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SPAR: Adam Ritz, Shana Lunzer and Donna Grunfeld in ‘‘Primal Instincts’ in the Wildfire Theatre last month.

Modern-day issues, captivating scenes in Drama’s ‘The 10 Plagues’

By Aidel Townsley, Opinion Editor
April 30, 2018

An adolescent frog recites a sonnet about wanting to sing to wild frogs, away from her pet shop tank. The idea of the exodus...

TOGETHER: Students and faculty sang and danced to Matisyahu’s ‘One Day’ in a Koolulam- style performance as part of the Yom Ha’Atzmaut celebration on April 19.

Gathered on the roof, students become a giant choir to celebrate Israeli Independence Day

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Features Editor
April 22, 2018

In under an hour on a sunny Yom Ha'atzmaut morning, choir teacher Mrs. Joelle Keene was able to turn an unorganized gathering...

LEARN: Steve Green as Reb Saunders, right, studies Tractate Yevamot with Sam Mandel as Reuven Malter in The Chosen.  Both actors received coaching from Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi Daniel Bouskila.

Rabbi Bouskila’s journey comes together on stage in ‘The Chosen.’

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
March 24, 2018

When Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi Daniel Bouskila was 12 years old, he aspired to be an actor. With a father in the entertainment...

RUNWAY: Freshman Rena Harkham modeled a white dress at the Fashion Clubs third annual Tzniut Can Be Cute show in the gym Feb. 18.  Student models waiting their turns stood behind the wood-and-metal mechitza.

Student show reflected feminism through modest fashion

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
February 23, 2018
This year’s fashion show had two major stars: modest clothing and a feminist theme. These two highlights may seem contradictory: asking women to cover up is viewed in many feminist circles to be anti-woman, and a fashion show might not seem like the place to showcase feminist values.
SHARING: Students at Seattle Hebrew Academy heard the Choirhawks Chanukah songs Dec. 14. The next day the group sang at Northwest Yeshiva High School, where Mr. Jason Feld is head of school.

From schools to market, Choirhawks share a capella in Seattle

By Rebecca Cohen, Staff Writer
February 12, 2018

Twenty-five teenagers are wandering around the famous Pike Place Market in Seattle, indistinguishable from the rest of the crowd...

ANGLE: The Vinz is made up of several different quadrate blocks of different materials, interspersed by grated metal sails and pink walls.

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: The VINZ: Groundbreaking or grotesque?

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Arts & Culture Editor
January 31, 2018

  Innovative: The VINZ takes brave architectural steps Frank Gehry, the world-renowned architect and visionary...

SHARE: Senior and AP Art student Sydney Gross, standing at easel, is the first student ever invited to teach Roen Salems 10th-grade Composition & Design classes.

Senior AP Art student helps teach Comp and Design class, inspiring sophomores

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Arts and Culture Editor
January 13, 2018
Before Sydney Gross starts drawing a face for her class, she asks the students what they have the most trouble with in art.
UPDATE: A multi-level stage and choreographed fight scenes are some of the ways Shalhevet Theater hopes to modernize Sophocles 2500-year-old play, Antigone.  Donna Grunfeld, at center in white shirt, rehearsing her role as Antigone with Daniel Medovoy, Amin Lari, Shana Lunzer and Albert Gordon in the Wildfire Theatre.

With ‘Antigone,’ theater department hopes to make Ancient Greece seem modern

By Hannah Poltorak, Staff Writer
January 3, 2018

Written in 430 B.C.E. by Sophocles, the Greek tragedy Antigone might be expected to be outdated. But Shalhevet’s theater department...

VIDEO: Choirhawk’s flash mob in Pike Place Market in Seattle

December 17, 2017

Choirhawks flash mob “All of Me” by John Legend in Seattle’s Pike Place Market this morning on the final day of their 2017...

SING: Natalie Dahan sold out her first show at AMPLYFi on Melrose.

Through difficult times, music has accompanied Natalie Dahan

September 5, 2017
It’s impossible to find the right words to say. All I can do right now is tell myself I’ll be okay.  “Impossible” is a song that alumna Natalie Dahan wrote to help her overcome the rough patches in her life through the musical career she has embarked upon -- not that it’s her real career though.
IN CHARACTER: Sophomore Donna Grunfeld and junior Noah Mermelstein look to the sky for answers to their marital problems in Almost, Maine.

Feeling distant and close in ‘Almost, Maine’

By Nomi Willis, Staff Writer
December 8, 2016
Enveloped in an awkward silence, Amin Lari and Neima Fax sit in character on a wooden bench together. Their stage characters, Pete and Ginette, have just exchanged their first “I love you”s, and Pete begins to describe people's’ relationships to one another using a snowball as a model of the earth. When sitting next to someone, you can say you are either the closest or the farthest from them, depending on which way around the snowball you measure.
PASSIONATE: Sophomore David Mazouz said that he acts and goes to auditions simply out of enjoyment

‘Gotham’ star and sophomore, David Mazouz, balances stardom with studies

By Eva Suissa, Staff Columnist
October 6, 2016
Last year Shalhevet welcomed a superstar into its family — then freshman, now sophomore, David Mazouz.
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