![NUANCE: Rabbi Block said his decision to censor the article had been difficult. “It’s not that I agree that such an article can never be shared or understand the other side... But to me, I provide education for our community, and so if our community can’t handle something, I do have to consider that.”](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screenshot-2024-06-02-at-8.19.29 PM.png)
School censors story about LA Muslim teens and war
![WORKING: Mrs. Keene perched at her desk in the Boiling Point office. She keeps a photo of her father with Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (at right) for inspiration, as well as mugs with slogans and various newspapers.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Screen-Shot-2024-06-03-at-9.32.34-PM-1200x902.png)
Mrs. Keene, who led Boiling Point and Choirhawks for 21 years, leaves to boost journalism in more Jewish schools
![GLASSES: Made of paper (not glass), the latest protective eyewear was shared with all students and staff who wanted to view the eclipse, enabling them to turn their gaze straight up to the sky.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_6984-1200x791.jpg)
School takes midday break to view partial eclipse – music included
![SOCIAL: Mr. Reusch has an active social media account and wants to teach people how to think. Students said he encouraged them to express and develop their opinions.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/null-0.jpeg)
Mr. Reusch, social studies teacher and more, leaves to start a school online
![SERVICE: Ivan Wolkind zl smiles as his daughter Nettie, now a Shalhevet senior, affixes his badge at his LAPD swearing-in ceremony July 2, 2014, as then-Chief Charlie Beck looks on. Mr. Wolkind was known in the Jewish community and beyond as a champion of safety and love of family.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_7765-2-1.jpg)
Ivan Wolkind, Shalhevet dad, champion of community safety and liaison with law enforcement, dies at 56
![REDO: Above, then-Agenda Chair Keira Beller led a debate last March about whether to create a framed, parchment display of the 2020 Constitution rewrite.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screenshot-2024-02-17-at-8.38.49 PM-1200x899.png)
Town Hall passes revised proposal to make and display new Constitution, on parchment and framed
![RETURN: Mr. Ross was in high spirits after several weeks of being sidelined with a broken collarbone. “The first day back was great,” he said shortly afterward.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IMG_6833.jpg)
Mr. Ross returns to school after two-month recovery from scooter accident
![NEXT ACT: Ms. Chase has been both an actor and director around Los Angeles, and an original play she directed, titled Eight Nights, won two 2021 Ovation Awards.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Emily-Chase-curtain-color-by-Ella-Hoenig-full-length-900x1200.jpg)
Emily Chase, who led drama department for 31 years, has left for Crossroads
![NEW TEACHERS 23-24: Falk, Kossack, Lapointe](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Untitled-design-1-1.jpg)
NEW TEACHERS 23-24: Falk, Kossack, Lapointe
![UNIMPLEMENTED: Despite a proposal passed last year, Assistant to the Head of School Muriel Ohana continues to helm the student store. The proposal, if put into place, would have granted that responsibility to students.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screen-Shot-2023-12-19-at-2.27.27-PM-1200x845.png)
Town Hall approves proposal to enforce proposals
![SUBDUED: The atmosphere in shuls like the Happy Minyan on Pico Boulevard, pictured here on Oct. 6 before the holiday started, was restrained on Simchat Torah. Communities quelled the usually joyful holiday, taking the day’s events into account.](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4591-1200x900.jpg)
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