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Shalhevet news online: When we know it, you'll know it

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PLURIPOTENT: Senior Liat Bainvoll working with stem cells last summer in a lab at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she put her Tanakh training to use.

Advances in stem cell technology solve a halachic problem

By Liat Bainvoll, 12th Grade
October 8, 2013

In 2001, then-President George W. Bush restricted funding for stem cell research performed on cells from human embryos.  The...

EXPERIENCE:  Members of the class of 2013 were wrapped in the Israeli flag at Auschwitz last April on the senior Poland-Israel trip. The endowment will hopefully make it possible for more seniors to attend the trip.

Anonymous gift of $100,000 creates an endowment for senior Poland-Israel trip

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer
October 8, 2013

An anonymous donor has created a new $100,000 endowment to support Shalhevet’s annual senior Poland-Israel trip, hoping to make...

Shalhevet sponsoring first-ever Jewish high school journalism conference later this month

Shalhevet sponsoring first-ever Jewish high school journalism conference later this month

By Alexa Fishman, Community Editor
October 7, 2013

Students from across the U.S. will study topics ranging from ethics of journalism to freedom of the press at a first-ever national...

CHOSEN: Members of leading debate teams in the country, Shalhevet among them, have been invited to the 'beta-test' a new program modeled on the US Senate.

Shalhevet debaters invited to Boston to advise new model US Senate program

By Alexa Fishman, Community Editor
October 4, 2013

Four debaters from Shalhevet’s Model Congress team have been invited to beta-test a new Model Senate program being developed...

LAB: From left, Kian Marghzar, Mark Miller and Eliana Hjortzberg Litov at CIJE Sept. 12

New tech classes draw 27 students after school

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer
October 4, 2013

Believe it or not, 4:20 dismissal is apparently too early for 27 freshmen and sophomores.  They’ve signed up for Shalhevet’s...

BAGGAGE: Interviewed at LAX, the former Speaker of the House said Iran poses a much greater threat to Israel than to the U.S.

Newt Gingrich tells BP that for Israel, in a tough neighborhood, ‘survival is victory’

By Tamar Willis, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2013

Former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that survival, not peace, is what Israel should strive...

TRANSFORMED: It's a long way from her Hannah Montana days to the obscene performance Miley gave at last month's Video Music Awards.

Miley Cyrus morphs into a symbol of gyration nation, but she’s nobody’s role model

By Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Editor-at-Large
October 2, 2013

Have you ever heard the old show-biz adage that there’s no such thing as bad publicity?  Well, the scandalous performance put...

Reb Noam Weissman becomes overall principal in administrative reshuffle; department chair positions are removed

Reb Noam Weissman becomes overall principal in administrative reshuffle; department chair positions are removed

By Sigal Spitzer, Opinion Editor
October 1, 2013

Shalhevet’s administration has realigned job positions, titles and responsibilities this fall, matching its building makeover...

Don't miss it: Israel's Idan Raichel, 'one-man Middle East peace accord,' at UCLA Oct. 10

Don’t miss it: Israel’s Idan Raichel, ‘one-man Middle East peace accord,’ at UCLA Oct. 10

September 30, 2013

By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer Idan Raichel, the Israeli pop singer known for his culturally diverse music, is coming to town...

WHAT WE’RE WEARING: Who says fashion’s just for girls?

By Micah Gill, Staff columnist
September 30, 2013

“What are you shopping for, basketball shoes?” This is the response I receive when I tell my guy friends that I am going...

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September 25, 2013

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