The Boiling Point

A real shoe crisis: Reflections on senior visit to Poland

By Shirel Benji, 12th grade
August 24, 2016

“Mom! I’m having a major shoe crisis!” I yelled, as I shoved mounds of clothes into my suitcase. My mother walked into my room and frowned -- it was one hour till takeoff from LA to Poland, and my suitcase was overflowing, unable to zip. “Yes? she asked, clearly unamused. “Okay so basically, I want to take my Allstars AND my Adidas, because one is black and one is white, and I like them both, but they don’t both fit, and I don’t know what to do!!”

Only two APs to remain next year as school expands SAS

By Maayan Waldman and Eric Bazak
March 23, 2016

Barron’s books, May exams and curriculum cramming will soon be a thing of the past, as next year there will be just three AP...

Now trending: Uber joins carpool line while students disregard legal contracts

By Aidel Townsley, Staff Writer
November 14, 2015

Exiting Shalhevet onto Fairfax, a group of students can be seen daily waiting not for their parents to pick them up, but for Ubers, a trendy and convenient method of going to and from school.

A summer of argument as Iran deal polarized community

By Elon Glouberman, Outside News Editor
September 11, 2015

Handshakes in Vienna, cheers in Tehran, disappointment in Israel, ambivalence in the U.S. -- diverse emotions and reactions burst into view after the announcement of one of the more historic diplomatic deals in U.S history July 14.

Three-peat as BP wins third Gold Crown, Rockower prizes

By Elon Glouberman, Staff Writer
June 23, 2015

The Boiling Point added a wide range of national awards to its virtual trophy case this spring, with four staff members winning national high school Quill & Scroll awards and five earning a Simon J. Rockower Award in competition English-speaking Jewish journalists across the globe.

Looking back on 11 years of Dano-mite

By Eric Bazak, Outside News Editor
June 15, 2015

The school was ready for this moment. There were student-produced videos, Town Hall farewell speeches, and even a new hiree for the General Studies principal position.

Rabbi who sauna-ed with students in New York was scholar-in-residence at Beth Jacob on Shavuot

By Alec Fields, Torah Editor
June 4, 2015

When news broke that Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Rosenblatt of Riverdale had for decades invited young congregants to play squash, talk and then join him naked in a hot sauna, it was only days after he had spent a long weekend as scholar-in-residence at Beth Jacob Congregation in Beverly Hills for the holiday of Shavuot.

OUT OF THE SHADOWS: Ancient tradition meets modern sensibility

By Alec Fields, Torah Editor
June 3, 2015

With society’s increasingly tolerant attitudes towards rights for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and those who are changing genders, Modern Orthodox rabbis have been grappling with the role of LGBT Jews within the community in light of halachic proscriptions against homosexual acts.

Rabbi Steven Greenberg: Twice the power of love

By Noah Rothman, Community Editor
June 2, 2015

The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University has ordained thousands of rabbis since its founding in 1896....

Majdanek: Endless death in the heart of a city

By Sigal Spitzer, Staff Columnist
May 20, 2015

“With your permission, a quick moment of silence until we reach our final destination,” said Yonatan, our tour guide, en...

SENIORS IN POLAND – At day’s end, ‘I sang because I can’

By Shana Chriki, 12th Grade, Alexa Fishman, Editor-in-Chief, Adam Kaufler, 12th Grade, Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor, and Sigal Spitzer, Staff Columnist
May 20, 2015

By Shana Chriki, 12th grade Shoes. Millions of shoes clumped together, they looked like one. Big shoes, women's...

CHEATOLOGY: More than twice as many students say they cheat on Schoology as on paper

By Rose Lipner, Features Editor
May 13, 2015

More than two years into Shalhevet's use of Schoology-- the online resource for teachers and students that has become the backbone of communication at the school-- it turns out that the much-loved website facilitates something it was never intended to support: cheating.