“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...

JSPA is offering a professional development program this summer, where high school journalism advisers can learn how to incorporate Jewish texts, values and ethics into their understanding and teaching of journalism and teach students to apply Jewish thought to decision-making in their school newsrooms. The new program will offer training and materials for both new and...

A series of three stories by students on fallout from students caught drinking on their senior Israel trip has won the 2020 Grand Prize for Jewish Scholastic Journalism, the Jewish Scholastic Press Association announced today. Oren Minsk, Alex Landy, Matthew Rabinowitz and Josie Stein of The Lion’s Tale, based at at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Rockville, Md., won for three stories spanning...