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RULE: Freshman Romy Burg puts away her phone before class. Administration introduced the new policy requiring phones put away before all class periods and programs a few days before the start of the school year.
New cell phone policy introduced following changes across Los Angeles community
By Sonya Katzin • October 8, 2024
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Torah
CHAVRUTA: Juniors and sophomores enjoy chicken wings with barbecue sauce while studying texts with Dr. Sheila Keiter Feb. 22 in the Beit Midrash.
Afternoon chevruta learning returns, this time with incentives
May 14, 2024
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Opinion
VOTE: Except for just minutes before voting, there were no active campaigns for Just Community representatives last October. Above, 10th-graders watched a candidate's video.
EDITORIAL: Elections – We can do better
By The Boiling Point Editorial Board • January 30, 2024
Oct. 7 sparked an outpouring of love for our land, and we should respond by upholding our highest values of love for all.
EDITORIAL: Hamas vs. humanity
December 13, 2023
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Features
CONTINUITY: Firehawks4Israel set up a table was set up in the foyer with items to encourage prayers, mailing of letters and postcards and other ways to reach out to soldiers and others in Israel. It was still there in June.
Seven months later, Shalhevet keeps Oct. 7 in mind
By Mira Schulman, Features Editor • July 16, 2024
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HIDING: Juniors Noah Selick and Sam Backer take cover under a table during the earthquake drill in October. The drill was part of a national earthquake awareness initiative called The Great ShakeOut.
First earthquake drill in at least five years held as administration boosts student security
By Gavi Katrikh, 9th Grade • December 25, 2024

During Shalhevet’s first earthquake drill since at least 2019, students and faculty stopped everything they were doing and dropped to the floor, taking shelter under desks.  They...

HONORED: Mr. Richard Sandler, Milken Family Foundation’s Executive Vice President, shakes hand with Rabbi Schwarzberg while presenting him the Jewish Educator Award. Neither students nor Rabbi Schwarzberg knew what the surprise assembly was about when the school gathered at the end of the day on Sept. 23.
Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg honored with Jewish Educator Award at school-wide assembly
By Simon Goldberg, 9th Grade • December 11, 2024

Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg was honored with a teaching award from the Milken Family Foundation during a schoolwide assembly on Sept....

ISSUES: A Boiling Point online poll surveyed students on presidential candidates and important issues in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5. As in the U.S. election, Mr. Trump won by a large margin.
Shalhevet students support Trump by an overwhelming majority while staff favors Harris, poll finds
By Sophie Katz, Editor-in-Chief • November 15, 2024

Shalhevet students support President-elect Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris by an overwhelming majority, a Boiling Point poll found the day...

SOLDIER: Alumnus Mitchell Hoenig ‘20 speaks to students and teachers about his experience on Oct. 7 in Israel, serving in IDF reserves afterwards, and about his two friends – one who died fighting on Oct. 7, and one who was killed in Gaza months later. To start off the assembly on the roof, students and teachers clad in blue and white watched a video of the destroyed homes and buildings on kibbutzim in southern Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks
With songs and stories, Shalhevet remembers Oct. 7 one year later
By Sophie Katz, Editor-in-Chief • October 11, 2024

A Magen David formed by electric candles on the ground illuminated the faces of Shalhevet students and faculty as they sat tightly packed around it for...

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Arts & Culture
WORKING: Mrs. Keene perched at her desk in the Boiling Point office. She keeps a photo of her father with Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (at right) for inspiration, as well as mugs with slogans and various newspapers.
​​Mrs. Keene, who led Boiling Point and Choirhawks for 21 years, leaves to boost journalism in more Jewish schools
By Sophie Katz, Outside News Editor • June 1, 2024

After 21 years of leading the Boiling Point, directing the Choirhawks, and teaching classes, Mrs. Joelle...

CHARACTERS: Nathan Soussana’s suave Don Lockwood was backed by an expert supporting cast throughout the show, among them Alexa Azran as Lina Lamont, pictured above to his right. The show’s 14 performers were highly practiced and their stage moves and dancing seemed effortless.
REVIEW: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ adds music, dancing to the best of Shalhevet drama
May 15, 2024
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Outside News
CAMP: Demonstrators at the University of Michigan protest to demand the school cut all ties with the State of Israel in light of its war with Hamas. (Vivienne Schlussel '23)
Alumni and seniors navigate new campus reality as anti-Israel protests explode at universities
By Sophie Katz and Arieh Elad • June 3, 2024
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ISSUES: A Boiling Point online poll surveyed students on presidential candidates and important issues in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5. As in the U.S. election, Mr. Trump won by a large margin.

Shalhevet students support Trump by an overwhelming majority while staff favors Harris, poll finds

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HONORED: Mr. Richard Sandler, Milken Family Foundation’s Executive Vice President, shakes hand with Rabbi Schwarzberg while presenting him the Jewish Educator Award. Neither students nor Rabbi Schwarzberg knew what the surprise assembly was about when the school gathered at the end of the day on Sept. 23.

Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg honored with Jewish Educator Award at school-wide assembly

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HIDING: Juniors Noah Selick and Sam Backer take cover under a table during the earthquake drill in October. The drill was part of a national earthquake awareness initiative called The Great ShakeOut.

First earthquake drill in at least five years held as administration boosts student security

Sports
BACKHAND: Co-Captain Dana Treitel setting up to hit the ball in their game against Pacifica Christian on Sept. 27. This was the first win in program history for girls tennis, and the team would go on to win two more games.
Girls tennis team wins three games in historic first victories for athletic program
By Benny Portnoy, 9th Grade • October 10, 2024

Overcoming early challenges like inconsistent player attendance and lineup changes, the girls tennis team won three games this past month – the first wins in the history of the Shalhevet tennis program.  On Sept. 20, the team beat Pacifica Christian 12-6 marking their first official win. On Sept. 25, they defeated De Toledo 10-8 and Pacifica Christian again 10-8 on Sept. 27.  "After the win...

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