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TODAY: Four separate Town Halls, one for each grade, will hear candidate speeches this morning ahead of voting. Above, Agenda Chair Rami Melmed and senior Keira Deutsch studied the Just Community Constitution in the second floor lobby.
JC rep elections held after Town Hall-only campaign, but ballot mistakes delay results
By Joshua Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief • October 24, 2023
SUPPORT: Shalhevet was well represented at the Oct. 10 StandWithUs rally, which also attracted non-Jews who were eager to back the State of Israel.
Shalhevet buses students to attend energetic StandWithUs rally in Westwood
October 17, 2023
SONG: During Tuesday’s kumzitz, Rabbi Block (standing) told students to find strength in mindfully fulfilling their normal commitments.
With somber song, Shalhevet stops to absorb tragedy in Israel
October 13, 2023
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Opinion
COLUMN: Sleepless nights and random tears
COLUMN: Sleepless nights and random tears
By Temma Kirshbaum, Staff Columnist • October 23, 2023
Let our rabbis spread the light
Let our rabbis spread the light
June 9, 2023
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Features
Schoology Score: Weslow triumphs for title as Top Ten takes a turn
Schoology Score: Weslow triumphs for title as Top Ten takes a turn
By Max Messinger, Copy Editor • June 12, 2023
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SPEECH: Eliana Vahedifar, one of two newly elected sophomore representatives to the Fairness Committee, gave her election speech in Room 305 Oct. 24. This year’s campaign had mostly speeches and no signs or flyers.
New election held for JC grade-level reps after problems with ballots and tally
By Martzi Hirsch, Community Editor • November 27, 2023

In the latest complications to a Shalhevet Just Community election, this year’s Fairness Committee had to send out voting links a second time after making a mistake on the...

UNIT: Carin A. ‘22, bottom row center, with her fellow soldiers before the Israel-Hamas war broke out. (Courtesy of Carin A.)
JOINING THE FIGHT: From trainees to reservists, Shalhevet alumni suddenly called to war against Hamas
By Sophie Katz and Tali Liebenthal • November 22, 2023

REPRESENT: Wearing matching sweatshirts, Shalhevet students and faculty raise posters of those who were kidnapped by Hamas during Tuesday’s rally at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Calling for the release of the hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 was one of the main themes at the Nov. 14 rally.
‘Let us not forget’ – 25 from Shalhevet join historic pro-Israel march in Washington, D.C.
By Ezra Helfand, Executive Editor • November 17, 2023

A Shalhevet delegation of 21 students, four faculty, and many alumni and families stood in the front row of the March for Israel this past Tuesday on the...

NEW TEACHERS 23-24: Chang, Karp, Cohen
NEW TEACHERS 23-24: Chang, Karp, Cohen
By Sophie Katz, Etan Lerner, and Arieh Elad • November 16, 2023

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Arts & Culture
CENTERSTAGE: Ms. Chase, top right, founded Shalhevet’s drama program, directing main stage performances, musicals, and student-written one-acts.
Emily Chase, who led drama department for 20-plus years, is leaving for Crossroads
By Sonya Katzin, Arts & Culture Editor • August 24, 2023

Ms. Emily Chase, who founded and developed the drama department while encouraging students to write and...

STARS: Tehilla Fishman, center left, on stage at the Joan Kroc Theater in San Diego with the other winners of the statewide Plays by Young Writers contest, along with the event’s executive producer, Ms. Cecelia Kouma, back right, and director Ms. Kandace Crystal, back left. Front row from left, the other winners were Donny Cannady, Vincent Schillings and Eli Banoub.
11th-grade writing assignment becomes a prizewinning play
May 12, 2023
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Torah
HOLIDAY: Yom Kippur Starts tonight at sundown. The fast begins tonight at 6:29 p.m. and end tomorrow night at 7:23 p.m. (Times for 90036, chabad.org)
Yom Kippur: Are you a little bit Yonah?
By Arieh Elad, Torah Editor • September 24, 2023
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Shabbat Candlelighting Times

* Times displayed for Los Angeles, 90036.

Outside News
VIEW: The deadly inferno was well ablaze as the Jacobsons waited in traffic on the road back toward Lahaina. “We were lucky we had gone on that day trip, because we were never really close to the fires,” said Ms. Jacobson.
A day hike in East Maui saves Shalhevet parents from fatal blaze
By Sophie Katz, Outside News Editor • October 19, 2023
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See Us In Print
SEE US IN PRINT: 212 Degrees September 2023
SEE US IN PRINT: 212 Degrees September 2023
September 20, 2023
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UNIT: Carin A. ‘22, bottom row center, with her fellow soldiers before the Israel-Hamas war broke out. (Courtesy of Carin A.)

JOINING THE FIGHT: From trainees to reservists, Shalhevet alumni suddenly called to war against Hamas

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TODAY: Four separate Town Halls, one for each grade, will hear candidate speeches this morning ahead of voting. Above, Agenda Chair Rami Melmed and senior Keira Deutsch studied the Just Community Constitution in the second floor lobby.

JC rep elections held after Town Hall-only campaign, but ballot mistakes delay results

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COLUMN: Sleepless nights and random tears

COLUMN: Sleepless nights and random tears

Sports
Firehawk volleyball team encouraged by CIF post-season appearance despite second-round defeat
By Shevy Gomperts, Staff Writer • October 30, 2023

Shalhevet players and coach felt they gave the game their all, but that ultimately the opposing team deserved to win.  The Firehawk girls’ volleyball team lost to Santa Rosa Academy in the second round of CIF’s Division 9  playoffs last Thursday, Oct. 19, three sets to two. Santa Rosa Academy is located in Wildomar, Calif., near Lake Elsinore in Riverside County. The school has 1,500 students...

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