Hanukkah Drive
Leah Kuperman - Wednesday, December 12, 2012
From December 10th through the 14th, Milken’s Leadership and Business Ethics program, a student group committed to helping the Rose Rios project, will be collecting toys on behalf of the Midnight Mission and the South Central Family Health Center. As the only mission on Skid Row not based on religion, Midnight Mission provides the homeless [...]
12/5/12 Milken Video News
mtash - Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Milken Video News is Milken Community High School’s live newscast produced by the Milken Video News class. It airs live over the school’s cable system on Channel 30 and as a live stream at www.livestream.com/milkenlivestream most Wednesday mornings during Advisory (approximately 9:00 AM). This live broadcast and all live streams are available on your mobile [...]
Creative writing at Milken
Eden Jablon - Monday, December 3, 2012
Eden Jablon Managing Editor Milken’s creative writing program began in 1999 with Writes of Passage, but has now expanded to include a Study of Fiction Class, Study of Poetry Class, Sunday Wordplay and most recently Scribbler’s Anonymous. “Writes of Passage evolved into having a creative writing elective and then evolved into the classes, and then [...]
Senior Tiferet fellows continue tradition
Eden Jablon - Monday, December 3, 2012
Eden Jablon Managing Editor This year, for the second time, Milken’s Tiferet delegates will complete the three-year Tiferet program. After March of the Living, the delegates will remain in Israel from April 18 to April 30. “My goal is for the kids to really deepen their connection to Israel,” Rabbi Liat Yardeni-Funk, Director of Israel [...]
Fifth annual Fashion with Compassion
cmcadamis - Monday, November 19, 2012
Jordana Gotlieb Staff Writer The tradition continued on November 4, 2012 with Milken’s fifth annual Fashion with Compassion. Starting on a fall Sunday morning and leading into the early hours of the afternoon, the event took place at the Stephen S. Wise Temple’s main sanctuary. With an attendance of approximately 600 people, this year’s show [...]
The artistic side of Milken
Leah Kuperman - Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Leah Kuperman Staff Writer On Friday, October 26, the Milken art department held an art fair in the amphitheater. The fair’s purpose was to showcase the various art electives offered while enabling students to discover their artistic interests. “Seeing examples of the work inspires the students who to consider taking an art class,” Ms. Mary [...]
Yozma group receives JWW award
Gabi Kamran - Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Gabi Kamran Staff Writer For three days in February of 2012, Milken’s Beit Midrash was transformed into an interactive museum about the atrocities in Darfur and the Congo. The exhibit was called “From Darkness to Light: Genocide to Activism” and was built from the ground up by Yozma’s Jewish World Watch group. The museum [...]
Tiferet update: 2013
Samantha Suman - Monday, October 29, 2012
Samantha Suman Staff Writer This year, the Tiferet program will accept up to 65 applicants as well as offer 15 community service hours and two P.E. credits. Originally, with only 50 spots available, students like Nicole Nourian ‘15 described the application process as “stressful.” With an increase in private donations made to the program, Rabbi [...]
Fashion with Compassion preview
Yasmine Novian - Thursday, October 25, 2012
Yasmine Novian Editor-in-Chief On Sunday, November 4th the fifth annual Fashion with Compassion charity event will take place at Stephen S. Wise temple. This year, the proceeds from the show will be donated to Beit Issie Shapiro, Israel’s leading organization for furthering the rights, opportunities, and services for people with special needs. With a vision [...]
Model UN Anticipates a Strong Year
Jodi Marcus - Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Jodi Marcus Staff Writer Despite the loss of last year’s strongest members, the Milken Model United Nations team has high expectations for its four competitions this year. The team will attend conferences at University of California Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, University of California Santa Barbara, and Stanford. “Every year we have gone to Berkeley in [...]
