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MULTIFACETED: Drama’s fall play was The 39 Steps, an adaptation of Hitchcock’s famous movie.  Junior David Lorell played protagonist Richard Hannes, and junior Sara Sobolev played two characters--both Richard’s love interests.

Five actors, 100 roles, 39 Steps

By Bennet Schneier, Staff Writer January 28, 2014

For its main fall production, Shalhevet’s drama department performed the 2006 Tony award-winning hit, The 39 Steps. The play, an adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film, is an homage to a time...

MOVING: The latest exhibit at the Annenberg Space for photography features five themes, a documentary on photojournalism and five themes with hundreds of photos.

Photojournalism exhibit captures range of human experiences

By Adam Rokah, Arts & Culture Editor January 16, 2014

Some photos capture pure beauty, such as landscapes and water-filled caves, while others attempt to change the world by exposing the public to its flaws, thus swaying public opinion. At the Annenberg Space...

VARIETY: Players of Grand Theft Auto 5 can switch off playing different characters, each with quirks, personalities and talents.

Video game blends humor, tranquility and wrath

By Yan Kligerman, Illustrations Editor December 3, 2013

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to skydive out of a cargo plane while watching it gracefully crash behind you against the backdrop of a sunset? Well, you’ll probably never know that feeling,...

Captain Phillips displays heroism at sea, with much suspense

Captain Phillips displays heroism at sea, with much suspense

By Adam Rokah, Arts and Culture Editor December 2, 2013

“I the captain now,” Somali pirate Abduwali Muse tells Captain Richard Phillips while pointing a gun to his head, after he and three fellow pirates have hijacked Phillip’s supplies in search of money. Director...

THE DIARY: Viewers at the exhibit get a peek into Anne Frank’s life. The exhibit uses several types of technology effectively, but says little about the Jewish dimension of her story.

‘Anne’ focuses on the universal

By Bennett Schneier, Staff Writer November 27, 2013

Upon entering the new Anne Frank exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance, visitors begin to walk through a well-lit corridor. Immediately thereafter, a docent directs them to a hidden wall in the middle of...

Newly named ‘Choirhawks’ are all pop and spirit

By Adam Rokah, Arts and Culture Editor November 27, 2013

The bell has rung for Town Hall, and everyone seems slightly lethargic except for the members of the choir, who are happily organizing themselves to perform their latest pop rendition. The moment the...

TRANSFORMED: Its a long way from her Hannah Montana days to the obscene performance Miley gave at last months 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 on by Miley Cyrus at last month's Video Music Awards proves that she still...

Dont miss it: Israels 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 on Oct. 10 to play at UCLA as part of a world tour. Fusing electronic, Jewish,...

MOVIE REVIEW: Combining fiction and reality, Butler traces brave fight for freedom

MOVIE REVIEW: Combining fiction and reality, ‘Butler’ traces brave fight for freedom

By Adam Rokah, Arts Editor September 25, 2013

Cecil Gains and his father are flipping soil vigorously on a cotton plantation, enjoying one another’s company, until they hear a scream. Cecil’s mother (Mariah Carey) has been raped by plantation’s...

REIGNING: Leah Glouberman and Danny Silberstein, who graduated in June, ended their Shalhevet drama careers with original music.

‘Nashville Nights’ bids a memorable farewell to stars of the very talented class of ‘13

By Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Arts Editor June 23, 2013

It really doesn’t matter how you classified Shalhevet’s latest production, because it proved one thing for sure:  Shalhevet’s got talent. Nashville Nights, written by senior Rose Bern in collaboration...

SPICE: Shalhevets choir sang pop songs with beatboxing and even some choreography at its concert May 29.  Freshman Jake Benyowitz, at top right, provided the percussion.

From the newly-dubbed ‘Choirhawks,’ something new and then some

June 12, 2013

By Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Arts Editor This year’s annual Choir spring concert May 29 was anything but predictable. Arranged on the risers in their new choir uniforms, the new and improved group gave...

SPIRITUALITY: In these unsigned pictures from Roens student files, sophomores painted in response to Rabbi Nachmans Master of the Universe prayer.

What Makes Art ‘Jewish’?

By Colleen Bazak, Former Co-Editor-in-Chief, and Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Arts Editor June 4, 2013

Each year during the first few weeks of 10th grade Composition and Design, art teacher Roen Salem holds up a painting of someone holding a gun to a head, or of a pile of garbage  -- hoping to achieve...

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