Throughout the past year, social media has been used as the main source of spreading information and educating social media users on current events, but with the Palestine and Israel conflict, is it causing...
Melanie Lust '19
The U.N. voted on Thursday to pass a resolution demanding that President Trump rescind his policy to move Israel's capital from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. The nonbinding referendum, which...
By Alex Reiner and Jack Beck
The 2017 World Baseball Classic was filled with Cinderella stories, swagger and the home team bringing home the bling. The United States brought home its first gold medals...
By: Melanie Lust '19
The UN held a vote declaring Israeli settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem illegal last December 23. The drafted resolution, Resolution 2334, called for an immediate end...
A resolution denouncing Israeli settlement construction was approved by the UN Security Council after the Obama administration refused to veto the resolution which criticizes Israel and calls its settlement...
Birthright Israel is a well-known program among the Staples Community. Many students go the summer after their first year in college to travel across Israel and be a part of the program.
Birthright...
Though her hometown may be 5,600 miles away, 19 year old Israeli emissary, Gaya Kessler, has made Westport her home since her arrival last August.
Kessler’s bubbly personality and infectious energy...
Israel may be located 5,638 miles across the globe, but the rich culture of this tiny country echoes within room 2034’s walls.
The biweekly Israeli Culture Club (ICC), home to Israeli-style barbecues,...
Talia Hendel, Web Managing Editor
• October 30, 2015
The brutal acts of violence between the Palestinians and the Israelis are nothing new. However, the conflict has escalated to an extremely frightening level in recent months. It’s not just that the Palestinians...
Two alleged armed intruders were seen on Tuesday, May 12 at Temple Israel in Westport; causing Staples students to panic.
“The news was shocking,” said Ben Kanter ’16 the president of the youth...
Andrea Frost, Breaking News Managing Editor
• March 17, 2015
Lately tensions have been high in our government, in our country, and across the world as each day a new problem seems to unravel and old problems seem to surface.
Last week, I could feel the tensions...
Although there are over 95 clubs at staples, one in particular has caught students’ attention and has really brought foreign education to Westport. The Staples Israeli Culture Club, which has around...
Sirens wail. Gunfights rage. Rockets explode overhead. Over the past month, these are some of the everyday sounds heard by residents of both Israel and Gaza. The following timeline, based on reporting...
