cyberbullying Archives – Jewish Journal

When Social Media Becomes Too Much — Even for a Teen

Riley Jackson October 23, 2019

How Andrew Rossow Tackles Cyberbullying On A National Level

Tasha Geroulis November 13, 2018

Teen trio wins anti-bullying contest

Kylie Ora Lobell October 16, 2013

Bullying occurs regularly in classrooms and on playgrounds to children and teenagers throughout the world. Cyberbullying on smart phones and social media is more hidden and harder to detect.

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

Danielle Berrin 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

Danielle Berrin 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.