"Across the country, in Atlanta, Georgia, Oliver Mason, a graduate this month from the Atlanta Jewish Academy (AJA) who was editor-in-chief of Palette, the school newspaper, inspired many of his fellow students and the local community with a moving piece he wrote last year in memory of Dekel Swissa, 23."

"The writer called on readers to view Palestinian lives and the Palestinian experience through the lens of the biblical command to treat all people as created btzelem elokim, in Gods image.It concluded: Jews, innocent Palestinian civilians, and the entire world have the same enemy in this war: Hamas. Its only when we can unite around the value of human life and the value of each others experiences that we will have the power to defeat that force once and for all.On reading the editorial, I was impressed with its clarity, confidence and empathetic message, especially since it was written by a teenage student in her high school newspaper.Titled Hamas vs. Humanity, the piece was written by Tali Liebenthal, a gifted writer who served for two years as co-editor-in-chief of The Boiling Point, the student newspaper of Shalhevet, a Modern Orthodox high school in Los Angeles, widely heralded as a national leader in high school journalism."

"Since October 7, every issue of Palette covers Israel in some way, and he feels that this new dimension of reporting also strengthened my personal connection to Israel."