Painting the Earth First, there was nothing and then God said let there be light. or molecules came together to form stars above. So there was light on the earth, and there was also something unsaid only looked at in...
Sarah Nachimson
Sarah Nachimson is an alum of the High School insider program and a Spring 2022 graduate of Santa Monica College. Their work has been published in Knock-LA and the Santa Monica Daily Press, and they are pursuing their Bachelors in English at University of California Los Angeles.
‘Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse’ — a film built by diverse backgrounds
“Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse” is an innovative animation film based on the Spiderman stories. The film is produced by Sony in collaboration with Marvel. Miles Morales, an Afro-Latino middle school student from Brooklyn, New York, gets bitten by his own...
Author Jonathan Tropper talks Judaism, screenwriting
I sat down and spoke with Jonathan Tropper, a New York-based author and screenwriter. After graduating with a BA from Yeshiva University and a MA from New York University, Tropper wrote "Plan B," "The Book of Joe," "How to Talk to a Widower," and the New York Times...
Fires in the Jewish community
Firefighters battled extraordinarily large wildfires, ones whose smoke permeated nearby cities' air, throughout mid-November. The Woolsey Fire in Malibu started on Nov. 8. As of Nov. 20, the fire was 96 percent contained according to calfire.gov. Another even more...
When tragedy becomes a wake-up call
I think waking up on Shabbat as an observant Jew is one of the hardest moments for me weekly. There’s no alarm blaring annoyingly at 8 a.m. to startle me out of my deep slumber, and I cannot turn the light on in my room to stimulate my brain cells; nothing but my own...
Opinion: When the political becomes personal
I’m a moderate Democrat living in Los Angeles, California. It’s not something difficult for me to admit as I’ve luckily found a circle who agrees with me. But in my classroom and my own family, my opinions are met with waves of disagreement. My own father says he...
‘Eighth Grade’ is raw and authentic — should not be Rated R
Rarely comes a movie so gut-wrenchingly authentic and emotionally articulate as “Eighth Grade.” Even more rarely does that movie include an anxiety-ridden 13-year-old girl as the main character. As something so imperative to teen culture, a piece of media which...
‘The Laws of Nature’ — a poetic response to the child separation of immigrant families
You see the trees — Clear wooden border, a distinct separation between two places. One side by nature different. We’re the same though; two homo sapiens with keratin hair and keratin nails and vessels pulsing with blood throughout our bodies. So how are...
Opinion: The Downfall of Uniqueness on ‘American Idol’
“American Idol” — the show once known for being the pinnacle of superstardom, has struggled with the revitalization to its roots. The only episode of the season to be the top-rated program airing on television was the season finale, and even that episode reached...
Op-Ed: Natalie Portman and the Art of Opposition
When Natalie Portman announced that she would be boycotting the Genesis Prize Ceremony, where she would be awarded two million dollars based on her previous accomplishments as a powerful Jewish woman, individuals on all varying sides of the Israeli political spectrum...