The Jewish Scholastic Press Association is pleased to announce its first-ever workshop for new and almost-new journalism advisers, to be held via Zoom on three Sundays: Aug. 18, Aug. 25 and Sept. 8, 2024. We'll tackle topics like how to start a publication from scratch or reboot what's already there; how best to teach interview technique along with "inverted pyramid" and other story structures;...

After Oct. 7, the number of Shalhevet students asking whether they should remove parts of their college applications that disclosed their Jewish identity or Israel connections drastically increased, said Mr. Jordan Moss, Director of College Counseling, in an interview with the Boiling Point. But seven months later, with anti-Israel encampments occupying colleges across the country, fear about the...

From Jurassic Park to Prometheus, humans meddling with God’s creation is a motif almost as old as writing itself. But recent developments in the field of genome editing, the modification of human, plant, and animal DNA, is promising to transform these tall tales into a reality. A chain of events, first set in motion by researchers in 2012, culminated in December of last year with the U.S....

“[The rallies and protests] you see on the news are real, but what you don’t see is that we have very strong Jewish community,” said Freshman Emma Almo, who graduated from NYHS in 2023 and goes to Barnard.

Sophomore Sophie Katz, the Boiling Point’s Outside News Editor, searched for three months for Muslim teenagers in Los Angeles to interview for a story about their experiences and feelings during the current conflict in Israel and Gaza. She found two, one who supported both sides and the other who strongly opposed Israel. Sophie also interviewed the director of a youth cohort at an organization...

As Milken Dance Company’s performance came to an end on April 18, the entire group took the stage for a final time. The lights were dim when a fast and eccentric beat started playing. The light brightened, and the group began dancing. Their accentuated movements and gestures were visualizing the themes of feminism and standing up to ignorance. Esteemed guest choreographer Barak Marshall choreographed...