The Rampage

Shira Challah

Shira Challah

Rebecca Kalimi ’23 June 4, 2021

This February, a woman in Teaneck, New Jersey named Shira Shatzkes collapsed from an aneurysm which resulted in a coma. This tragedy struck her community very hard, and everyone shifted into a state of...

Essentially Ramaz

Essentially Ramaz

Rachel Freilich ’22 and Julia Feit '22 June 4, 2021

After an extremely trying fifteen plus months, it is time to recognize our very own essential workers. With the constant redefining of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department...

Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned

Eric Kalimi ’22 June 4, 2021

This year, online school starts later, has longer breaks, and has a common lunch period between all four grades. There are also fewer classes a day, yet each period is longer. These changes in the schedule,...

ALMA MATTERS: From Ramaz to the IDF: Interview with Olivia Schwartz ’17

ALMA MATTERS: From Ramaz to the IDF: Interview with Olivia Schwartz ’17

Charles Spielfogel ’21 May 21, 2021

Each year, a few brave Ramaz seniors make the decision to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). Olivia Schwartz ’17 was one of these graduates. In celebration of Yom Haatzmaut, The Rampage interviewed...

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Zoom: The Ideal Learning Medium?

Sarah Silverman ’24 February 17, 2021

Zoom school’s long-term effects are still widely unknown, and we will probably only find out what it’s done to our generation years after the pandemic. Are the students at Ramaz’s lives going...

Does any real change arrive from monthly SFAC meetings?

Does any real change arrive from monthly SFAC meetings?

Rebecca Kalimi ’23 February 17, 2021

Our Student Government Organization board this year, composed of the student President, Caitlin Levine, the Vice President, Caleb Rosenfeld, the Associate Vice President of Communications, Rachel Freilich,...

All school-wide assemblies are currently taking place over Zoom, even if half of the student body is in school that day.

Where Did the School-wide Assemblies Go?!

Rachel Freilich ’22 February 17, 2021

While many daily Ramaz activities have remained, one of the most notable changes is the lack of full school assemblies and Community. In past years, school wide assemblies crowded the calendar of Ramaz...

ALMA MATTERS: From Ramaz to Barnard College: Interview with Elizabeth Bier ’16

ALMA MATTERS: From Ramaz to Barnard College: Interview with Elizabeth Bier ’16

Charles Spielfogel ’21 February 17, 2021

Elizabeth Bier graduated from Ramaz in 2016. She is currently a senior at Barnard College of Columbia University. She is studying neuroscience with a cellular and molecular concentration. Elizabeth loved...

Chesed Across Jewish Day Schools

Chesed Across Jewish Day Schools

Julia Feit ’22 February 17, 2021

Jewish education focuses on both the academic and spiritual development of its students. All Jewish Day schools encourage chesed participation, but Ramaz specifically has a chesed requirement for sophomore...

Olalla Levi ’23 rowing with her team.

Competitive Crew

Andrew Spielfogel ’23 February 17, 2021

Whenever the words “rowing” or “crew” are mentioned, one tends to think of intense races between serious athletes. Two sophomores at Ramaz are each part of crew teams. Five times a week, four seasons...

Spin at Ramaz

Spin at Ramaz

February 17, 2021

Covid-19 meant every teacher had to rethink their classroom set-up, which was especially difficult for Ms. Cohen, the Interim Athletic Director. She pondered how to help students stay active and enjoy...

During finals, the Ramaz GO gave out headphones to the student body.

Ramaz’s 2020 Playlist

February 17, 2021

With new music coming out every day, The Rampage wanted to know which songs Ramaz students’ loved this past year. Sicko Mode by Travis Scott was a popular choice, six out of 31 respondents naming that...

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