“They encircle me with words of hate.” Israel lives the lament of the psalmist, 8 million people surrounded by enemies. Across the northwest border, the rockets of Hezbollah face Jerusalem. In the northeast, al-Qaida clings to its piece of shattered Syria. Jordan, sometime friend but former enemy, weak to external pressure, lies in the east....
Month: January 2016
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Hyman twins make each other better on and off the tennis court
Halle and Justin, members of the Hillsdale women’s and men’s tennis teams, grew up like most siblings — fiercely competitive but close friends. Unlike most siblings, however, their competitions were decided and friendships started on the tennis court, where they spent their youth, adolescence, and today, adulthood. The Hymans’ parents, who encouraged the twins to...
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Market House gets makeover
The Hillsdale Market House will soon become the Hometown Hotspot as long-awaited renovations near completion. “We’re really excited for the changes. Our goal is to make Market House the newest Hillsdale hotspot, which inspired the new name for the complex,” Boyd said. The name, Hometown Hotspot, can be seen emblazoned on a brand-new sign in...
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Senior party Friday
Wikimedia Commons | Courtesy The class of 2016’s senior party is scheduled for Friday at the McCall Center. With graduation mere months away, job applications, college credits, and networking fall to the front of seniors’ minds. This Friday beginning at 9 p.m., however, Hillsdale senior class officers offer senior students the perfect study break. The...
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A survivor’s story of silence: living through the Holocaust
For the Hillsdale students who visited the Holy Land over Christmas break, the experiences were largely separated into two categories: those which touched the treasury of Israel’s past, and those which wrestled with the realities of Israel’s present. But past and present converged on Jan. 11 with a trip to Yad Vashem, Israel’s central Holocaust...