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For Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, it’s back to the future

For Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, it’s back to the future

By Bayley Sandler, Staff Writer
October 28, 2019

When Rabbi Yitzchak Etschalom began teaching at Shalhevet the first time, the school wasn't even a year old. Twenty-eight years...

Spreadsheets, songs and school-running: Nachum Joel

Spreadsheets, songs and school-running: Nachum Joel

By Caleb Fishman, Staff Writer
October 23, 2019

Shalhevet’s apparent love for former singers has surfaced again with the arrival of Mr. Nachum Joel, who has joined the staff...

LITERATURE:   Mr. Reynolds, a lover of great literature and the arts, hosted poetry seminars for students and faculty during his time at Shalhevet.

Nat Reynolds, former Head of School, teacher, mentor, has died

By Molly Litvak, Community Editor
October 7, 2019

Mr. Nathan Reynolds, who founded Shalhevet’s General Studies department, recruited the first student body and years later left...

WRITER:   Mr. Forrester is teaching American Literature this year.

New English teacher brings a worldwide upbringing and a passion for playwriting

By Molly Litvak, Community Editor
September 23, 2019

He may teach English, but new Shalhevet teacher Mr. Brian Forrester has a passion for theater, or more specifically, playwriting....

PEOPLE: Mrs. Honig coniders herself a ‘people person’ and has also worked selling wigs and teaching people how to paint.

New Tanakh teacher says the ‘bubble’ is a good thing

By Liad Machmali, Torah Editor
September 22, 2019

As someone who did not always connect to either Judaism or Jewish school but eventually fell in love with both, new Judaic Studies...

New chesed director is also an athlete

New chesed director is also an athlete

By Jolie Wineburgh, Arts and Culture Editor
September 11, 2019

Running marathons and finding zen in yoga are two hobbies of Mrs. Malkie Hametz, Shalhevet’s newest Tanakh teacher and new director...

SCHOLAR:   Yoetzet Halacha Atara Segal in 2013 became the first woman to teach Gemara in an Orthodox school in Los Angeles.

Ms. Segal is first female teacher to get Jewish title at school

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 4, 2018

Yoetzet Halacha Atara Segal is Shalhevet’s first female Judaic faculty member to have a title other than Ms. or Morah, but neither...

ROLE:    Ms. Atara Segal plans to be a role model for both boys and girls.

Her training completed, Yoetzet Segal finds new ways to teach and relate to students, female and male

By Tobey Lee and Lucy Fried
October 3, 2018

This story won a Best of SNO award. Last month in Israel, Ms. Atara Segal, who has been teaching Tanakh, Talmud, and Statistics...

TEACH:    Mr. Diamond just finished co-writing a book that explains the business of screenwriting.  BP Photo by Jonathan Diamond.

Screenwriter David Diamond brings Hollywood lessons to Shalhevet

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Community Editor
September 14, 2018

  While David Diamond is an accomplished screenwriter with credits in big-budget films, he tries to stay humble. One...

EXPERIENCE:    Coach Remer comes to Shalhevet with over 10 years of work in athletics.
  BP Photo by Neima Fax.

Remer replaces Ryan, but both coaches remain

By Tobey Lee, Features Editor
September 14, 2018

Coach Ryan Coleman and Coach Jeff Remer have partly switched jobs this year. Coach Remer, the girls basketball coach, has taken...

Mr. Weslows title has changed from General Studies Principal to Principal, and he has a new and bigger office next door to his old one.  BP Photo by Neima Fax.

Mr. Weslow now principal; Rabbi Block Assistant Principal, Judaic Studies

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
September 13, 2018

Shalhevet’s administration still plans to operate as a team, but Mr. Daniel Weslow has become overall principal and Rabbi David...

From Ph.Ds to scuba-divers, nine new teachers join faculty for 2018-19.

From Ph.Ds to scuba-divers, nine new teachers join faculty for 2018-19.

September 12, 2018

[su_vimeo url="https://vimeo.com/287355107" autoplay="no"] BP Video by David Edwards, Sabrina Jahan, and Evan Rubel

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