The Jewish Scholastic Press Association is pleased to announce the 2021 Annual Jewish Scholastic Journalism Awards, to be presented via Live Webcast in late April. More details to be announced next month. This year there are 11 entry categories, including a special category for news and feature reporting on COVID-19.  Stories entered in this category should focus on either the science, spread or...

The Lippman Kanfer Foundation for Living Torah has awarded JSPA one of 11 national “A More Perfect Union” grants, hoping to advance the goal of combining of Jewish thought with the practice of democracy by promoting journalism in Jewish high schools and beyond. The two-year grant totals $90,000 and is designed to put the JSPA on a more secure financial and staff footing, while expanding its...

“I’m definitely nervous. I know it’s gonna be one of the most challenging things I ever do, and I’m definitely nervous because it’s so unpredictable,” Jonah Gershman (‘19) said about his decision to join the Israeli Defense Forces. Gershman lived in Israel earlier in his life and wanted to help protect the country that he regards as a second home, as he is a dual citizen between the...

  Yes: There is halakhic basis to ostracize this man unconditionally Josh Glettner, Shalhevet High School As August drew to a close, the Shalhevet community united in protest around a shiva house. Jew and non-Jew alike, the protestors were brought together by the actions of the mourner, Meir Kin, whose name has long been an object of revulsion. In Israel, the deceased mourner’s...