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Senior Anya Mendelson ponders the college admissions process.
WHAT I KNOW NOW: Absurdity vs. reality
By Anya Mendelson, Staff Columnist • May 24, 2022
TRAVELING: Polina Vorona, 18, stopped to take a selfie in a restroom on her way from Ukraine to Poland in February. She and her grandmother traveled together from Kyiv, leaving behind Polinas father and grandfather. I know it’s really hard for Granny, Polina said, “[to] be separate [from] her husband, with my grandfather, for the first time in I don’t know, 40 years.
'A sadness which you cannot explain with words'
May 20, 2022
Opinion
Zach was asked at the start of the school year to remove the earring he got over the summer.
A stud, an earring or a new rule that said neither?
By Zach Rub, 11th Grade • January 29, 2022
How can we expect participation in the Just Community when half the school doesnt understand what it is?
EDITORIAL: It’s time to re-teach the Just Community
January 25, 2022
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COVID-19
MASKLESS: Students lined up for PCR tests in the cafeteria last Friday, almost none wearing a mask. Two students, both seniors, tested positive, along with a staff member – all of them vaccinated.
Shalhevet cracks down on mask wearing as some students, staff test positive for Covid
By Benjamin Gamson, Editor-in-Chief • December 21, 2021
SWAB: Arielle Grossman and Keira Deutsch wait for their Covid test in the cafeteria Dec. 3 as Director of Facilities Lili Einalhori oversees. Weekly Covid testing is required for unvaccinated students and members of the basketball team, and also available for any student who wishes.
Vaccine mandate takes effect for most students 16 and up
December 3, 2021
SPIKES: mRNA vaccines like Pfizers and Modernas cause cells to produce a spike protein, which stimulates the production of antibodies against it that will attack Covids spike proteins if the body encounters them.
True or false? From vaccines to variants, Dr. Julie Higashi explains it all
September 27, 2021
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Surprise challenges from friends help students memorize Mishna
War in Ukraine: Is there a Russian side of the story?
Lag B’Omer: Plagues and renewal, then and now
No proposals yet from students to fix Hashkama
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Arts & Culture
NEON: Lenny’s bright sign can be seen -- and noticed -- from down Pico Boulevard.
Lenny’s Casita fills an L.A. kosher food gap
May 12, 2022

When Mexikosher closed three years ago, it was a dagger into the taco-loving heart of LA Jews who longed...

Image of band rehearsing in Shalhevet basement
Born in quarantine jam sessions, Shalhevet band plans second performance on Purim
March 14, 2022
WALL: In the Stories of Cinema exhibit, videos of Oscar acceptance speeches play one by one. Steven Spielberg’s speech when he won Best Director for Schindler’s List is the museum’s only mention of him.
At the Academy Museum, Jews are missing from the world of Motion Pictures. Here’s a look at what’s left out.
February 4, 2022
Food from Melrose Bite; burger with fries in forefront, mango habanero chicken wings and sauces in background
Sweet, crunchy and kosher, Melrose Bite finds a trendy combo
January 4, 2022
Trending Stories
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REFLECT: Junior Molly Menashe reacts to Confederate monuments she saw on the Gettysburg battlefield following Dr. Harris’s SAS Civil War trip.

A symbol that can’t be separated from its history

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TRAVELING: Polina Vorona, 18, stopped to take a selfie in a restroom on her way from Ukraine to Poland in February. She and her grandmother traveled together from Kyiv, leaving behind Polinas father and grandfather. I know it’s really hard for Granny, Polina said, “[to] be separate [from] her husband, with my grandfather, for the first time in I don’t know, 40 years.

‘A sadness which you cannot explain with words’

Boiling Point Caption Contest May 2022: Winner and new cartoon
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Sports
EXCITEMENT: Boys Volleyball team huddles together with Coach Jelly Castellanos after a three to zero win over the Animo Leadership Aztecs, ensuring a spot in the playoffs, April 13.
Firehawk boys volleyball qualifies for playoffs, will face Newbury Park Adventist tonight
By Zane Mendelson, Staff Writer • April 28, 2022

“Playoffs gonna be lit,” said junior Oz Shalom on the court, immediately after the Shalhevet Firehawk boys volleyball team clinched a spot in the regional playoffs April 13. It happened at the end of a three-sets-to-none win over the Animo Leadership Aztecs in the Shalhevet gym. Tonight at 6 p.m the Firehawks will play the Newbury Park Adventist Gators, located in Thousand Oaks and holding a...

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DRIVE: Junior Avi Halpert, who plays point guard for the Firehawks, dribbled to the basket against DRS March 24. The Firehawks lost the game 56-42.
In first Sarachek Tournament since 2019, Firehawks plunge in second game
By Noah Elad, Sports Editor • March 30, 2022

The Red Sarachek Basketball Tournament returned for the first time since 2019, but the Firehawks didn’t receive the outcome they were hoping for.  Shalhevet had reached the championship game in the previous five Sarachek contests, which are held at Yeshiva University in New York and involves only boys teams. In 2018 and 2019, they won it.  This year there was a different outcome. After winning...

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