BY ABIGAIL MILLER/ Junior, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published October 9, 2013
Teenagers today are tomorrow’s Americans and Jewish leaders. With that in mind, Jewish communities around America need to understand where American Judaism will be in the future. The question for teens today: Which one is stronger, your Jewish or American...
BY ELIZABETH BERSON
Sophomore, Parkway North High School
• Published September 12, 2013
Here at Ohr Chadash, we have wonderful advisors who share their knowledge and experience in writing and editing with us. This year we are pleased to welcome Caroline Goldenberg as Teen Page Co-Chair, the newest addition to the staff’s great group of...
BY ALI GOLD
Sophomore, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published September 12, 2013
Eighteen-year-old Caroline Glaser has loved music and singing for as long as she can remember. Recently, the 2012 Marquette High School graduate got to showcase that love on the hit NBC TV show ‘The Voice,’ which was viewed by more than 12 million...
BY JESSICA GOLDBERG
Freshman, John Burroughs School
• Published September 12, 2013
Imagine waking up one day completely cross eyed with no way to fix it. Gabrielle Harris, a 2013 graduate of Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, lived this terrifying nightmare. “It started during my freshman year when I suffered from terrible...
BY MATT FRISCHER
Junior, Parkway Central High School
• Published September 12, 2013
Combining athletics, the arts, and Judaism with spirit and fun, the 2013 JCC Maccabi Games held in Orange County, Calif., was an unforgettable experience. Over 2,000 Jewish teens from across the globe partook in the games in Orange County, with a second...
By Kaitlin Jespersen
• Published September 11, 2013
For many teens, summer brings to my warm weather, camp and lazy days. But for Claudia Montague, a sophomore at Parkway North High School and congregant of Temple Israel, summers means the chance to dance on the stage of the MUNY open-air theater in St....
Hate crimes have become so commonplace in our country, that we as a nation, by no fault of our own, have become immune to them. Anti-Semitism and racism are so prevalent, both within our media and our lives, that some of us don’t even take notice anymore....
BY DANIELLE SEROTA,
PARKWAY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
• Published July 31, 2013
Jennifer Rubin may not be your typical rock star, be she sure is rocking...Rockin’ 4 Relief that is.Jennifer, a junior at Parkway Central High School and member of United Hebrew Congregation, founded Rockin’ 4 Relief at age 12 to raise money for Backstoppers,...
JASON KAPLAN, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR
• Published July 31, 2013
In case the news hasn’t spread, summer (and freedom from school) is just another month away. A plethora of swimming pools, glasses of lemonade and blistering heat are waiting at the finish line. But swimming every day for three months isn’t all it’s...
ANNIE COHEN, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR
• Published May 8, 2013
May. The flowers are blooming, the sun is (mostly) shining, and summer, glorious summer, is just around the corner. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Before we can enjoy any of this, we need to spend hours indoors, hunched over textbooks, scribbling...
HANNAH SNIDMAN, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL, SOPHOMORE
• Published May 8, 2013
Though Ladue Horton Watkins High School senior and B’nai Amoona congregant Samantha Shanker knew she wanted to be on camera, she didn’t completely immerse herself in broadcast journalism until she started working her school’s television show...
STEPHEN YOFFIE, PARKWAY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, SOPHOMORE
• Published May 8, 2013
“On your mark...” Bang!Ladue Horton Watkins High School junior and track sprinter Madison Barker is at it again, leading the pack to the finish line. Simple joy is the only push that Madison needs to keep her running to the end.“I love to run because...
