By Anya Tullman, Senior, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published March 14, 2019
Editor’s note: This teen page story is intended solely as parody in the spirit of Purim and should not be taken as fact.This week, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) announced that it is officially recognizing Social Media Isolation Disorder...
By Eliana Brook, Junior, MICDS
• Published February 14, 2019
Aside from being a competitive dancer, a volunteer and a traveler, helping children with disabilities has always a passion of Maddie Goldberg, MICDS senior and member of Congregation B’nai Amoona.At the age of 12, when considering what to do for her...
By Olivia Riutcel, Freshman, Webster Groves High School
• Published February 14, 2019
To many friends and previous students, Andrea Newstead, a member of Congregation Shaare Emeth, has been known as either a teacher from her work as the director of technology at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School or as a colleague from her volunteerism...
BY KATIE SILVER, Freshman, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published February 14, 2019
In 2018, a record level of school gun violence and a synagogue shooting that killed 11 people made many Jewish teens more aware of the dangers facing schools and houses of worship.A study by the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School reported 97 school gun violence...
By Ethan Fine, Junior, Eureka High School
• Published February 14, 2019
Roughly 700,000 people marched in more than 300 locations across the United States for this year’s annual Women’s March on Jan. 19. The most recent marches were much smaller than the inaugural marches in 2017, which drew more than 4 million people....
BY RYAN SILVER, FRESHMAN, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published January 10, 2019
After nine years of battling a form of brain cancer known as neuroblastoma, Arianna Dougan sadly lost her life on November 11, 2017, at age 11. However, with the help of her family, her impact on St. Louis remains strong, and her light continues to spread.Beginning...
BY ANYA TULLMAN, SENIOR, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL
• Published January 10, 2019
From spring break of my junior year to Oct. 24 of my senior year, I visited 11 colleges in 10 states. I consulted college counselors and essay specialists, and I spent long hours obsessing over the word count for my personal statement. My parents and...
BY BRADFORD SIWAK, JUNIOR, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL
• Published January 10, 2019
My mom recently showed me an old photo of my grandmother, where the octogenarian appears no older than 25. She sits poolside with one manicured hand on her knee, and the other atop her hip. Her elaborate one-piece bathing suit is ribboned at the chest...
Compiled by Ohr Chadash Staff
• Published January 10, 2019
"I think mine was to get more sleep and exercise more. I don’t think I was as successful as I wanted to be, but I tried hard! I definitely plan to be sucessful this year."--- Lauren Goldberg, junior at MICDS amd member of Congregation Temple Israel"My...
BY ELIANA BROOK, JUNIOR, MICDS
• Published December 13, 2018
Ninety-two-year-old Sonia Warshawski may look like an average Kansas City, Mo., woman on the outside, but the hardships and experiences that she endured greatly separate her from others. As a child, Sonia was taken from her hometown in Poland and moved...
BY KATIE SILVER, FRESHMAN, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published December 13, 2018
B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) is a nationwide organization for Jewish teens in grades 8 through 12, designed for them to connect through both social and community service activities. In St. Louis, there are six different chapters of the teen-led...
This winter break, I am going to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with my family. It’s kind of a tradition that we go every year together. I go with my parents, sibling, cousins, aunts and uncles. I’m really looking forward to it because it’s really good...
