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A Muddy Mid-Season Challenge

September 30, 2024

Berman Cross Country 9/25/24 By Dara Kagan ’27 The Berman Cougars had their third cross country meet at Sandy Spring Friends School on Wednesday, September 25th. One of the most exciting outcomes of the meet was the number of PRs (personal records) that were broken. Unlike the last meet at Sandy, when the temperature was…

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“Kicking Off” The Year

September 26, 2024

by Dasi Albert ’27 As students cherished their last few weeks of summer, Upper School Dean of Students Malkie Hametz was working with great effort toward preparation for the new school year, specifically the newly added gradewide “Kickoff” trips.  In previous years, students were welcomed back to school with an Upper School-wide event known as…

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Introducing the New Kollel Bachurim

September 26, 2024

Every year, a new set of Torah Mitzion Kollel Bachurim from Israel comes to Berman to learn with students, help with programming, and so much more. This year I was thrilled to meet the new Kollel Bachurim Shaked Ben Dor and Matanya Aberman! Shaked is originally from Karnei Shomron, and Matanya is from Efrat which…

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Cougars Tie Once Again for Their First Point in the PVAC

September 26, 2024

⚽ Cougars Tie Once Again for Their First Point in the PVAC ⚽ Boys Varsity Soccer Game: September 17, 2024 Final score:  Berman 1, Saint Anselm’s 1 Going out onto the field on a dark and cloudy day wasn’t easy for the cougars or Saint Anslems. It didn’t help that Anselm’s bus came ten minutes…

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Movie Review: Inside Out 2

September 5, 2024

Inside Out 2: Growing up but Not Growing Better by Lev Gottschalk ’26 Last year, 2023, was the centennial anniversary of Disney. It was not a very good year for the company, with many of their movies failing at the box office. One of those movies was Elemental, directed by Peter Sohn, and released by…

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A Fresh Start

September 5, 2024

Written by Eliana Chefitz ’28 What were your feelings first coming into the Berman Upper School? I have been going to Berman since I was in two-year-old nursery, and three of my siblings graduated from Berman. Advancing to high school sounds easy, but it may not be so simple. There are a lot of new…

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Rising Berman Juniors Explore Israel

September 5, 2024

Written by Dasi Albert ’27 Nitzahn Epstein ’26 is greeted with cheers, upbeat music and colorful signs as she makes her way through Ben Gurion International Airport to join her bus on Mach Hach BaAretz, a five-week Israel summer program for rising high school juniors.  For many Berman students, the summer between sophomore and junior…

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The Lion “Takes a Nap” This Afternoon

September 5, 2024

⚽ Boys Varsity Soccer Game: September 4, 2024 ⚽ Final score: Berman 2, JDS 2 Coming into this friendly scrimmage, JDS was heavily favored to win as a mighty Division I PVAC team versus a Division II Berman Cougars. However, your Cougars came out swinging and scored the first goal of the game to take…

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Crossing the River

August 29, 2024

Dvar Torah by Mayer Frenkel ’25 The Parshat HaShavua of the first week of school is Parshat Re’eh, which begins with Moshe’s message to the Jews right before they cross the Jordan and enter the land of Israel: “ראה אנוכי נותן לפניכם היום את הברכה והקללה.” “See that today I have placed before you the…

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A Letter of Welcome

August 29, 2024

Dear Berman Community, We are excited to introduce an exciting new chapter for Hamodiya. As the student-run newspaper of the Upper School, Hamodiya seeks to enhance student experience at Berman and provide an accurate view of student life. This year, we are launching an online platform to bring you a greater variety of engaging content….

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