Jeremy Golubcow-Teglasi
Principal search requires ‘unique’ process

Leon Levy
Return to status quo after promising effort

Student Council report card
At the beginning of this year the current student council made similar promises. In this year’s first issue, the Student Council said, “we will also begin organizing a massive recycling plan....With Spirit Week, the dances, drives and student-led meetings, we will be very busy and very enthusiastic.”

However, they remained just that, promises.  more...

Defender of truth
TFor 17 years, first as a rabbinics teacher whose office was next door to that of the Lion’s Tale and eventually in his role as principal, Rabbi Reuven Greenvald has supported and encouraged The Lion’s Tale to, above all else, report the truth.  more...

No criticism neccessary for commemoration
The class of 2003 presented a Yom HaShoah Remembrance Day reflective of the efforts and visions of students who, under the supervision of the Jewish History Department, became, for the purposes of the day, artists, program designers, teachers, technicians, architects, writers, singers, actors, directors, dancers, and historians. more..

Reward for charity exclusive and misleading
The school fosters financial support for Israel by collecting tzedakah in many of the minyanim. Recently, in addition to the other funds, a call for donations to PizzaIDF was read in minyanim. PizzaIDF is an organization that distributes pizzas to Israeli soldiers. According to the flyer, if the school raises enough money for 100 pizzas, then the administration will throw the student body a pizza party.  more...

‘Big Brother is watching,’ policy demeaning
The halls of JDS, until this past week, have always been always been an open and safe place for students. This essentially ended when the administration implemented its new hall pass policy. The students have now given up a big piece of the freedom we are all privileged to as high school students. more...