer Podcasting Institute in San Francisco
Deadline May 1 to apply for Summer Podcasting Institute in San Francisco