The World is Changing, and So Should Our Grading System By Julia Dubey ‘23, Contributing Writer  Moving to online school has raised controversy regarding the proper grading system to use. Despite the Heschel administration’s decision to give letter grades as usual, the implementation of a pass/fail system would be enormously […]

By Michael Lippe ‘20 Peter Beinart and Dan Senor have discussed and debated the current issues facing Israel for three years. This year, however, instead of an engaging debate, we were treated to an hour-long explanation of how the Israeli elections work. It felt as if the school, in an […]

The New York Times recently published a cartoon that has been widely condemned as anti-Semitic. The cartoon depicted a blind President Trump wearing a kippah being led by a dog with a Star of David collar and the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The prompt this edition is: […]

By Sarah Horvath ‘21   Before conducting my investigation, I was set on writing an op-ed about why reading quizzes are unfair and why English teachers should not give them. To me, reading quizzes often feel unnecessary, as the questions are much more complex than needed to check for basic […]

By Abby Fisher ‘19   “That’s the gayest thing I’ve ever seen,” one student said. “Yeah, that kid’s such a fag,” the other responded. While I wish this was a fabricated anecdote, one from fiction or one overheard at another school, this was an exchange I heard during the Harmonizers’ […]

Anna Dubey ‘21   Though high school foreign language classes are often stereotyped as subpar, some contend that Heschel’s are an exception. Both students and teachers at Heschel feel that classes offered by the foreign language department are highly effective in educating students and increasing their comfort in Latin, Spanish, […]

Hana Halff ‘21   On Saturday, November 3, 2018,  I dove deep into my closet and retrieved a Shabbat dress that had not been touched since Rosh Hashanah, left my phone at home, and canceled any previous plans I had made, to attend a Solidarity Shabbat at my shul. As […]

By Eliza Fisher ‘23 At 10:00 AM on Friday, April 20th, middle and high school students walked out of their classrooms and gathered on the sidewalk next to Heschel to commemorate the nineteenth anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado. During the walkout, a small group of sixth […]