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Students in Contemporary Issues in Israel welcomed chef Michael Solomonov on Zoom for a cooking demonstration and Q&A. The students cooked tabbouleh with kale, apple, walnuts and sumac-onion. Together with Jewish history teacher Aaron Bregman, Solomonov turned the cafeteria into a kitchen and classroom.

Turning the kitchen into a classroom

Eva Bard, Editor-in-Chief November 18, 2021

Samantha and Remy Eidelman discuss a lesson in class.

Double trouble

Reyut Wasserstein, Guest Writer November 17, 2021

The chances of having a twin are about one in 250. But at CESJDS, there are multiple pairs in the high school alone, and several of these twins share academic and elective classes together. Sophomore...

Taylor Swift re-released Red in an attempt to regain control over her music.

Taylor Swift wows fans with re-release of “Red”

Ellie Levine, Reporter November 17, 2021

At 12 a.m. on Friday, November 12, I pressed play on “Red (Taylor’s Version)” for the first, but far from last, time. A common question asked by non-Taylor Swift fans is why Swift has begun to...

Opinion: JDS Should loosen the mask mandate

Opinion: JDS Should loosen the mask mandate

Nini Panner, Reporter November 15, 2021

The pandemic was an unstable and scary time for our community and world. Wearing masks became the safe and cautious way to venture out into the world. However, as cases lower and vaccination rates rise,...

Senior Zack Arking leaves class early after getting confused by the lack of bells.

Opinion: Bring the bells back

Jonah Beinart, Reporter November 15, 2021

You’ve probably noticed that the infamous ringing of the bells that signal the beginning and end of every class has disappeared. Now it is harder to recognize when classes begin or end, and the schedule...

Senior Talia Jacobsohn sporting a pair of baggy jeans.

Gen-Z vs. Millennials: Do skinny jeans belong in our closets?

Lily Rulnick, Guest Writer November 14, 2021

Do Millennials and Generation-Zers really need another topic to argue about?  This time the controversy surrounds the use of baggy and skinny jeans. Who is wearing which style tends to depend on the generation,...

Hit the ground bonding

Hit the ground bonding

Ella Waldman, Features Editor November 12, 2021

Inside the music room

Inside the music room

Sadie Coxe, guest writer November 10, 2021

At every Kabbalat Shabbat, a  group of musicians perform behind a main singer or on their own; a group unofficially titled “the Kab Shab Band.” It's a group of talented student musicians that we listen...

Seniors create a moshpit while dancing to music.

Fall dance has bar mitzvah theme

Elliot Bramson, Reporter November 8, 2021

CESJDS’s first fake homecoming dance since the outbreak of COVID-19 was held this past Sunday. Although JDS has no football team, the seniors typically plan FOCO in order to replicate the experience...

Daniel Craig as James Bond in his new movie No Time To Die.

Daniel Craig shines in new James Bond movie

Ari Werbin-Gradel, Reporter November 3, 2021

The newest James Bond movie, “No Time To Die,” is by far the best one of the Daniel Craig era, and it’s not even close. From the thrill and action to the storyline and graphics, this movie is absolutely...

Torahs sit in the ark in the Beit Midrash at CESJDS.

Torah falls at local synagouge

Nathan Szubin, Guest Writer November 3, 2021

Rabbi Brahm Weinberg was sitting in the front row of the Kemp Mill Synagogue when the unthinkable happened - the Torah fell out of the ark. After the gabbai gave the Torah to the chazzan, they turned...

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