
JDS mandates teachers to get vaccinated

Senior Israel trip delayed

Entire high school attends in person school after the graduation of the class of 2021
Applying to college in a pandemic: Seniors adjust to changes in application process during COVID-19

COVID-19 heavily impacts the Capstone Israel Trip: New safety precautions are added including a 14-day quarantine, fewer seniors attend the trip

[email protected] event provides opportunity for members of community and others to share personal stories

Award winning author, speaker and producer Marra Gad joins JDS assembly

JDS selects new high school principal for coming school year

Purple line expansion into Bethesda will allow for faster commutes

JDS celebrates Hanukkah through virtual events
Ari Blumenthal, Guest Writer
February 16, 2021
Throughout the past year, many teenage students have been struggling with a variety of different problems as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including mental health and...
Rochelle Berman and Jonah Beinart
February 11, 2021
A new policy by CESJDS mandates that all teachers (with exceptions of special circumstances) must receive the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible. This policy went into effect...
Benny Hasenberg , Reporter
February 3, 2021
As JDS students prepared to return to in-person learning, the school required that every student received a flu shot before returning to campus. Now, the teachers will be...
Sela Wertlieb , Guest Writer
February 1, 2021
For many students, getting their own work done is challenging under normal circumstances, but now during the pandemic, some students are taking on the responsibility of helping...
Harry Davidson, Assistant Copy Editor
January 28, 2021
Throughout the past year, all the major American sports leagues have undergone drastic changes in the presentation of their sports games, including banning or limiting fans...
Hadas Kabik, Reporter
January 20, 2021
Schools around the world have been in the difficult position of having to decide when it is safe to reopen their doors. CESJDS had help in making that decision from a medical...
Alec Silberg, Guest Writer
January 13, 2021
Sitting at home in his desk chair on a Tuesday morning, freshman Ron Nuriely Kimel Zooms into his first-period class. Thanks to a host of new technology in the classroom,...
Ivan Endelman, Features Editor
January 4, 2021
It is eight in the morning, but before students in the Sephardi Minyan transition into their day of virtual learning, a video of a Rabbi in Hong Kong giving a virtual tour...
Ari Blumenthal, Guest Writer
December 21, 2020
After a long week of Zoom classes, senior and co-president of the CESJDS Outdoors Club Jacob Svoysky stands on a cliff overlooking the beautiful farmland scenery at the end...
Lincoln Aftergood, Reporter
December 18, 2020
This week, CESJDS has hosted a slew of virtual events to celebrate Hanukkah and bring the community closer together through various activities. The Zoom calls included activities...
Harry Davidson, Reporter
December 17, 2020
For the first time since last March, high school students have returned to the CESJDS campus for in-person learning. Now, all Upper School students have had the option to...
Lena Nadaner, guest writer
December 17, 2020
Teenagers stare at a screen for another hour, their heads aching from the bright light. They then open an additional Zoom link in hope of seeing familiar friends and strengthening...
Kaylah Goldrich, Reporter
December 10, 2020
It’s 2 p.m. on a rainy Sunday afternoon, and Betsy Binckes, President of the Board for Mid-County United Ministries (MUM), is reminding volunteers at the mobile food pantry...
December 9, 2020
High school students attended in-person classes on Dec. 9 and 10 for the first time since March.
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Through difficult circumstances, the CESJDS high school dance team has used team practices as a way to stay connected with their friends and classmates through distance and now hybrid learning. Although the team typically...
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February 17, 2021
Without big parties, Super Bowl watchers had to find new ways to make the game fun
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With a new take on a classic dessert, “Cinnaholic Bakery” produces a rich, unique and mouth-watering treat that is truly terrific. The California-based vegan and kosher...
“Grey’s Anatomy” captures the reality of the pandemic in its new season
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