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

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Mazal tov to Rabbi Leubitz and family on their new baby boy

November 5, 2010

Rabbi Leubitz's new son, Ezra Moshe Leubitz, was born Oct. 31, weighing 8 lbs., 11 ounces.  The brit was Nov. 7 in the Media...

For Kagan and Ginsburg, strong Jewish backgrounds don’t mean halachic views

By Rose Bern, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010

Though both Elana Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg had Jewish upbringing and identify strongly as Jews, it’s difficult to tell...

Two Jewish women are now on the High Court

Two Jewish women are now on the High Court

By Rose Bern, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010

Donning a Harry Potter-esque robe, frying latkes in December and talking politics all the time have one thing in common: They’re...

U.S. official in Mexico says bond is close, strong

By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor
November 1, 2010

“Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote the American poet Robert Frost in “The Mending Wall.” However, this statement...

Israeli team saves Gazan baby in acclaimed new film

By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor
November 1, 2010

In a room in Tel HaShomer Hospital near Tel Aviv, just a two-hour drive from the Erez checkpoint on the Israel-Gaza border, a...

Boiling Point wins awards

By Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010

Five Shalhevet students have been named finalists for Story of the Year by the National Scholastic Press Association, and the...

New resource specialist befriends all kinds of students

By Tamar Willis, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010

Students who are falling behind in classes or have trouble learning have a new Resource Learning Specialist, Mr. Josh Horwatt. ...

Rabbi Ari Segal of Houston is expected to arrive at Shalhevet Aug. 1.

Rabbi Ari Segal named to lead school

By Zev Hurwitz, Editor-in-Chief
October 31, 2010

Rabbi Ari Segal, praised as "awesome," "chill" and "supportive" by students at his current school in Houston, was named head of...

Jewish teens in Mexico respond to drug violence

Jewish teens in Mexico respond to drug violence

By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor
October 31, 2010

In Mexico, a country plagued by violence for decades – most recently in its ongoing drug war  – people learn to adapt. “We...

A busy month for Shalhevet democracy

By Zev Hurwitz, Editor-in-Chief
October 30, 2010

Shalhevet’s representative elections were finally held Oct. 14 at lunch, but various problems caused delays and revotes across...

New rule restricts students to one school trip in 30 days

A new “30-day rule” has gone into effect this year, limiting students to one overnight trip in a 30-day period and two per...

November election attracts little student interest

By Zev Hurwitz, Editor-in-Chief
October 29, 2010

As the 2010 California gubernatorial election rapidly approaches, competition is heating up between Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown....

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