Teacher Bios – The Boiling Point

Partial reopening of in-person school is cancelled after LA Covid cases spike

ROLE: Yoetzet Halacha Atara Segal will continue to be Shalhevet’s Israel gap-year advisor for the class of 2021.

Yoetzet Segal moves to Israel, will keep some roles at Shalhevet

By Molly Litvak, Editor-in-Chief
November 22, 2020

Sarah Cardenas previously worked as receptionist at Yavneh Hebrew Academy in Hancock Park.

New receptionist Sarah Cardenas brings love for people – and the Dodgers – to Shalhevet foyer

By Gabriella Gomperts, 11th Grade
September 24, 2020

HONOR: Rabbi Abraham Lieberman, who has been teaching for over four decades, accepted the Jewish Educator Award from Mr. Richard Sandler, executive vice president of the Milken Family Foundation.

Rabbi Lieberman wins $15,000 Milken Jewish Educator Award

By Molly Litvak, Community Editor
November 4, 2019

For Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, it’s back to the future

For Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, it’s back to the future

By Bayley Sandler, Staff Writer
October 28, 2019

Spreadsheets, songs and school-running: Nachum Joel

Spreadsheets, songs and school-running: Nachum Joel

By Caleb Fishman, Staff Writer
October 23, 2019

LITERATURE: Mr. Reynolds, a lover of great literature and the arts, hosted poetry seminars for students and faculty during his time at Shalhevet.

Nat Reynolds, former Head of School, teacher, mentor, has died

By Molly Litvak, Community Editor
October 7, 2019

WRITER: Mr. Forrester is teaching American Literature this year.

New English teacher brings a worldwide upbringing and a passion for playwriting

By Molly Litvak, Community Editor
September 23, 2019

PEOPLE: Mrs. Honig coniders herself a ‘people person’ and has also worked selling wigs and teaching people how to paint.

New Tanakh teacher says the ‘bubble’ is a good thing

By Liad Machmali, Torah Editor
September 22, 2019

New chesed director is also an athlete

New chesed director is also an athlete

By Jolie Wineburgh, Arts and Culture Editor
September 11, 2019

SCHOLAR: Yoetzet Halacha Atara Segal in 2013 became the first woman to teach Gemara in an Orthodox school in Los Angeles.

Ms. Segal is first female teacher to get Jewish title at school

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 4, 2018

ROLE: Ms. Atara Segal plans to be a role model for both boys and girls.

Her training completed, Yoetzet Segal finds new ways to teach and relate to students, female and male

By Tobey Lee and Lucy Fried
October 3, 2018

TEACH: Mr. Diamond just finished co-writing a book that explains the business of screenwriting. BP Photo by Jonathan Diamond.

Screenwriter David Diamond brings Hollywood lessons to Shalhevet

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Community Editor
September 14, 2018

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