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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

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The Harvard-Westlake Chronicle

History teacher Dror Yaron speaks at a mandatory assembly for students Oct. 23. The presentations were meant to teach students about the broader history behind the Israel-Palestine conflict amid the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

School reacts to Israel-Hamas War and officially designates Oct. 7 attack as terrorism

Alex Dinh, Assistant Features Editor November 14, 2023

In response to the Israel-Hamas war, the school and Jewish Club held a series of mandatory and optional speakers. History and Middle East Studies Teacher Dror Yaron spoke to all sophomores, juniors and...

StandWithUs Senior Educator Charlotte Korchak speaks to listeners in her second visit to the school Oct. 27. She previously visited Oct. 6, before the terrorist attacks in Israel.

StandWithUs educator revisits school to speak about Israel-Hamas War

Connor Tang, Assistant News Editor October 28, 2023

Jewish Club hosted StandWithUs Senior Educator Charlotte Korchak at a speaker event in Ahmanson Lecture Hall on Oct. 27. Korchak, who visited the school Oct. 6 one day before Hamas’ terrorist attacks...

History Teacher Dror Yaron presents at an educational assembly for sophomores and juniors Oct. 23. The history teacher spoke on the past of Israel and Palestine and the consequences regarding the current war.

Teacher speaks at school assembly about history of Israel and Palestine

Connor Tang and Justin Tang October 23, 2023

The school held a mandatory assembly for sophomores and juniors to learn about the history behind the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Taper Gymnasium on Oct. 23. History teacher Dror Yaron provided a historical...

History teacher Dror Yaron addresses Jewish club members and listeners in the emergency meeting that was held Oct. 9.

School community responds to Hamas’ terrorist attacks on Israel

Connor Tang, Assistant News Editor October 9, 2023

Jewish Club held an emergency meeting during lunch in Ahmanson Lecture Hall on Oct. 9 to discuss the recent attacks on Israel by Hamas — a Palestinian and Islamic militant group —that took place Oct....

Charlotte Korchak (front and center) poses with listeners of the event hosted by Jewish Club and MESA on Oct. 6.

Educator speaks at Jewish Club and MESA event

Connor Tang and Justin Tang October 6, 2023

Jewish Club and Middle Eastern Student Alliance (MESA) hosted guest speaker Charlotte Korchak in Ahmanson Lecture Hall on Oct. 6 during lunch. Korchak works for StandWithUs, a non-profit organization dedicated...

Seeing past polarization

Sophie Haber May 30, 2018

I can’t often point to a singular experience that informed a moment of clarity in my life, but when my sister FaceTimed me as she packed up her dorm room after finishing her last final of her freshman...

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