The Panther Post is excited to announce the launch of its website that will showcase published articles and allow the Panther Post editorial staff to publish time-sensitive content as it arises. 

Former YULA student and Editor-in-chief Boaz Edidin spearheaded the website’s development, along with the Post’s new Website Editor, Arshia Kohanteb (‘22).

At first, Edidin and Kohanteb worked completely independently. Using Adobe Dreamweaver, a website design tool, Edidin started developing the website in 2020. Quickly, however, he realized that the Dreamweaver software was difficult to work with and couldn’t meet the Panther Post’s standards for design. So in a long transition process, Edidin switched from Dreamweaver to SNO, a digital media platform geared towards student publications. “It was affordable, professional-looking, and easily manageable,” recounts Edidin. “We struck gold.”

A few months and a demo website later, Edidin convinced the YULA administration to green-light the project. “At that point, the YULA merger was fastly approaching, and the administration wanted the Panther Post Website to usher in the merger,” says Edidin. “So I worked overtime to get it approved beforehand.”

After Edidin transferred to a school in Florida, he handed the reins to Kohanteb. Now Website Editor, Kohanteb has put in every effort to ready it for launch. “Each night I go through the design of the website to find any bugs and perfect it in every way possible,” he says. “This project is the culmination of many years of hard work. I want to make it count.”

The Panther Post Website – over a year in the making – is now available. “As a product of tight-knit collaboration between the Boys’ and Girls’ Divisions, the website’s launch marks a new chapter for the Panther Post,” says Head of School Rabbi Arye Sufrin. “I’m so proud of what Boaz, Arshia, and the Panther Post editorial board has achieved. I’m even more excited for what’s to come.”