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The Lion's Tale

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The Lion's Tale

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...

Students participate in grade-wide discussions at Pearlstone Retreat Center. Photo by Abby Chesman.
Juniors attend Shabbaton at new location
Maiya Blumenthal, Opinion Editor • March 5, 2024

For 10 years, students and faculty members of the CESJDS high school have become...

Photo by Deborah Berman
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...

Edition VI of the Bohr Franklin Science Journal, one of CESJDS student-run magazines.
Fresh off the press
Maya Greenblum, News Editor • March 9, 2024

Bohr Franklin: For CESJDS high school students interested in STEM, the Bohr-Franklin...

Junior Yedidya Milner-Gillers spends his snow day with his Imadi buddy. Photo from Yedidya Milner-GIllers.
Local organization provides assistance to children and families affected by pediatric health diagnoses
Leora Blumenthal, Guest Writer • February 25, 2024

As he opens a graduation invitation from a child with brain cancer whom he started...

Cohen gives coaching advice to girls varsity basketball team during their rivalry match against Berman.
Teacher reports for 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...

Becker communicates with teamates in a game at Soccerplex in Bethesda.
Dino to Dartmouth
Cati Werbin-Gradel, Arts and Entertainment Editor, Director of Social Media • March 9, 2024

Junior Dino Becker breathed a sigh of relief as he hung up the phone with the...

Boaz Dauber climbs a rock wall at Movement in Rockville.
Climb to the Top
Sophie Schwartz, Opinion Editor • March 9, 2024

After trying a plethora of CESJDS sports teams such as track, basketball and...

Lions defends against the Spencerville Hornets in the last quarter of the championship game.
Girls varsity basketball falls to Spencerville Hornets in championship
Anna Polon, Guest Writer • February 20, 2024

In the middle of the first quarter, with the Lions winning 11-4, the Spencerville...

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While in middle school students are required to be in a davening ZK, in high school students can choose to opt out
Opinion: CESJDS should only offer davening Zman Kodesh options
Eliana Wolf, Sports Editor • March 12, 2024

There are many occasions when I daven in my Zman Kodesh, unmotivated and tired,...

FLAPPER FASHION
Juniors Hannah Kaffee, Aliza Lesser and Shira Shapiro (left to right) enjoy glasses of sparkling apple cider at the Great Gatsby Day party, which was held in the cafeteria during advisory. Many students in the grade chose to wear flapper dresses to celebrate the event, including Kaffee, who got her dress from a senior. “The flapper dress is an iconic symbol of the 1920s,” Lesser said.
Fashion Friday: Great Gatsby day 2024
Anna Polon, Reporter • March 12, 2024

The Heights food hall offers various food styles through various stalls in the diner.
The heights of dining
Vivi Ducker, Features Editor • March 8, 2024
Madame Web was released on Feb. 14 and is the newest movie in the popular Spiderman francise. Photo from Marvel Entertainment.
Web out
Tali Loeffler, Sports Editor • March 8, 2024

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