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Shalhevet news online: When we know it, you'll know it

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THE MAMACITA LILI SANDWICH:  Jasmine Einalhori named her prizewinning entry after her mom, Registrar and Facilities Director Lili Einalhori. Seen here in a snapshot for her video contest entry on YouTube, the sandwich is made of fried egg, fried pastrami and guacamole. Video by Molly Keene, BP Emeritus

Former Shalhevet student wins “Next Great Kosher Chef” contest in N.Y.

By Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer December 31, 2010

Former Shalhevet student Jasmine Einalhori, daughter of Registrar and Facilities Director Lili Einalhori and sister of freshman Josh, was named the “Next Great Kosher Chef” at an all-day competition...

Restaurant review: Shanghai Diamond says Merry Chinese!

By Nathaniel Kukurudz, Managing Editor December 31, 2010

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan mentioned in her confirmation hearings last summer that as an American Jew, she generally spent Christmas eating Chinese food (www.tinyurl.com/BPChinese). In her honor,...

IF YOU BUILD IT... Deborah Thompson 07 building a sukkah at Brandeis last month. The Boston-area university is one of the most popular for Shalhevet alumni, and has everything Pico-Robertson has including large numbers of students observing holidays and Shabbat.

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

By Rachel Lester, Features Editor 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 themselves. But do students actually want to venture...

Four rules to manicure by

November 1, 2010

Remain dedicated to looking refined and elegant. Elegance is achieved when equal parts effort and nonchalance are exerted during “The Process.” 1. If you are doing a mani and pedi, never ever choose...

Bodhi on Pico: Say hi to Thai

By Nathaniel Kukurudz, Managing Editor November 1, 2010

No one will argue that it’s easy to limit oneself to only kosher restaurants, especially since it seems that 95 percent of them in Los Angeles lie between a certain Mobil gas station and a mortuary on...

Why not do your nails at home?

By Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Staff Writer November 1, 2010

Have you ever wished you could get a salon-quality manicure at home without having to pay for it? Manicures can run anywhere from $11 at Contempo Nails on Robertson all the way to $30 at The Paint Shop...

College destinations for Shalhevet grads are mostly Modern Orthodox-friendly

November 1, 2010

TOP 12: Universities with the most Shalhevet grad enrollees from 2006 to the present. All have at least some Orthodox life and seven offer pretty much anything you can find in the neighborhoods around...

Building bridges while deconstructing buildings in AJSS teen summer program

By Jaclyn Kellner, Deputy Editor August 31, 2010

Conflicting views on gender issues test principles of religious pluralism ... In an uninhabited farmhouse in the once-Jewish farming community of Marvell, Arkansas, the 21 members of my summer program,...

Senior Jaclyn Kellner worked for Habitat for Humanity in Arkansas last summer through the American Jewish Society for Service.

Volunteers share a hands-on summer in Arkansas

By Jaclyn Kellner, Deputy Editor August 30, 2010

... as teens learn how to help build homes by tearing them down In your steel-toed boots you walk through the maze of an old, abandoned furniture store in search of the hammer crowbar you left on the...

New school year, new styles

By Leona Fallas, Arts Editor August 26, 2010

We’re all sad to leave the sunshine for school, but the end of August does have a bright side: back-to-school shopping! I’m here to tell you what’s hot, because with the dress code crackdown,...

Schnitzly: Only in Pico-Robertson

By Nathaniel Kukurudz, Managing Editor August 26, 2010

Restaurant review There’s something that I always look forward to when I go the Pico Robertson area (I know, I am Jewish -- but I don’t live there). I don’t know if it’s the synagogues on every...

AP Chemistry celebrates end of year with a tasty lab

AP Chemistry celebrates end of year with a tasty lab

By Rebecca Asch, Torah Editor June 30, 2010

If you think ice cream and chemistry have nothing to do with each other, guess again. After AP exams were over, the AP Chemistry class gathered in the junior parking lot May 24 to use chemistry to make...

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