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The student news site of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School

The Lion's Tale

The student news site of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School

The Lion's Tale

The student news site of Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School

The Lion's Tale

2023-2024 Staff

Sadaf Zadeh
In-Depth Editor

Sadaf Zadeh

Sadaf is thrilled to continue working on The Lion’s Tale as In-Depth Editor after previously serving as an Arts and entertainment Editor. She is eager to cover critical topics and write captivating articles. In addition to her work on the Lion's Tale, Sadaf is the president of the STEMinism club, a...

Gila Safra
Reporter

Gila Safra

Sophie Schwartz
Managing Editor, Web

Sophie Schwartz

   

Penelope Terl
News Editor

Penelope Terl

Penelope is excited to start her second year as a News Editor on Lion’s Tale. Outside of Lion’s Tale, Penelope is stage manager of JDS theater shows, a student admissions representative, and a member of the school mock trial team. Penelope is thrilled to get to continue her work on Lion’s Tale...

Mia Forseter
Sports Editor

Mia Forseter

With much of her life revolving around playing sports, Mia is excited to take on her role as Sports Editor for the Lion’s Tale this year. She looks forward to designing spreads and continuing to provide a great sports section for readers. Outside of Lion’s Tale, Mia plays for the varsity softball...

Eliana Wolf
Editor-In-Chief

Eliana Wolf

Eliana is beyond ecstatic to continue her work on The Lion’s Tale as Editor-In-Chief. She loves working with all of the fabulous staff members and particularly loves coming together on production nights. Aside from editing, writing and designing articles and spreads, one may find Eliana playing tennis,...

Maiya Blumenthal
Managing Editor, Copy

Maiya Blumenthal

   

Tali Loeffler
Sports Editor

Tali Loeffler

Tali is super excited to continue her work on staff as a Sports Editor this year for the Lion’s Tale. She has passion for many sports and is on the Varsity Basketball team, Varsity Soccer team, and Varsity Softball team. Tali is a founder of the JDS football club. She enjoys writing and editing, and...

Ruby Kotok
Reporter

Ruby Kotok

Vivi Ducker
Editor-In-Chief

Vivi Ducker

Vivi is thrilled to be Editor-In-Chief of The Lion’s Tale! She loves design and editing and looks forward to spending time with the amazing staff at meetings, productions, and other Lion’s Tale events. Outside of Lion’s Tale, Vivi is on the dance team, she runs a non-profit organization called...

Libby Hurwitz
Staff Illustrator

Libby Hurwitz

Simon Albert
News Editor

Simon Albert

Simon Albert is thrilled to continue working with the Lion’s Tale and take on his new role as the News Editor. In the past, Simon was the Assistant In-Depth Editor where he built skills as a copy-editor and spread designer. He enjoys bringing light to unknown stories through his writing and design ...

Matthew Steindecker
Reporter

Matthew Steindecker

Matthew is excited to continue his work as a reporter on Lion’s Tale. He is looking forward to writing about sports and issues in the CESJDS community. Outside of Lion’s Tale, Matthew enjoys playing baseball, working out, watching movies and hanging out with friends. He is a member of Current Event...

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Editor-in-Chief

Lily Rulnick

Lily Rulnick is thrilled to serve as Editor-in-Chief on the Lion’s Tale after being on the paper since freshman year. Lily has so much faith in the incredible staff and cannot wait to work with them to make the Lion’s Tale shine. Apart from the Lion’s Tale, Lily is president of the Ceramics ...

Lilli Libowitz
In-Depth Editor, Director of Staff Management

Lilli Libowitz

Lilli Libowitz is excited to continue her work on Lion’s Tale as In-Depth Editor after having previously worked as an Arts and Entertainment Editor and Assistant Opinion Editor. Lilli loves writing and editing articles and designing spreads for print editions. Outside of Lion’s Tale, Lilli is pres...

Lena Nadaner
Editor-in-Chief

Lena Nadaner

As Editor-in-Chief, Lena Nadaner is ecstatic to continue working on the Lion’s Tale after serving as Features Editor and Assistant In-depth editor. She relishes writing, copy-editing, and designing for print editions and the website. Lena is on the CESJDS Varsity Dance Team and is a peer tut...

Kaylah Goldrich
Editor-in-Chief

Kaylah Goldrich

Kaylah Goldrich is so excited to continue her work on Lion’s Tale as Editor-in-Chief after previously serving as the Sports Editor. She enjoys writing and editing articles and loves designing spreads for the monthly print edition. Outside of the newspaper, Kaylah is a proud co-captain of the debat...

Julia Rich
Reporter

Julia Rich

Jonah Beinart
Features Editor

Jonah Beinart

Breaking news: there’s a new features editor in town, and he’s ready to continue his work on The Lion’s Tale. Jonah is a section editor on the Bohr Franklin Science Journal and writes for his neighborhood newspaper, the Lakelands Leader. He is also an avid runner and participates in cross-count...

Ellie Fischman
Managing Editor, Copy

Ellie Fischman

Ellie (they/she) is very excited to continue their work on Lion’s Tale as Managing Editor, Copy. Their previous positions of Opinion Editor and Assistant Sports Editor have reinforced their passions for design and helping writers refine their work. Outside of Lion’s Tale, Ellie is a peer tutor at ...

Ella Waldman
In-Depth Editor, Director of Social Media

Ella Waldman

Ella Waldman is incredibly excited to continue her work on Lion’s Tale as In-Depth Editor and Director of Social Media after having previously worked as Features Editor and then News Editor. She loves working on articles and design and is excited to work with fellow editors to enhance the publicat...

Ari Werbin-Gradel
Sports Editor

Ari Werbin-Gradel

Ari Werbin-Gradel is super excited to be working on Lion’s Tale as a second time editor for sports! He previously served as a reporter, sports social media coordinator, features editor last year, and now is a sports editor. In his free time, Ari enjoys playing and watching sports, reading scien...

Ari Blumenthal
Reporter

Ari Blumenthal

I am so excited to continue my work as a reporter on Lion’s Tale. I love writing articles and the freedom of the press. In addition to Lion’s Tale, I am co-president of the mega-successful Current Events Club and treasurer of Vocab Club. I can’t wait to write great articles this year....

Adin Halbfinger
News Editor

Adin Halbfinger

Adin Halbfinger is enraptured by the opportunity to continue his work as News Editor this year. He loves updating his peers about all news occurring both in and out of our community, and hates the Oxford comma. In addition to Lion's Tale, Adin is involved in JSA, Mock Trial, Track and Field, Grade G...

Aaron Waldman
Sports Editor

Aaron Waldman

Aaron is blessed with the opportunity to be Sports Editor for a second straight year! He loves watching, playing, and covering sports! He plays for the varsity baseball and basketball teams. Also, Aaron is a very active student! He is a co-President of the Vocab club with Adin (followed by dictionary.co...