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The Student News Site of Northwest Yeshiva High School

The Mane Idea

Yasmin Jassen

Yasmin Jassen, Staff Writer

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Girls’ volleyball season takes a turn after controversy

Girls’ volleyball season takes a turn after controversy

Yasmin Jassen December 22, 2023

The NYHS girls’ volleyball team faced an early end to the season due to raw emotions around the Israel-Hamas conflict.  The girls were scheduled to play their last two games against Summit Sierra...

From a smile to a handshake, HOS regenerates school environment

From a smile to a handshake, HOS regenerates school environment

Yasmin Jassen, Sports Editor October 23, 2023

Each morning, as NYHS students exit the morning prayer service, they are welcomed by the smile of Rabbi Yehuda Gabay.  Gabay, NYHS’s new head of school, attends shacharit and mincha (morning and...

Courtesy of Sephardic Adventure Camp

Ben Mizrachi: “loyal until the very end”

Yasmin Jassen, Sports Editor October 19, 2023

On Oct. 7 Ben Mizrachi, a 22-year-old man from Vancouver, BC, was killed by Hamas. Mizrachi was at the Supernova music festival in southern Israel when Hamas terrorists invaded and took the lives of 260...

NYHS brings home a win after two losses at Flag Football Shabbaton

NYHS brings home a win after two losses at Flag Football Shabbaton

Yasmin Jassen, Sports Editor March 27, 2023

The NYHS flag football team put up a good fight, winning one out of three games at the flag football Shabbaton in Atlanta, GA.  On Friday, the NYHS team played Atlanta Jewish Academy (AJA) and lost...

TAPN joins NYHS for the Spring Classic Flag Football Shabbaton

TAPN joins NYHS for the Spring Classic Flag Football Shabbaton

Yasmin Jassen, Sports Editor March 21, 2023

This year, for the first time, the NYHS boys will compete in the Spring Classic Flag Football Shabbaton in Atlanta, Georgia, hosted by Atlanta Jewish Academy. Boys from both NYHS and Torah Academy of the...

Daniel Negrin, boys' team co-captain

2022-23 NYHS basketball season comes to an end

Yasmin Jassen, Sports Editor February 27, 2023

The NYHS basketball teams made it unexpectedly far into the season, despite the girls playing with five players and the boys playing without an injured key player. The girls finished 4-4 while the boys...

Lookstein Bar Ilan Hebrew

NYHS turns to online Hebrew learning

Yasmin Jassen February 16, 2023

This year, NYHS struggled with finding a new honors Hebrew teacher. Instead of hiring someone, NYHS is using a program called Lookstein taught by a teacher from Bar Ilan University in Israel. Prior...

NYHS starts basketball team after confusion over coach

NYHS starts basketball team after confusion over coach

Yasmin Jassen, Sports Editor December 21, 2022

After the NYHS girls basketball team had a successful season last year, this year they were close to not having one at all.  After losing four players to graduation last year and with fewer than 50...

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NYHS students are concerned with new school policies

Yasmin Jassen and Judah Varon October 20, 2022

As NYHS students started their first day of orientation on August 31st, they were informed that they will no longer be allowed to have their phones during the day and computer use will be restricted. This...

School is for more than learning. NYHS needs school pride, too.

School is for more than learning. NYHS needs school pride, too.

Yasmin Jassen, Staff Writer May 20, 2022

As a small Jewish school, we should make an effort to have as much pride in our Jewish identity as possible. NYHS needs to improve its school spirit by increasing  student activities. NYHS’ school climate...

TMI Graphic by Harrison Feld

Mr. Feld will leave NYHS next year

Yasmin Jassen, Staff Writer April 15, 2022

Northwest Yeshiva High School head of school Jason Feld gave notice on March 29th that next year will be his last at NYHS. Feld, who came to NYHS five years ago, will leave at the end of the 2023 school...

TIMEOUT––Coaches Ashford Jackson and Josiah Cohen (Right to Left) draw a play for captains Victor Maimon and Yoel Kintzer at the State Tournament in Spokane.

The remarkable journey to state

Yasmin Jassen and Hannah Klinghoffer March 9, 2022

The NYHS boys basketball team made history last weekend by reaching the state tournament for the first time.  The Lions earned a spot in the State Semifinals after beating Naselle on March 3rd and...

Opinion: NYHS should implement Holocaust education

Opinion: NYHS should implement Holocaust education

Yasmin Jassen and Hannah Klinghoffer February 24, 2022

International Holocaust Day passed in January, and after hearing Whoopi Goldberg’s recent comments that the Holocaust "wasn’t about race," as well as the recent banning of award winning Holocaust graphic...

Lion of the month: Rebecca Benezra

Lion of the month: Rebecca Benezra

Yasmin Jassen, Staff Writer December 13, 2021

Rebecca Benezra, who goes by Becca, is currently a sophomore. She is participating in cross-country. Becca’s favorite part about the school year so far is her first cross-country meet, where she met...

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