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DIVORCE: PLO ambassador Maen Areikat said there was no future for Israelis and Palestinians living together. But he believes there will be peace in his lifetime, with a two-state solution.

PLO ambassador tells JCC audience that separation is the key to peace

By Tamar WIllis, Outside News Editor
March 13, 2013

Palestinians and Israelis are like an unhappily married couple in need of a formal separation, according to the Palestinian Liberation...

UCI’s Chabad and Hillel put up a joint sukkah this year.  Students participated in a sukkah hop.

With East Coast prices high, Orthodox students are now building communities on UC campuses

By Tamar Willis, Features Editor
November 9, 2012

   Transitioning from a school like Shalhevet—where students don’t need to think twice about keeping kosher or observing...

PLAYING: Young Haredi boys grow their payot long and their tzitzit out.

HAREDI: Behind the label is a world apart

By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief
June 14, 2012

Many girls at Bais Yaakov – an all-girls Haredi high school in West Hollywood – don’t know who Brad Pitt or Justin Bieber...

HAREDI: From Beit Shemesh, a spark that exposed a simmering fire

By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief
June 14, 2012

Last fall, an insular community that does its best to separate itself from the outside world was thrust into the spotlight after...

Ethical hechsher catches on, but slowly

‘Ethical hechsher’ catches on, but slowly

By Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
June 13, 2012

According to Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, all the kosher restaurants on Pico Boulevard have been invited to...

Haredi Dating: Rabbis, research, resumes and a look into the soul

By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief
June 12, 2012

Although students at Shalhevet may start dating before girls at Bais Yaakov, they’re probably farther away from marriage. Most...

Depression is a real disease, and no, they cant just cheer up

Depression is a real disease, and no, they can’t just cheer up

By Colleen Bazak, Features Editor, and Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Lifestyles Editor
June 10, 2012

On any given day, about one third of Shalhevet students regard themselves as feeling depressed -- or so they say. On two separate...

Got Kosher? gets beyond the plastic - slowly

‘Got Kosher?’ gets beyond the plastic – slowly

By Alexa Fishman, Staff Writer
May 30, 2012

Located next door to B’nai David-Judea on Pico near Livonia, “Got Kosher?” reopened in February after several months of...

Anatomy of a ruse: False drug-testing story brought laughter, and other emotions

Anatomy of a ruse: False drug-testing story brought laughter, and other emotions

By BP Staff Report
May 10, 2012

In a new twist to Color War breakout, the Student Activities Committee spread a fake story among the student body  saying that...

Letters: Rabbi Segal addresses Color War breakout ruse

Letters: Rabbi Segal addresses Color War breakout ruse

April 27, 2012

This letter was sent to the Shalhevet community and separately to the Boiling Point Editorial Board by Head of School Rabbi Ari...

FALSE ALARM: Drug testing story was ruse to announce Color War

FALSE ALARM: Drug testing story was ruse to announce Color War

By BP Staff Report
April 25, 2012

In a new twist to Color War breakout, the Student Activities Committee spread a fake story among the student body saying that...

‘Kol isha’ has range of meanings at Modern Orthodox high schools back east

By Rebecca Mandel, Arts & Entertainment Editor
April 18, 2012

In other Modern Orthodox schools, there is a lack of consensus on the interpretation of kol isha. But in every case, the policy...

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