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Strands of Jewish culture wind together at The Braid

Strands of Jewish culture wind together at The Braid

April 25, 2017

By Tobey Lee, Staff Writer Located in a small business park in Santa Monica, the Braid is an art gallery that contains just eight works of art on topics of Jewish culture, virtues and life. As you might...

In ‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ words of James Baldwin describe the past to illuminate the present

In ‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ words of James Baldwin describe the past to illuminate the present

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Arts and Culture Editor April 13, 2017
I Am Not Your Negro is a documentary film focusing on the views of acclaimed writer James Baldwin, 1924 - 1987, using his treatise, unfinished at his death, titled Remember This House. The book was aimed at explaining the struggles of black Americans using the lives of three of his friends, Martin Luther King, Malcom X and Medgar Evers, three major civil rights activist who were assassinated.
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.
'Edge of 17' breaks ground but is not groundbreaking

‘Edge of 17’ breaks ground but is not groundbreaking

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor December 5, 2016
The New York Times said it took teenage movies to a “higher place.” Time Magazine applauded how perceptively it “dealt with teenage sex, and maybe even with sex in general.” And the Atlantic called it an “instant teen classic.”
Photo courtesy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWnWoSYsjaI

‘Denial’ maps a journey through lies on the road to truth

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Staff Writer November 28, 2016
“No holes, no Holocaust,” shout newspaper headlines that historian Deborah Lipstadt reads as she jogs through the streets of London. Reading the specious phrase, she stumbles. It is clear that she grasps how easily a well-phrased opinion can replace history.
PROFESSIONAL: The Choirhawks recorded at the Boulevard Recording Studio Aug 17, standing in the shoes of Ringo Starr, Carly Simon and Pink Floyd.

John Lennon was here: Choir records new CD in famous studio in Hollywood

By Lucy Fried, Arts & Culture Editor November 2, 2016

In a Hollywood studio that has hosted a multitude of celebrity musicians, the Choirhawks recently recorded several of their songs from the 2015-16 school year for a new CD that will go on sale after the...

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.
CLICK: Guests stroll through theWildfire Theater admiring student photography. The new club raised approximately $250 for ELEM, an Israeli organization that aids homeless teens.

With lights twinkling, photo club holds first show

By Sadie Toczek, Staff Writer June 28, 2016
Shalhevet’s Photography Club held its first-ever exhibition and auction last month in the Wildfire Theater, displaying members’ favorite works in soft lighting against a black backdrop.
Hand-me-down: Vintage coats and Judaica for sale at the Council Thrift Shop on Fairfax. The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) operates the shop, along with others, and uses proceeds to fund social justice projects.

At neighborhood shops, thrift with a Jewish twist

By Eva Suissa, Staff  Writer June 21, 2016
Walk into the Council Thrift Shop on Fairfax Avenue and you’ll see studded belts, colorful coats and blue jeans. But unlike the average thrift store, you’ll also see menorahs and dreidels.
LENS: Shtisel looks at life in Mea Shearim through the lives of the Shtisel family.

In Israeli TV hit ‘Shtisel,’ black-hatted world of Mea Shearim is full of individuals, some familiar

By Lucy Fried, Staff Writer May 31, 2016
A hand flips through the pages of a Talmud that looks similar to the Lahav Gemara readers used at Shalhevet. As large fingers turn through the book, pencil sketches of a pig and a boy become visible at the bottom corners of the pages. These drawings, done by a child perhaps 8 years old, in most worlds would draw a chuckle or some praise.
INSPIRED: Senior Avivah Paskowitz, right, hopes to become a school art teacher like Roen Salem.

For AP Art student, hours of work devoted to seeing

By Sadie Toczeck, Staff Writer May 16, 2016
On a canvas is a girl in a vivid blue shirt holding a glass of water. She looks through the glass, the water magnifying her face. “Baby, I’d Call That Half Full”—the title-- is senior Avivah Paskowitz’s favorite of her many paintings.
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