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

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Local experts read the same words, draw different conclusions

By Elon Glouberman, Outside News Editor
September 30, 2015
Mr. Yaki Lopez, Consul for Political Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, said the Iran deal will not work because the Iranians will not follow it.
CROWD: Middle East expert Dr. Dalia Kaye of the Rand Corporation answers questions about the Iran Deal for about 150 people at Bnai David-Judea Aug. 16.

A summer of argument as Iran deal polarized community

By Elon Glouberman, Outside News Editor
September 11, 2015
Handshakes in Vienna, cheers in Tehran, disappointment in Israel, ambivalence in the U.S. -- diverse emotions and reactions burst into view after the announcement of one of the more historic diplomatic deals in U.S history July 14.
LIVE: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed AIPAC conference March 2. Seventeen students from Shalhevet were there.

Students hear Bibi in D.C. and JCC

By Mark Miller, Staff Writer
May 10, 2015
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to Congress March 3, Shalhevet was ready to receive him. Junior Will Bernstein had made a successful push for the administration to show the speech live in the Auditorium, even though it meant cancelling first period.
INTERVIEW: Israeli Consul General David Siegel spoke with Boiling Point reporters on the JCC breezeway Jan. 7th.

Israel, California join forces on water crisis

February 19, 2015
The state of California and the government of Israel signed an agreement last spring on a large-scale plan that will bring Israeli expertise in a variety of areas -- especially water -- to California over the next couple of years.
FIRST: David Siegel, Israels Consul General for the Southwestern U.S, answered students questions in the auditorium Jan. 11. It was the first time someone in his position had spoken at school.

Consul General says Palestinian ICC bid harms cooperation

By Mark Miller, Staff Writer
February 15, 2015

"Once you decide to go to court, it's a completely new relationship," said Israeli Consul General David Siegel, describing the...

SUMMER OF WAR

SUMMER OF WAR

By Jonah Gill, Outside News Editor
September 18, 2014
It wasn’t exactly summer vacation this year for members of the Shalhevet community, both inside and outside of Israel. From juniors on their long-awaited Israel summer programs to alumni serving in the Israel Defense Forces - and everyone else, it seemed - June and July were spent chained to iPhone news apps, following the latest reports of rockets and troop mobilizations and arguments in cyberspace over who was to blame.
REST: An IDF soldier on leave from the fighting in Gaza addressed Bnai Akiva students in Jerusalem July 22.

A view from Israel, Part 3: Surreality

By Noah Rothman, Torah Editor
August 12, 2014

BEERSHEVA, Aug. 1: In the past few weeks since my last update, I have done a multitude of things. I completed a four-day army...

DEFENSE: Iron Dome missiles intercepting rockets sent by Hamas toward Israeli population centers. According to jpost.com, Iron Dome shot down 735 missiles of 3,659 that were fired.

A view from Israel, Part 2: Safety guilt

By Noah Rothman, Torah Editor
July 15, 2014

We are on our way to Jerusalem! Along the way, there are only two designated safe spots to stop in order to use the bathroom....

HOME FRONT:Day trips have been replaced by activities closer to the bomb shelter at the Beit Elazraki home for underprivileged kids in Netanya this summer.

In Israel’s North, staying safe means staying home for 250 underprivileged children

By Goldie Fields, Executive Editor
July 14, 2014

NETANYA, Israel, July 14 -- Only a few weeks ago was I studying arduously for finals, but today it feels like months ago. For...

SHIELDS: First moments of explosion after IDF attack July 11 on missiles stored in residential neighborhood in Gaza.

A view from Israel: Who am I, who are we?

By Noah Rothman, Torah Editor
July 11, 2014

My name is Noah Rothman, I am 16 and am spending my summer in Israel on the six-week Ramah Seminar program. However I will have...

LUNAR: Yariv Bash presents his Tel Aviv-based company to students in a special assembly Jan. 29. His project, SpaceIL, aims to send a rover to the moon as part of Googles Lunar X Prize competition.

SpaceIL is attempting to put an Israeli rover on the moon

February 16, 2014

By Jonah Gill, Outside News Editor United States, Russia, China: one would probably say these are the three biggest countries...

ZIONISM: Students from across the country listen to Dana Erlich, Israels Consul for Public Diplomacy in L.A.

Israeli consul laments tourists’ negative view of Holy Land

By Daniel Steinberg, Outside News Editor
November 21, 2013

Where would you rather go, Israel or Costa Rica? And what makes a country desirable to tourists – low crime, beautiful scenery...

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