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PAYING A DEBT: US Navy Lt. Ethan Samuels, Shalhevet ’03, has served in global hot spots

Rose Bern, Opinion Editor

March 24, 2012

Filed under Alumni, Award-winners, Outside News

It’s the first night of Passover 2011, and U.S. Navy Lt. (Junior Grade) Ethan Samuels, Shalhevet class of 2003, is on duty running combat operations in Afghanistan from his base on the USS Carl Vinson. He misses the first seder, but the next night, his commander allows him to attend the second seder, which is conducted by a rabbi flown in from Bahrain. “They bent...

Shalhevet Drama finds an unexpected mirror In ‘Pride and Prejudice’

Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief

December 23, 2011

Filed under Arts & Culture, Award-winners

This story is a National Winner in the Features Story category of Quill and Scroll’s 2012 International Writing and Photo Contest, judged by the American Society of News Editors. Innuendos, fluttering eyelashes and sweetly spoken backhanded insults are familiar to all teenagers, even on a stage with actors dressed in 19th-century gowns and feathered bonnets. Shalhevet Drama’...

When the work isn’t yours

The Boiling Point Editorial Board

December 22, 2011

Filed under Award-winners, Opinion

This story won Honorable Mention for Editorial Writing in the national Gold Circle competition of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and is also a National Winner in the Opinion Story category of Quill and Scroll’s 2012 International Writing and Photo Contest, judged by the American Society of News Editors. It was written by Rose Bern. It creeps into all clas...

Ancient ritual for ‘transferring’ sins debuts on the Sport Court

November 3, 2011

On a sunny Friday afternoon, sophomore Yarden Harel was standing on the Sport Court holding a chicken upside-down, moving it in circles over his head,...

Boycott, sit-in challenge non-renewal of Rabbi Richler, apparently without success

June 3, 2011

Long-time rabbi says he’s ‘touched’ and administrators say they’re listening, but so far no success in drive to keep school’s last long-bearded rab...

Students protest non-rehiring of Rabbi Richler

May 22, 2011

A schoolwide walkout and sit-in support of Rabbi Naftali (Hertzie) Richler was held May 19 during Period 3, but there was no sign the administration was...

Snooze or lose: The problem with being sleepy

March 12, 2011

Ever come home from a long day of school to do hours of homework and then go to sleep long after you want to as a result? Wake up the next morning dead...

Slapped in the Facebook … and other things that can go wrong when social media isn’t just social

January 7, 2011

Since Facebook has become such a dominant part of modern society, it’s easy to see why people have started using the website for purposes other than...

Local rabbis apply Modern Orthodoxy to tough issues

January 2, 2011

At a first-ever school Modern Orthodoxy symposium, three rabbis who lead shuls that are home to many Shalhevet families captured students' attention when...

Judge’s comments on BP’s 2010 Story of the Year Award

November 14, 2010

Filed under Award-winners

The Boiling Point won first place from the National Scholastic Press Association in the "Multimedia Package" category for its coverage of Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach's resignation and its fallout last spring. Here are the judge's comments. Source:http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/winners/story10.html#comments First place: Breaking news is rare at a high school and, beca...

Life beyond the bubble: Alumni find many shades of Jewish life on campus

November 1, 2010

Shalhevet prides itself on being a school that prepares students to study in the top secular universities and observe their religion wherever they find...

Shalhevet Choir sings at dedication of new Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

November 1, 2010

Mayor, councilmen share the stage as 50-year effort to open new museum bears fruit Dressed in black and white clothes that harmonized perfectly with th...