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

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PROTECT: Since September, IDF soldier Saul Rothman ‘11 has been guarding Israeli bus stations instead of the border. His training, shown here, has been interrupted by the spate of stabbings and car rammings.

Alumni live, learn and serve amid terror in Israel

By Elon Glouberman, Outside News Editor
November 12, 2015
Blood stains the streets of Jerusalem as IDF soldiers and medical personal tend to victims of terrorist stabbing attacks. During what has been colloquially called a “Third intifada,” public street stabbings shootings and car have become somewhat of a regular occurrence in Israel.

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.
Student-led effort sends dollars to Nepal after earthquake

Student-led effort sends dollars to Nepal after earthquake

By Elon Glouberman, Staff Writer
June 23, 2015
In just over two weeks, Shalhevet students raised almost $3,580 in donations for humanitarian organizations working in relief for the homeless and injured victims of the devastating earthquake in Nepal.
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.
COOPERATING: UJS members Zev Hurwitz and Jonah Saidian and Hibah Khan and Yasin Ahmed of the Muslim Students Association led a Town Hall meeting at UCSD in November.

UC San Diego building $5 million Kosher-Halal dining hall to open in 2016, first in UC system

By Eric Bazak, Outside News Editor
May 8, 2015

Could simple expressions like “pass the falafel” build peace between Muslims and Jews on California college campuses? Students...

Grandmother of students describes Paris attack and its aftermath

Grandmother of students describes Paris attack and its aftermath

By Goldie Fields, Executive Editor
February 26, 2015

On Wednesday, Jan. 7, two Islamic terrorists forced their way into the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical weekly newspaper...

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...

 HOME: Alan Gross descends from a United States government plane in Maryland after his release from Cuban prison. Gross served five years on an espionage charge.

Alan Gross returns home as part of Cuba deal

By Daniel Steinberg and Henry Wineburg
February 13, 2015

When Alan Gross was released after five years in a Cuban prison on Dec. 17, alumni parent and former Shalhevet board member David...

DEBATE: Elan Carr, left, debated Ted Lieu at Beth Jacob Oct. 28. Mr. Lieu is now congressman-elect.

Local Republican with ties to Shalhevet will probably run again

By Mark Miller, Staff Writer
December 19, 2014

Elan Carr, a prosecutor and Republican with strong ties to Israel, the Jewish community and Shalhevet, lost the election for the...

PREVENTION: Sophomore Jordan Levine gets a flu shot at Cedars Sinai Hospital Oct. 26.  Dr. Moshe Arditi said students should protect themselves from the flu, whose symptoms could be confused with those of Ebola if an epidemic broke out here.

Reacting to Ebola, doctors say teens should get flu shots

December 11, 2014

By Zev Kent and Hannah Jannol, Staff Writers Ebola grabbed headlines throughout October as the usually fatal disease spread...

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