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

The Boiling Point

BENEFIT: Junior Rebecca Elspas got to model an outfit designed by Karen Halaszi at last Sunday's fashion show at the Luxe, which benefited the organization "Healthy is the New Skinny."

Fashion show promotes a new view of beauty

November 7, 2013

By Rose Lipner, Staff Writer Karen Michelle, a women's clothing store on Robertson, treated over 200 women of all ages to manicures, makeovers and pastas as they strolled through a pop-music filled...

WHAT WE’RE WEARING: Who says fashion’s just for girls?

By Micah Gill, Staff columnist September 30, 2013

“What are you shopping for, basketball shoes?” This is the response I receive when I tell my guy friends that I am going to the mall to shop for clothing. For some odd reason, fashion is almost...

NEW: Great sandwiches just east of Robertson

RESTAURANT REVIEW: Sand-Which Bar shows good food is good business on Pico

By Alexa Fishman, Features Editor June 3, 2013

As I learned a few weeks ago in U.S. History class, America’s economy thrives on competition.  You might have thought there were enough kosher restaurants on Pico, but the latest contender proves...

Asking questions and facing danger, alumnus mines complexity of the Middle East

By Tamar Willis, Features Editor February 21, 2013

SHALHEVET AT 20: A SERIES Editor's note: Shalhevet's first academic year was  1992-93, meaning the school is now 20 years old. The Boiling Point will profile alumni from each graduating class. All...

FAMILY: Ari, Hadassa and Samira Miller

Samira Miller, Class of 1999: Community and family

February 21, 2013

SHALHEVET AT 20: A SERIES Editor's note: Shalhevet's first academic year was  1992-93, meaning the school is now 20 years old. The Boiling Point will profile alumni from each graduating class.   Q: ...

Boring salad? In the new year, try Thai

December 25, 2012

By Jacob Ellenhorn, Co-Editor-in-Chief Walking through Shalhevet during lunch period you are bound to see the same thing at each table: two or three kids eating school lunch, another with some sandwich...

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 Shabbat—to a public university with 22,000 undergraduates and no kosher...

Three trends switch your wardrobe from summer to fall

By Tamar Willis, Features Editor September 7, 2012

The sartorial transition from summer to fall is always a hard one, and especially this year.  With color palettes shifting from neons and pastels to rich burgundys and regal purples, wardrobes will be...

The Happy Mystery That Is Ghana

The Happy Mystery That Is Ghana

By Tamar Willis, Features Editor September 1, 2012

In the village of Anloga, Ghana, where I stayed for three weeks this summer, when someone dies people gather in the streets and they dance.  Some wear red and black, considered mourning colors, and along...

What we’re wearing: Trend Revival

By Talia Rotenberg, Staff Columnist June 29, 2012

Fashion repeats itself. But is this actually an issue? How annoyed were you when you invested in that pair of neon pink shoes at the end of summer 2009, only to discover that biker boots were the hot...

Quiz Yourself: Are you a good friend?

During this time of the year, everyone is stressed out due to the overwhelming amount of work. AP tests, finals, SATs and well, more work are all so time-consuming. But just because you are smothered with...

Summer blahs? Get out and explore L.A.

Everyone looks forward to those summer days spent lazing around the pool and hanging out with friends that replace the hectic days of the school year.  But let’s face it, after a week of nothing to...

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