By Sofie Braun ’22 According to Cambridge Dictionary, white privilege is the fact that people with white skin have advantages in society that others do not have. The term “white privilege” has been increasing its appearance in the news, yet we don’t often think about how much it affects […]
Opinion
Helios Debates: BDS and Congress
In January, Senator Marco Rubio proposed a bill entitled “The Combating BDS Act of 2019,” which would protect from legal action states that chose to divest funds from organizations supporting BDS. It is separate from a more extreme anti-BDS bill proposed in the last Congress which tried to establish […]
Opinion: Sharing Grades Should Be Encouraged
By Anna Dubey ‘21 Many Heschel teachers forbid discussion and sharing of grades among students, citing the right to privacy and blows to student self-esteem. These teachers fail to recognize two major flaws in their policy: first, that students share their grades regardless of regulations imploring them not to […]
Heschel’s Unaddressed Gender Disparity in STEM
By Mariel Priven ‘19 After a recent test in my math class of six boys and three girls, my teacher distributed our tests, which were marked up but ungraded. She told us to assign numerical values ourselves to get a sense of how we did, and that she would […]
Why Smart Phones are Dumb (and Dangerous)
By Raphaela Gold ‘21 I recently realized, much to my own dismay, that I had not been to the public library for quite a while, so I decided to go and read for a few hours. When I arrived, expecting to see the plush chairs I remembered from my […]
From the Expert: How to Survive the Heschel School Day
By Austin Davis On November 28th, I spent the day participating in the time-honored dean tradition of following a student around for the entire school day. Armed with my backpack, my notebook, and my rudimentary knowledge of French, I traveled from class to class with junior Leah Namdar-Cohen ’20 […]
The Danger of Redefining Sex
By Ethan Katz ‘22 On Sunday, October 21st, the New York Times obtained a particularly distressing memo from the Trump administration in accordance with The Department of Health and Human Services. According to the NYT, “The agency’s proposed definition would define sex as either male or female, unchangeable, and […]
Over-Politicization is a Product of Anti-Semitism
By Anna Dubey ‘21 At 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 27th, a shooter entered the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue armed with various weapons and began to shoot. At 12:40 p.m., President Trump told reporters, “This is a case where if they had an armed guard inside, they might […]
A Freshman View of the Shabbaton
By Sarah Bourkoff ‘22 Since the beginning of the school year, the freshman class has eagerly anticipated this year’s Shabbaton. However, after hearing this year’s theme, technology, I had my doubts about how successfully it would be incorporated into the Shabbaton. After returning from the Shabbaton, I can testify […]
Brazilian Election: The Bolsonaro Phenomenon
By Beatriz Blank ‘20 with Talia Levin ‘20 Since the results of the Brazilian elections came out, many people have said to me: “I am so sorry that Bolsonaro won.” Well, first of all, don’t be. Although he would not have been my first candidate, he is the best […]
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