##  [ Antisemites Want Jews to Feel Like Outsiders. We Should Refuse.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33233-antisemites-want-jews-to-feel-like-outsiders-we-should-refuse "Antisemites Want Jews to Feel Like Outsiders. We Should Refuse.")

      Details    Shoshannah Kalaydjian    [GUEST WORDS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     August 20 2026        August 20 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2026/066i.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Aug-2026/066i.jpg?width=1108&height=614)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33233-antisemites-want-jews-to-feel-like-outsiders-we-should-refuse)

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   ##  [ California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33213-californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore "California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore")

      Details    Shoshannah Kalaydjian    [GUEST WORDS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     August 17 2026        August 17 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Aug-2026/065o.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Aug-2026/065o.jpg?width=1036&height=592)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33213-californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore)

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   ##  [ California Doesn't Have a School Funding Crisis. It Has a Leadership Crisis.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33131-california-doesnt-have-a-school-funding-crisis-it-has-a-leadership-crisis "California Doesn't Have a School Funding Crisis. It Has a Leadership Crisis.")

      Details    Shoshannah Kalaydjian    [GUEST WORDS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     July 30 2026        July 30 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/060g.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/060g.jpg?width=1116&height=656)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33131-california-doesnt-have-a-school-funding-crisis-it-has-a-leadership-crisis)

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   ##  [ Smoking Gun Letter Shows LAUSD Was Warned Before Approving Billion-Dollar Pay Raises](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33119-smoking-gun-letter-shows-lausd-was-warned-before-approving-billion-dollar-pay-raises "Smoking Gun Letter Shows LAUSD Was Warned Before Approving Billion-Dollar Pay Raises")

      Details    Shoshannah Kalaydjian    [GUEST WORDS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     July 27 2026        July 27 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/059c.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/059c.jpg?width=1116&height=750)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33119-smoking-gun-letter-shows-lausd-was-warned-before-approving-billion-dollar-pay-raises)

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   ##  [ Stop Fixing Medical School Admissions. Start Fixing America’s Failing Schools](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33090-stop-fixing-medical-school-admissions-start-fixing-americas-failing-schools "Stop Fixing Medical School Admissions. Start Fixing America’s Failing Schools")

      Details    Shoshannah Kalaydjian    [GUEST WORDS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     July 23 2026        July 23 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/058k.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/058k.jpg?width=1108&height=742)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33090-stop-fixing-medical-school-admissions-start-fixing-americas-failing-schools)

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   ##  [ Silencing Palestine? No—Protecting Jewish Students and Keeping Politics Out of the Classroom](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33074-silencing-palestine-no-protecting-jewish-students-and-keeping-politics-out-of-the-classroom "Silencing Palestine?  No—Protecting Jewish Students and Keeping Politics Out of the Classroom")

      Details    Shoshannah Kalaydjian    [GUEST WORDS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     July 20 2026        July 20 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/057n.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/057n.jpg?width=1108&height=742 "SHARON QUIRK-SILVA Assemblywoman, District 67")    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33074-silencing-palestine-no-protecting-jewish-students-and-keeping-politics-out-of-the-classroom "class="caption" title="SHARON QUIRK-SILVA Assemblywoman, District 67"")SHARON QUIRK-SILVA Assemblywoman, District 67

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   ##  [ LAUSD's Financial Collapse Was No Accident — The Adults Ignored Every Warning. Now Students Will Pay the Price](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33024-lausds-financial-collapse-was-no-accident-the-adults-ignored-every-warning-now-students-will-pay-the-price "LAUSD's Financial Collapse Was No Accident — The Adults Ignored Every Warning. Now Students Will Pay the Price")

      Details    Shoshannah Kalaydjian    [GUEST WORDS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words)     July 13 2026        July 13 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2026/055h.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/July-2026/055h.jpg?width=1028&height=686)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/33024-lausds-financial-collapse-was-no-accident-the-adults-ignored-every-warning-now-students-will-pay-the-price)

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1. [ When Activism Crosses the Line: LAUSD Must Answer for Political Indoctrination in the Classroom](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/32966-when-activism-crosses-the-line-lausd-must-answer-for-political-indoctrination-in-the-classroom)
2. [ As a Young Jewish Student, I Welcome Israel's Recognition of the Armenian Genocide](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/32940-as-a-young-jewish-student-i-welcome-israels-recognition-of-the-armenian-genocide)
3. [ What It Feels Like to Grow Up Jewish in America Today](https://mail.citywatchla.com/guest-words/32921-what-it-feels-like-to-grow-up-jewish-in-america-today)

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