September 19, 2015
Filed under Letters to the Editor
The Boiling Point is informative, professional, well-written and edited, and deserves the awards it has received.
June 11, 2014
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To the Editor:
I read Michael Petrella's letter ["There Was No Morgue," March issue] with amusement regarding the morgue at Shalhevet. He is correct that even when the building was a hospital, there was no morgue and that it was an invention of his unique sense of humor.
There was, however, a crematorium! This was found during construction and renovation of the science...
February 25, 2014
Dear Editor:
Although my name may not be familiar to the current student staff of the Boiling Point, your advisor should remember me as will many of...
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 Segal.
April 27th, 2012, 5 Iy...
April 9, 2012
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To the Editor:
I just received the list of college acceptances to be updated again.
As a parent, I strongly object to printing such a detailed list. The entire process of college admission can be stressful. I am sure there are some seniors who feel uncomfortable with not seeing their name on the lists for various schools, especially the students who are going t...
December 23, 2011
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To the Editor:
First of all, I wanted to thank you for sending me a copy of the article you wrote in which I was quoted. Aside from the misspelling of my name (not to worry – I’ve been called much worse) and an error or two in content (Rambam never wrote a commentary on Orach Hayyim) it was a really well done piece both in terms of form and content. It was an honor being...
December 23, 2011
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To the Editor:
We recently encountered the article published in The Boiling Point last year (October 2010), exploring Jewish life on campus (click here to see the referenced article). As the OU’s Torah Educators at UCLA, we felt it necessary to clarify, and expand upon, the description of the Jewish community at UCLA. While it is certainly true that “no University o...
November 4, 2011
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To the Editor:
I must compliment the Boiling Point team on an excellent recent edition. The articles were well written and germain to the school community. Well done!
I would like to point out an inaccuracy.
The first one is the staged picture of me in the phone closet. The caption reads: "BACKSTAGE: Mr. Frankel programs the announcement system." The photograph...
October 9, 2011
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Dear Shalhevet Boiling Point,
I am extremely confused by the school’s decision not to allow women to carry the Torah during Mondays and Thursdays in the regular upperclass minyan.
With all due respect to the many practices within the Shalhevet system, this seems wrong. I don’t disagree at all with the notion that both Ashkenazic and Sephardic cultures should be recognized,...
Jenny Newman '11
October 9, 2011
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Dear Shalhevet Boiling Point,
I am extremely confused by the school’s decision not to allow women to carry the Torah during Mondays and Thursdays in the regular upperclass minyan.
With all due respect to the many practices within the Shalhevet system, this seems wrong. I don’t disagree at all with the notion that both Ashkenazic and Sephardic cultures should be recognized,...
Melanie Berkey, English Department Chair
June 29, 2011
Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The last Town Hall of the year left my head spinning and a bitter taste in my mouth. I am still appalled that, in a year that had seen more teachers leaving than any other, we went out with the weakest and most haphazard tribute I could remember. I’ve thought of all the reasons for why this could have gone down the way it did: we tried to pack too much into the last s...
June 19, 2011
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To the Editor:
The last Town Hall of the year has left my head spinning and a bitter taste in my mouth. I’m appalled that, in a year that has seen more teachers leaving than any other, we go out with the weakest and most haphazard tribute I can remember. I’ve already thought of all the reasons for why this could have gone down the way it did: we tried to pack too...
