Was it a good choice to move the U.S Embassy to Jerusalem?

by Aya Zubi and Jacob Barnes

On Monday, May 14, the United States inaugurated its embassy in Jerusalem, recognizing the city as Israel's capital. Jerusalem has deep historic, religious and emotional ties for both Palestinians and Israelis, and both claim it as their capital. 

President Trump, who initiated this campaign, but didn't attend the ceremony, sent in a video which was played to the crowd. Trump said, "May there be peace," but the total opposite happened. The day was marked by violence and bloodshed, as tens of thousands of  Palestinians protested the embassy opening and Israeli army forces killed more than 50 protesters.

Rapture: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

by Aya Zubi, junior reporter

Rapture is a Netflix series about up and coming rappers.  Each show follows one artist/rapper and tells us how they got their first break. 

Each episode features a different musician and the obstacles this person went through and how they try to overcome these issues to achieve success as a rap star.

On March 30, 2018, they released A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie episode on his life. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s legal name is Artist Dubose. Artist was born on December 6,1995.  He was born and raised in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx, New York. 

The episode begins with Artist in his neighborhood playing basketball with the people in his community. In the episode, Artist talks about when he was a kid he had a passion for music. He used to put on performances in the school cafeteria. He mentions how he used to watch the movie Paid in Full when he was 12 and rapping like a character from the movie and everyone started calling him A Boogie because of a character in that film. Wit Da Hoodie came along because he was wearing hoodies all over town so it stuck with him.

Career Preparation with Mr. Silberman

By Cynthia Breiner, Zainib Khan, Jamira Regnier, Aya Zubi

Ever thought about a career in business, or what to do after high school? If not, Mr. Silberman is a great person to meet. If you have met him you would know that Mr. Silberman is a highly educated businessman who teaches students about business careers.

“I was a call center operator,” says Mr. Silberman. After that, he began teaching at West Hempstead High School in 2003. Mr. Silberman has been a teacher for 15 years. He has an undergraduate degree in Economics, an MBA in Finance, and Masters degree in Business Education.

He has given all of his students useful tools to use after graduation. Mr. Silberman believes that “Everything in life is related to business.” We asked why he decided to bring the new Virtual Enterprise (VE) class to this school? Mr. Silberman started the Virtual Enterprise program in our high school. We were curious how he got the idea to start it in our school so we asked him. He told us, “I went to a conference six years ago, and they had the virtual enterprise program and I liked how they ran it, so, I decided to start it here.”