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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...

POLAR: The globe on the right shows the polar vortex in its normal position over the far north, whereas the one on the left shows how far it had spread on Jan. 10 of this year.

If the earth is warming, why is it freezing out?

By Zev Kent, Staff Writer
January 14, 2014

Jumping out of the car 20 feet from the door of school last month, there was one thought in many students’ heads: run inside ...

MEMBER: UCLA’s Humanities Building, above, which houses the school’s American Literature and Culture Department.

Little worry as colleges reject Israel ‘boycott’

By Sarah Soroudi, Editor Emeritus
January 13, 2014

The UC system, USC and 157 other U.S. colleges and universities have spoken out against the American Studies Association’s academic...

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...

COMMOTION: Mrs. Sunshine , who was at LAX on Nov. 1 when the shooting occured at 9:20 a.m., was stuck in the airport for six hours, despite being several buildings away from the scene.

Confusion and civility combine at LAX after shooting

By Nicole Soussana, Staff Writer
November 20, 2013

History teacher Mrs. Tove Sunshine and her son Nathan had just boarded their plane and were watching the remaining passengers...

INVOLVED: Teens of Syrian descent, including Mona Ghannoum of Arcadia High School, are sending supplies to relatives caught in the civil war there.

For teens with ties to the Middle East, concern and action around the civil war in Syria

By Daniel Steinberg, Outside News Editor
October 9, 2013

Local Muslim teens with relatives in Syria don’t have to turn on a TV or read the newspaper to follow the conflict unfolding...

BAGGAGE: Interviewed at LAX, the former Speaker of the House said Iran poses a much greater threat to Israel than to the U.S.

Newt Gingrich tells BP that for Israel, in a tough neighborhood, ‘survival is victory’

By Tamar Willis, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2013

Former Speaker of the House and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that survival, not peace, is what Israel should strive...

VICTORY: Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti told supporters at the Hollywood Palladium that it was time to rebuild Los Angeles.  He became the citys first Jewish mayor and won a majority of nearly every ethnic, geographic and demographic group.

At Election Night party in Hollywood, loud music and diversity as L.A. elects its first Jewish mayor

By Daniel Steinberg, Staff Writer
May 23, 2013

The Hollywood Palladium is most famous for its weekend events, but last Tuesday night it was filled with thousands of Eric Garcetti...

RUNOFF: Eric Garcetti, candidate for mayor, reading The Boiling Point at a private fundraiser in Hancock Park in March. Election Day is next Tuesday.

Mayoral candidates answer questions from The Boiling Point as election nears

By Daniel Steinberg, Staff Writer
May 17, 2013

Taking the pulse of next Tuesday's runoff from Bill Clinton to Will Ferrell -- with a stop at Steven Spielberg's mom's restaurant...

RCC says policies have changed in response to Doheny Meats scandal

RCC says policies have changed in response to Doheny Meats scandal

May 10, 2013

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor In the wake of the closure of Doheny Glatt Kosher Meats in March, the Rabbinical Council of...

LOCKED DOWN: Trevor Brandt-Sarif 10 spent Friday in his dorm room at Pforzheimer Hall (pictured) during the hunt for the remaining Boston Marathon suspect.

Alumni in Boston in lockdown during hunt for second Marathon suspect

By Tamar Willis, Outside News Editor
April 19, 2013

Shalhevet alumni in the Boston area reported varying degrees of abnormalcy on their campuses Friday after a shootout the night...

DIVORCE: PLO ambassador Maen Areikat said there was no future for Israelis and Palestinians living together. But he believes there will be peace in his lifetime, with a two-state solution.

PLO ambassador tells JCC audience that separation is the key to peace

By Tamar WIllis, Outside News Editor
March 13, 2013

Palestinians and Israelis are like an unhappily married couple in need of a formal separation, according to the Palestinian Liberation...

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