December 24, 2024

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Yair Daar

Yair Daar is the director of Student Life at Bicultural Hebrew Academy High School. He can be reached at [email protected]

Articles by Yair Daar

Song, Story or Both?

Ever since she was a child, Lisa Fabelman was intrigued by solving crimes. By age 11 she had gone through the entire “Cam Jansen,” “Hardy

Coming and Going

The Pollack family recently moved to Redmont Hill. They were a young couple with two children: Maya, who was 7, and Max, who was 4.

Nachash, Tanin, or Both?

Portland Talmud Torah (otherwise known as PoTaTo) recently received a generous donation from a local family. Magda and Murray Zerrin had sent their children to

One Potato at a Time

“You may be wondering how I got here. How did a high school dropout become the famous Cholent Champ? Well, it’s really a simple story

Know Your Audience

Chol Hamoed Pesach had arrived, including the annual all-Jewish-teenagers-not-in-Florida trip to Six Flags. Being that he was home for Pesach (nebach), Moshe was excited to

Be Sensitive

The NFL playoff season was underway, and the middle school boys at Simms Torah Academy of Toronto and Saskatchewan were excited. For the first time

If Not Now…

The last week of camp had arrived, which meant many different things for many different people. Some campers had enough and were just waiting for

Big Little Deals

Polly and Molly were really good friends. Not besties, but close. Polly didn’t believe in best friends, and Molly had a twin sister who was

Don’t Burn Your Bridges

Switching schools for seventh grade is not easy. Just ask Lily Herman. From kindergarten through sixth grade, Lily attended the Greater Oklahoma Academy for Torah.

Being Best Is Not Always Best

Sadie was a star student at the Kornheiser Hebrew Academy. She had the best grades of anyone in her class and was the starting point

Say No to the Status Quo

Levi came from a very proud family. The Goodmans lived in a community of North Juniper for over 200 years, and Levi’s parents each came