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A rose by any other name…

October 10, 2013

When we first heard about our school’s imminent name change, we immediately went into Just Community mode and considered drawing...

PLURIPOTENT: Senior Liat Bainvoll working with stem cells last summer in a lab at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she put her Tanakh training to use.

Advances in stem cell technology solve a halachic problem

By Liat Bainvoll, 12th Grade
October 8, 2013

In 2001, then-President George W. Bush restricted funding for stem cell research performed on cells from human embryos.  The...

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...

2 BOILING POINTS OF VIEW - Syria: Dont turn away

2 BOILING POINTS OF VIEW – Syria: Don’t turn away

By Avishai Rabin, 11th Grade
September 17, 2013

By Avishai Rabin, 11th Grade President Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, “Whether we wish it or not, we are a great people...

2 BOILING POINTS OF VIEW - Syria: Intervention breaks international law

2 BOILING POINTS OF VIEW – Syria: Intervention breaks international law

By Anna Gordon, 11th Geade
September 17, 2013

After watching President Obama’s address to the nation on September 10, 2013, you might be inclined to support a military strike...

A SLICE OF SHALHEAVEN: Bittersweet farewell to cockroaches, morgues and other memories

By Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Lifestyles Editor
August 16, 2013

Welcome to the end of an era. Goodbye big beige box on Fairfax and San Vicente. So long, hideous blue-ish carpet. Au revoir alarm-will-sound-if-door-is-opened...

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: GAP YEAR - A year of freedom that preserves a miracle

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: GAP YEAR – A year of freedom that preserves a miracle

By Max Lipner, 12th Grade
June 9, 2013

Right off the bat I was vehemently opposed to a gap year. Part of it was the little rebel inside of me pressing against my...

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: GAP YEAR -  Juvenile and capricious

TWO BOILING POINTS OF VIEW: GAP YEAR – Juvenile and capricious

By Jacob Elllenhorn, Former Co-Editor-in-Chief
June 9, 2013

The gap year is becoming a popular option for many high school seniors, with many seniors graduating from Jewish high schools...

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...

EDITORIAL: For leadership, two is less than one

By BP Editorial Board
May 30, 2013

Fairness Committee, Choir, Boiling Point, the Senior class, Yearbook, SAC, Basketball. All of these groups have had something...

A slice of Shalheaven: Missing Seniors Syndrome

May 25, 2013

By Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Arts Editor I’d like to preface my rant by disclosing a bit of a personal medical report. Upon...

2 Boiling Points of View: Birkot Hashachar: Tradition should be stable

February 6, 2013

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor People have their turf, places where they feel they belong. You may or may not be rivals with...

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