By: Rebecca Broder ‘29 After the retirement of longtime and well-loved security guard Mr. Bill Blankson, Berman welcomed two new members to the security team: Dwain Price and Pedro Martinez Rosas. Although they have only been working at Berman since the start of this school year, both say the school already feels like home. “It’s…
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By Rimonne Zakheim ’28 It’s almost suspicious how four of Berman’s new Upper School hires all happen to have last names beginning with the letter W: Waxman, Weiss, Wilson, and Witztum. You’d think that shared initial might reveal some kind of unifying theme, but honestly, it doesn’t. These teachers come from completely different worlds: one…
By Ozzie Hollander ’26 Ezzy Smith ’26 set out to achieve something few high school students, and even few adults, ever attempt. On Simchat Torah of 2025, he completed the laining of the entire Torah, a goal he had been working toward for years. What started as a challenge after his bar mitzvah became a…
By Nili Unger ’27 In the First Amendment to the US Constitution, five freedoms are guaranteed to every single American citizen: freedom of speech, assembly, petition, press, and — often most importantly to Jewish Americans — freedom of religion. In 1776, the concept of freedom of religion being one of the founding principles of a…
By Ozzie Hollander ’26 “The first time I saw myself in a mirror after being released,” Aviva Siegel told the students, “I saw color again.” After seven weeks and two days in captivity, moving through apartments, tunnels, and rooms, she described that moment as her first real sense of clarity after weeks of darkness. On…
By Ozzie Hollander ’26 For many students, TikTok is more than just a platform for entertainment; it’s a place to record their lives. Whether it’s sharing funny moments, creative dances, or personal milestones, TikTok has become a digital scrapbook for students to document their experiences and memories. Background/Context In 2020, President Donald Trump wanted to…
By Lev Gottschalk ’26 A teen discovers how a switch to Jewish day school met his special needs in the classroom and beyond. In this article, Lev Gottschalk ’26, a writer of Hamodiya, shares his story of switching from public school to Berman and Sulam. Produced through JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works…
By Tamar Dahan ’24 This article is the third installment in our Alumni Ba’aretz series that shares perspectives from Berman alumni in Israel. You can see the first two issues in Edition 2 or Hamodiya Online on the Berman website. It has been five months since I first stepped foot into Midreshet Lindenbaum, and ever…
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