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The Lion's Tale

Junior Skye Feinstein leans into her unexpected role as Olaf in Frozen Jr.
High school student steps in as "Olaf" in middle school production
Lily Rulnick, Editor-in-Chief • March 19, 2024

As Director of Arts Education David Solomon circled the cafeteria, he scanned...

Students present bills to the floor before they are voted on. Photo by Eliana Abrams.
Eighth grade students hold model congress
Eliana Abrams, Reporter • March 14, 2024

After three months of preparation for this moment, eighth grader Ayla Gerstenblith...

Senior Simon Reich spends his prom night encircled by his peers, dancing to the DJs music.
Senior salutations
Jordana Dauber and Sophia Leinwand March 8, 2024

Prom As the Class of 2024 raised each other up on chairs while singing Hava...

Seventh grade students represented countries in a mock United Nations climate summit. The representatives proposed solutions to climate change in small groups with a moderator.
Changing the forecast
Mia Forseter, Sports Editor • March 8, 2024

On Feb. 14, the seventh grade concluded their history project; a climate summit...

Photo illustration by Abby Chesman
Vigilance on vaping
Lily Rulnick, Editor-in-Chief • March 8, 2024

As of December 2023, the CESJDS Upper School campus has installed five vape...

Billboard plastered beside a street in Israel featuring a hashtag: Creating Hope amid the war struggles.
Israel-Hamas war update
Mia Forseter, Sports Editor • March 7, 2024

When Israelis open google maps, the first suggestion they receive is one for...

Photo by Lindsey Shapiro
Sweet success: JDS parent turns hobby into tasty business
Lindsey Shapiro March 27, 2024

While experimenting with recipes during COVID-19, CESJDS parent Nava Pickman...

Photo by Ruby Kotok
Jewish expression heightens following Oct. 7 attacks
Jonah Mellen, Reporter • March 19, 2024

On Nov. 14, a bustling crowd composed of 290,000 Jews and non-Jews alike showed...

Berman sits at his desk and works on homework after school.
Following 3:45: JDS's various after school routines
Sadaf Zadeh March 18, 2024

From the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., all high school students and staff...

The play includes many props created by students and staff at JDS.
A peek into the middle school production of "Frozen"
Aliza Braier, Guest Writer • March 18, 2024

Walking into rehearsal after school, 7th grade student Gigi Walker is met with...

Stay at home seniors: graduates share their alternative second semester plans
Aliza Bellas, Managing Editor, Copy • March 9, 2024

Each year, the majority of the senior class embarks upon the Senior Capstone...

Absent Minded rehearses before performing at Kab Shab.
Music Makers
Gila Safra, Reporter • March 9, 2024

At the last whole-school Kabbalat Shabbat of the 2022-23 school year, a boy...

Captain and junior Boaz Dauber and sophomore Micah Goldrich block the ball hit by their opponents.
Boys varsity volleyball crushes Berman at home
Sophia Leinwand and Leora Blumenthal March 27, 2024

After sophomore Micah Goldrich jumps in the air to spike the ball and win the...

Junior and captain Yedidya Milner-Gillers serves as freshman Ryan Klepper prepares for his next point against the St. Anselms Panthers
Lions fall to St. Anselms Panthers
Harry Hoffman, Guest Writer • March 24, 2024

Before the varsity boys tennis match between St. Anselms and CESJDS on March...

Used with permission from JDS_varsity_baseball instagram
Seniors retake the field in spring season
Aviv Stein, Reporter • March 20, 2024

Considering that two of the three sports seasons during the school year are...

Cohen gives coaching advice to girls varsity basketball team during their rivalry match against Berman.
Teacher reports on WNBA
Jordana Dauber, Reporter • March 15, 2024

For the past two years Matt Cohen, history teacher and assistant girls basketball...

Spring sports tryouts lasted from March 4 until March 7, and included five teams. On the first day of tryouts, juniors Etai Evan (left) and Jonah Berman (right) warm up in preparation for a run during track tryouts. Berman has been running track since sixth grade and is looking forward to the upcoming spring season. He broke several personal records last season with a mile time of 4:56 minutes and an 800 meter time of 2:12 minutes. “I’m excited to try to break all my records and to get my personal best times,” Berman said.
Spring sports tryout preview
Leora Blumenthal, Reporter • March 11, 2024

Members of the girls varsity basketball team cheer on their teamates during the championship game.
Season Showdown: winter sports come to a close
Ruby Kotok, Features Editor • March 9, 2024

The 2023-24 winter sports season consisted of ten teams across middle school...

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Protest posters at The Capitol in D.C. after the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Pro/Con: Is protesting productive?
Stella Muzin and Maya Greenblum March 26, 2024

Freshman Shia Messler clears his head amidst a basketball game
Opinion: Sports benefit mental health
Shia Messler, Guest Writer • March 21, 2024
Recycling a Purim costume from when he was younger, sophomore Oliver Silver’s Metro-inspired Purim costume was arguably one of the most creative DIY ensembles seen this year. Despite having picked up this costume after a decade in storage, the Metro sign’s details were perfectly intact. Silver said that he chose the Van Ness station specifically because it is his favorite of all the Metro stops. “It’s my costume from when I was like five, that’s why it has these holes; these holes were where my arms were,” Silver said. “I found it in the basement and decided I could wear it as a hat.”
Fashion Friday: Purim 2024
Lily Rulnick, Editor-in-Chief • March 25, 2024

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