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Layla Russ

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Town Hall returns to NYHS

Town Hall returns to NYHS

Layla Russ, Print Editor October 9, 2024

The Student Council held its first Town Hall of the 2024-2025 school year on September 30.  Last year, Town Hall, which, according to Agenda Chair Zach Saltsman, “focused on hypotheticals,” was...

Pro-Palestine encampment at Columbia University. Photo by AnotherFarmerScholar/Wikimedia Commons.

NYHS alumni confront antisemitism at college, some find support in Jewish communities

Layla Russ, Staff Writer June 14, 2024

NYHS alumni currently at colleges are struggling with the tsunami of antisemitism that followed the devastating attacks of October 7th. Mimi Broches, who graduated from NYHS in 2019, has witnessed this...

Just Community Events in action.

Just Community events replace Town Hall

Layla Russ, Staff Writer June 14, 2024

A new monthly event called Just Community has replaced Town Hall at NYHS. Town Hall was formerly a monthly activity led by the Student Council where students would discuss moral issues or school policies....

NYHS boys' varsity basketball concludes season with Crescent School defeat

NYHS boys’ varsity basketball concludes season with Crescent School defeat

Layla Russ February 19, 2024

On Monday night, February 12, the NYHS Boys’ Varsity Basketball team lost to Crescent School 81-56.  Sam Chernicoff, number 12, tipped for the Lions, and Lukas Love, number 20, tipped for the Crescent...

Girls’ volleyball returns after four-year break

Girls’ volleyball returns after four-year break

Layla Russ December 23, 2023

The NYHS girls’ volleyball team started the 2023 season strong by winning its first game against Concordia Christian Academy with just five players.  However, the team almost didn’t exist. “We...

Rabbi Gabbay and seniors Leah Menashe (left) and Hannah Klinghoffer (right)

“With everything negative, there’s always something positive”

Layla Russ December 23, 2023

Rabbi Yehuda Gabay, Head of NYHS, attended the pro-Israel rally in Washington D.C. on November 14. NYHS students Celia Rosenbaum, Evelyn Edwards, Hannah Klinghoffer, and Leah Gonzalez were also there....

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