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Noah Rothman

Noah Rothman , Community Editor

Noah Rothman is a junior and has been part of the Boiling Point since freshman year. He started to become really involved at the beginning of his sophomore year, when he covered the controversial topic of women and wearing tefillin. He has been the Torah editor for two semesters. Outside of Boiling Point, Noah is an active member of the Debate team and the Firehawk baseball team.

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OPINION: A fearful farewell to the dragon of childhood

OPINION: A fearful farewell to the dragon of childhood

By Noah Rothman, Senior Editor
April 25, 2016
“A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys,” is a line from Peter, Paul, and Mary’s Puff the Magic Dragon. Here I am, three days before I turn 18, being saddened by this line. I can’t help but compare myself to Holden Caulfield, my favorite anti-hero. The mysterious novel The Catcher in the Rye is the only book north of 50 pages that I have read more than once. Holden informed so much of who I am today, and as I’m in his position, I can’t help but mentally compare myself to him.
THROWBACK: Ikar’s Hebrew school tried out the Shalhevet building for the first time Sept. 7. Just like last year, they will occupy many classrooms on Tuesday afternoons starting at 3:20.

Ikar synagogue moves in, overlapping with SWAP

By Noah Rothman, Senior Editor
September 10, 2015
Ikar Hebrew school students stormed Shalhevet’s spiral staircase last Tuesday, trickling in after being dropped off in the parking lot and eventually, after getting instructions from familiar faces in the lobby, ascending the spiral staircase in an endless slow parade as the big high school students went whizzing by.
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