By: Esther Conway, MSH 2020
On Tuesday, November 19, the Midreshet Shalhevet Debate Stars attended their first debate of the year, hosted by North Shore Hebrew Academy. The topic of the debate was whether ‘Citizens United V FEC’, a Supreme Court case involving indirect corporate contributions to political campaigns, should be overturned or not. The MSH Debate Stars spent weeks researching the case, and working on presentations for their respective sides. Senior Penina Spearman and junior Esther Conway sided with the affirmative, arguing that that the case must be overturned in order protect the people from corporate interests. Debate captain, senior Sarah Spielman, and sophomore Elisheva Conway, the MSH negative team, argued that the case must be upheld because it protects a corporation’s fundamental rights. After three intense rounds of debate against various yeshiva high schools, the MSH negative team was victorious, winning the award for second best team of all the teams at the competition. Sarah Spielman won best overall speaker, and Elisheva Conway won Second Best Overall Speaker. The team is celebrating this spectacular win, and already preparing for more success at the next debate. n