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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 took one last glance at her bill and made her way up to the podium to present her bill on disability accommodation in...

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 Negilah, a traditional Jewish song, they gazed down at their classmates, relishing in the excitement of prom and looking forward...

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 where they modeled a United Nations conference on climate change. In this simulation, seventh graders, serving as delegates...

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 detectors in various bathrooms throughout the school. A plan to put in vape detectors has been in motion since the end of the...

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 a bomb shelter. Despite a return to semi-normality, the war between Israel and Hamas that broke out on Oct. 7 is ongoing, with...

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 familiar with the experience of riding on buses with their peers down the spiral road that leads to the Capital Camps and...

Before meeting with JDS high school students, Tevel tours the Upper School with Kaufman.

StandWithUs youth delegation visits from Israel

Eliana Wolf, Sports Editor March 4, 2024

Delegates from the StandWithUs Tevel Youth Program in Israel visited CESJDS on Feb. 28 as part of an advocacy trip to the U.S., where they spoke with various high school on the program. The cohort, which...

Ninio (far right) and family traveled Puerto Rico over winter break during Ninios time at JDS. Photo provided by Gili Schisterman.

JDS welcomes Israeli students relocated due to Israel-Hamas War

Maya Greenblum and Jordana Dauber February 28, 2024

As soon as Hamas’ attack on Israel occurred on Oct. 7, the realities of Israeli citizens were flipped upside down, causing a number of unprecedented changes to their lives. For some Israelis, one of...

Certified digital wellness educator Corrine Yourman leads a session titled Your Digital Life and Your Jewish Values to members of the high school community.

February’s Wellness Wednesday: Digital Wellness

Ruby Kotok, Features Editor February 8, 2024

Students heard from experts on Feb. 7 in the newest installment of Wellness Wednesdays. This “Disconnect to Connect” program consisted of over six sessions covering topics about digital wellness, such...

Students watch as Steinberg presents on her time as a journalist in Israel.

Israeli journalist speaks to Upper School

Isaiah Segal-Geetter, Guest Writer February 5, 2024

Jessica Steinberg, an editor at The Times of Israel, spoke to the CESJDS Upper School on Jan. 30 about her role as a journalist. She focused on the challenges of covering the hostage situation, as well...

The Jewish caucus honors Marsha Tishler, Rockville resident and Holocaust survivor, for Holocaust Remembrance day at an event on Jan. 29.

Lawmakers initiate Maryland Legislative Jewish Caucus

Maya Greenblum, News Editor January 30, 2024

As the Israel-Hamas War advances, antisemitic incidents have reached extreme rates worldwide, inspiring a rise in Jewish advocacy through social activism and regional protests.  Senator Shelley Hettleman...

Juniors attended mental health trainings every week during November.

Train your brains

Ruby Kotok, Reporter January 4, 2024

Four in five teens struggling with mental health challenges first turn to their peers for support, according to Drew Fidler, Senior Director of the BBYO Center for Adolescent Wellness. That is why JDS...

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