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

The Boiling Point

Weeks after first lockdown drill, school adds armed guard in wake of Conn. shooting

By Colleen Bazak and Noah Rothman
December 25, 2012

Shalhevet added an armed guard to its security team on the Monday before winter break, in the wake of the Dec. 14 killing of 20...

NORMAL: Ariella Joffe 12, here at the Kotel in Jerusalem, said girls at Midreshet Lindenbaum were discouraged from going out during the Gaza war in November, but that their parents back home seemed more worried than they were.

‘Life as usual’ for Shalhevet alumni in Israel during Gaza war

By Sarah Soroudi, Outside News Editor
December 24, 2012

By Sarah Soroudi, Outside News Editor Even if they still feel as though they are tourists, Shalhevet alumni who are spending...

Text of Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement, which took effect Nov. 21

November 21, 2012

By Reuters, via jpost.com 11/21/2012 21:17 Following is the verbatim English text of the ceasefire agreement between Israel...

Death, food and taxes: A trio of moral dilemmas faces California in propositions

Death, food and taxes: A trio of moral dilemmas faces California in propositions

By Rose Bern, Community Editor
November 4, 2012

This year, it’s the attack of the 30’s at the polling booth. Propositions 30 through 40 are on the California ballot Nov....

LA Muslim teens say they don’t support violence over Mohammed film

By Colleen Bazak, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 1, 2012

As Anti-American riots spread to over 20 countries in the Middle East and Africa and American flags were burned outside American...

Teachers from abroad consider U.S. politics

By Rina Katzovitz, Breaking News Editor
November 1, 2012

In the midst of this election season, Shalhevet’s foreign-born faculty are just as interested in politics as the rest of America...

We know them, but do we? President Obama and Mitt Romney on the issues

By Alexa Fishman, Staff Writer
November 1, 2012

President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney both believe that Iran should not acquire a nuclear weapon,...

If I could vote…

In late September,  Boiling Point polled about half the school for its views on the presidential election and key California...

Electorate may be divided, but Shalhevet students have a clear favorite: Romney

By Mati Davis, Staff Writer
October 30, 2012

While national polls in the week before election day are showing an electorate divided almost exactly 50-50 between Republican...

Jews and Mormons make up identical percentages of U.S. population

By Micah Gill, Copy Editor
October 29, 2012

It is well known that Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate for president, is a Mormon, meaning he belongs to the...

What Mitt Romney’s religion has in common with Judaism

By Micah Gill, Staff Writer
October 29, 2012

By Micah Gill, Copy Editor It is well known that Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate for president, is a Mormon,...

Summer Shootings to Trigger Lockdown Drills

September 7, 2012

After a summer of random violence in the U.S. and elsewhere, Shalhevet is getting ready to hold its first-ever lockdown drills...

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