By Alexandra Wenger ‘21 Are you in the mood for a recipe to take your mind off of the dozens of tests you have? Perhaps you’ve got a unit exam coming up and you need some mini chocolate snacks to stresseat the night before? Even if you’re feeling completely relaxed, […]

By Talia Levin ‘20  and Olivia Domansky ‘20, Contributing Writers  Why did you choose to be on student government? What’s your dream student government project? What’s the best part of Heschel? Who would be your ideal council member?  What’s the best place to have a council meeting? Junior Ben Samborik, […]

By: Alexandra Wenger ‘21 Everyone knows the old verse, “Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November. All the rest have thirty-one, except February, the shortest one.” Perhaps you know the variant with the ending, “except February, which has twenty-eight, dear, but twenty-nine in a leap-year!” Either way, the message […]

By Alexandra Wenger ‘21 Have you ever wondered why people carve faces into pumpkins? The tradition of carving faces into various vegetables and gourds is an old one, but this particular carving practice  originated in 19th century Ireland and other Gaelic speaking regions. During the festival of Samhain in Irish […]

Jacqueline Proshan ‘21 And on the second day  God created screens that radiated a glaring, hollow noise  And God saw that it was bad and regretted all that had been done  And it was evening, and it was morning, the 21st century. Primitive bodies and minds no longer exist Only […]