Bullying and Reason

By David A. Lehrer
Published on March 12, 2013

I Love You Shane Koyczan

By Ilana Angel
Published on February 21, 2013

Words can kill

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on November 8, 2012

The Culture of Bullying: It’s Not Just Kids!

By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
Published on June 25, 2012

Sender of anti-Semitic texts to N.M. classmate is suspended

Published on May 29, 2012

A New Mexico high school student was suspended for sending hundreds of anti-Semitic text messages to a Jewish classmate.

‘Bully’ documentary to land in theaters unrated

Published on March 26, 2012

The Weinstein Co. on Monday said it has decided to release its documentary "Bully" without a U.S. film rating after failing to persuade the Motion Picture Association of America to change to one that is less restrictive.

The battle to get ‘Bully’ seen by those who need it most

By Danielle Berrin
Published on March 21, 2012

At Sioux City Middle School in Iowa, 12-year-old Alex Libby is the odd-man-out. Seen by his peers as different, he has golden hair, gentle eyes, a wide, flat nose and permanently puckered lips. Together, they might seem to express something both pouty and vulnerable, sweet and sad. Kids are not so kind. “People call me fish face,” he blankly tells the camera in the new documentary “Bully” by filmmaker Lee Hirsch. “I don’t mind.”

Q&A with an expert on bullying

By Danielle Berrin
Published on March 21, 2012

Ron Avi Astor, the Richard M. and Ann L. Thor Professor in Urban Social Development at USC, has been studying the epidemiology of school violence for nearly 30 years. In 1997, he moved his family to Jerusalem for one year to run the first-ever large-scale comprehensive school violence survey in Israel, with his partner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor Rami Benbenishty.

The Dark Side of Twitter

By Ilana Angel
Published on January 9, 2012

RHOBH: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

By Ilana Angel
Published on December 5, 2011

I LOVE YOU JONAH

By Ilana Angel
Published on December 4, 2011

Ohio family sues school for anti-Semitism, bullying

Published on November 14, 2011

The family of a 14-year-old Ohio girl is suing school officials in the state for allowing bullying and anti-Semitic attacks aimed at their daughter.

Back to School, Back to Bullying?  Break the Cycle at Home

By Ilana Angel
Published on August 14, 2011

How to tame your bully

Published on July 21, 2011

In the dictionary, a bully is defined as “a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.” It sounds likes an accurate definition, but it’s not absolutely true. Sure, there is always the stereotypical, all muscle and no brains guy walking around punching lockers and dunking kids in trash cans. And every school has the beautiful yet snobby rich girl who cheats on tests and calls everyone insulting names.

Bullying of LGBTQ teens discussed at NCJW event

By Ryan Torok
Published on May 31, 2011

During a panel discussion at the National Council of Jewish Women’s (NCJW) Los Angeles office in April, education experts highlighted the pervasiveness of bullying in schools, saying a disproportionate number of gay and lesbian students are victims.

Jewish youth movements launch anti-bullying campaign

Published on December 22, 2010

Three international Jewish youth movements have launched a campaign to combat homophobia. The Coalition of Jewish Teen Leaders, comprised of the presidents of B'nai B'rith Youth Organization, the Reform movement’s National Federation of Temple Youth and the Conservative movement’s United Synagogue Youth, has joined a campaign started by Keshet, a national organization working for GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) inclusion in Jewish life.

Your Letters

Published on March 6, 2003

Even Bullies Go to Summer Camp

By Sonja Hyams
Published on November 29, 1999

Directors at three of California's Jewish sleep-over camps describe them as nurturing environments where every child is made to feel safe and part of a caring community. Campers, they say, generally meet the high expectations for mensch-like behavior.

But despite everyone's best intentions, camps occasionally see aggressive or exclusionary behavior, and each camp has a policy to firmly and fairly discourage bullying.