By Julia Dubey ‘23, Staff Writer Based on Celeste Ng’s bestselling book, the television series Little Fires Everywhere is a dramatic, captivating, and emotional TV show set in the 1990s. This show is about the struggles of two families of different backgrounds and the feud created between them due to […]
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Book Review: Turtles All the Way Down
By Idan Mor ‘21, Opinion Editor The stories that stick with readers are the ones that leave an emotional stamp. A book that you remember isn’t just read— it’s felt. And that is precisely why John Green’s novel Turtles All the Way Down is so powerful. The story follows Aza […]
Raspberry Buttermilk Sheet Cake
By Alexandra Wenger ‘21, Features Editor Sheet cakes have a bad rap, and it pains my soul. Some think they are cakes for the lazy baker who doesn’t want to bake and frost a layer cake. Some think they’re tasteless because all they’ve had are sheet cakes from the local […]
TV Show Review: How I Met Your Mother
By Neri Frank ‘23, Assistant Layout Editor How I Met Your Mother has everything I look for in a TV show: comedy, romance, and drama. The series revolves around protagonist Ted Mosby’s story about meeting his children’s mother while in his twenties in Manhattan. The tale involves five friends: Ted […]
Farewell to Susan Wicht
By Julia Dubey ‘23, Staff Writer As the 2020 school year comes to an end, Arabic teacher Susan Wicht is preparing to depart from the Heschel community. During her two years at Heschel, Wicht has taught the ninth and tenth grades, given speeches about her world experiences, and contributed in […]
Farewell to Smith
By Raphaela Gold ‘21, Editor-in-Chief When I was deciding between language courses at the beginning of 9th grade and discovered that Heschel’s High School Latin teacher incorporated Harry Potter spells into her class, I knew the right choice: I had to take Latin. I didn’t yet know that the Latin […]
Heschel Says Farewell to Shoshana Lauter
By Sophie Fisher ‘21, News Editor After serving as Heschel’s Jewish and Student Life (JSL) Fellow this past year, Shoshana Lauter is moving on to pursue a career in medical sociology. “I would be incredibly lucky to work in an environment as thoughtful as Heschel again,” Lauter shared. “The faculty […]
Faculty Farwell: Reli Gal
By Jonah Ceresney ‘22, Staff Writer After thirteen years as a faculty member of Heschel High School, Hebrew teacher Reli Gal is retiring. As one of her students, I can say that Gal has been an incredibly influential part of my life. Since coming from a kibbutz in Israel, Gal […]
Farewell to Rachel Landsberg
By Anna Dubey ‘21, Editor-in-Chief Limudei Qodesh teacher and Learning Lab specialist Rachel Landsberg will not return to Heschel next year. She joined Heschel in 2001 as a fourth-grade teacher and moved to the high school in 2004. After leaving her current position, she will pursue work in environmental activism. […]
Farewell to Isaac Secemski
By Sofie Braun ’22 and Sofia Cohen ’22, Staff Writer and Layout Editor, respectively Tenth-grade chemistry teacher Isaac Secemski will retire after sixteen years of teaching chemistry at Heschel. Isaac remarked, “Heschel has been fantastic… the best retirement job one could ask for.” Isaac said that he never imagined that […]
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