The Salanter Akiba Riverdale High School and Academy marked the first anniversary of Oct. 7 by reaffirming the school’s commitment to supporting Israel.
The day began with assemblies in …
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10/9/24
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Michelle Sarna and her family were visiting Israel to celebrate her mother’s birthday last year when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
The psychologist at SAR Academy in Riverdale and her …
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By Mike Wagenheim, JNS
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7/24/24
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Rep. Ritchie Torres received a rock start’s reception at the SAR HS commencement on Monday night.
Torres, the pro-Israel Progressive Democrat whose district includes SAR’s Riverdale …
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By Ed Weintrob
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6/19/24
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With t-shirts broadcasting their support for the Jewish state, an estimated 100,000 people marched up Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue on Sunday. Two New York schools joined others in conveying a clear …
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By The Jewish Star and JNS
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6/10/24
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Riverdale marked a somber Yom HaZikaron on Monday night, with several hundred people filling the SAR HS auditorium to listen to SAR choirs, the chanting of Tehilim, words about soldiers and hostages …
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By Ed Weintrob
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5/15/24
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The plane carrying 10 students from SAR High School in Riverdale to Cuba took off at 5 am on Sunday, Jan. 14, but planning began months earlier. The Spanish language students, accompanied on the trip …
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By Jason Kwalwasser and Sean Shteingart
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1/24/24
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The frequently divided American Jewish community pulled off what some were referring to as a miraculous show of unity and determination on Tuesday, rallying in massive numbers on the National Mall in …
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By Ed Weintrob
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11/16/23
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Or Gat was celebrating the engagement of friends while his family was sleeping in the early morning of Oct. 7 in the Be’eri Kibbutz in Israel near the Gaza border.
The first reports he …
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By Gary Larkin, Editor, The Riverdale Press
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11/1/23
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While Hamas-lovers rallied outside the office of Rep. Ritchie Torres in the Bronx’s Fordham neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon, a larger pro-Israel crowd assembled in Riverdale’s Seton …
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By Ed Weintrob
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10/25/23
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After an intense junior year at SAR High School in Riverdale, Joseph Arenson traveled to Senegal this sumer to work for a not-for-profit basketball organization called MALAWRISE. The organization, …
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9/20/23
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