By Peri Karpishpan ‘23, Staff Writer This year, Heschel High School welcomes Nirit Wallerstein as she joins the Hebrew Department.  Born in Kfar Roeh, Wallerstein forged an interesting path to Heschel. She grew up on a livestock farm, which influenced her to become a vegetarian, and eventually enrolled in an […]

By Serena Goldstein ‘24, Staff Writer and Karen Messer ‘24, Staff Writer “I have always loved teaching, which is why I’m here, ” says Heschel’s newest Social Studies teacher, Leigh Graham. Graham was born in Annapolis, Maryland at the U.S. Naval Academy. As the daughter of a naval aviator, she […]

By Sophie Rasol ‘22, Editor-in-Chief This year, the Heschel Math Department welcomes John Noble. Prior to his position at Heschel, he taught at the Chapin School, an all-girls day school on the Upper East Side. Noble expressed his excitement at teaching at a co-ed school again, as well as being […]

By Sadie Mank ‘23, Features Editor  Ariel Wind, the newest member of Heschel’s Foreign Language department, is eager to bring her love of Spanish to her classroom and is excited to join the Heschel community this coming school year.  Ariel grew up on the Upper East Side where she attended […]

By Shira Mack ‘24, Assistant Features Editor This fall, Heschel welcomes back Leora Klein, who will be working in the Learning Lab. Native to Queens, Klein moved to New Jersey with her family at age nine and later received her degree in English and Theater Arts from The University of […]

By Sophie Rasol ‘22, Editor-in-Chief This year, Heschel welcomes Rachel Raven-Chabin to the Jewish and Student Life (JSL) department. Along with her JSL duties, she will be co-facilitating the Hesed and Tzedek council, co-running the Creative Expression minyan, and sending out the daily Heschel Hayom emails. Growing up in Queens, […]

By Olivia Sohn ‘23, Features Editor This year, Heschel welcomes Nurit Newman to the high school community as a member of the Art Department.  Newman, a native New Yorker, began her artistic journey as a young child. She always loved making art, and very early in her life realized that […]

By Anna Khorets ‘22, Outreach and Engagement Director, and Shoshana Sugerman ‘22, Online Editor Max Lazar has joined the Heschel Social Studies Department this year, and is ready to teach students how to be true historians.  Lazar grew up in Westfield, NJ, and got his PhD in history from the […]