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

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LOST: Junior Micah Shaked’s destroyed home in the Palisades. Most of his possessions burned in a catastrophic wildfire that began Jan. 7 and swept through his neighborhood (Photo courtesy of Micah Shaked).

Shalhevet student left with clothes, backpack as home destroyed in Palisades fire

By Sophie Katz, Editor-in-Chief • February 17, 2025

Junior Micah Shaked left his house for school on what he assumed was a typical Tuesday morning. As usual, he brought his backpack and his basketball clothes, thinking he would return home in the afternoon. Later...

QUESTION: Seniors have a new consideration of anti-Israel demonstrations on campuses to factor into their college decisions.

Anti-Israel demonstrations weigh on seniors’ college choices

By Ayala Katz, 9th Grade • February 6, 2025

Anti-Israel demonstrations raged across college campuses last spring, causing instability and unrest for Jewish and non-Jewish students alike.  Applying a year and a half after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack...

HOMAGE: Mr. Souza, best known for spray-painting murals of Israeli leaders on storefront shutters in Jerusalem’s Machane Yehudah marketplace, created a new second-floor artwork commemerating Oct. 7. The theme is “After things are destroyed, we rebuild,” he said.

Solomon Souza, famous in Israel for Machane Yehudah murals, returns to school painting an Oct. 7 commemeration artwork

By Sasha Mittman, 9th Grade • February 5, 2025

Painted doves fly out of vibrant flames of red and purple in a new mural commemorating Oct. 7 on the second floor landing of Shalhevet. Internationally-famous Israeli artist Solomon Souza came to Shalhevet...

HIDING: Juniors Noah Selick and Sam Backer take cover under a table during the earthquake drill in October. The drill was part of a national earthquake awareness initiative called The Great ShakeOut.

First earthquake drill in at least five years held as administration boosts student security

By Gavi Katrikh, 9th Grade • December 25, 2024

During Shalhevet’s first earthquake drill since at least 2019, students and faculty stopped everything they were doing and dropped to the floor, taking shelter under desks.  They did this in response...

HONORED: Mr. Richard Sandler, Milken Family Foundation’s Executive Vice President, shakes hand with Rabbi Schwarzberg while presenting him the Jewish Educator Award. Neither students nor Rabbi Schwarzberg knew what the surprise assembly was about when the school gathered at the end of the day on Sept. 23.

Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg honored with Jewish Educator Award at school-wide assembly

By Simon Goldberg, 9th Grade • December 11, 2024

Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg was honored with a teaching award from the Milken Family Foundation during a schoolwide assembly on Sept. 23. Mr. Richard Sandler, Milken Family Foundation...

ISSUES: A Boiling Point online poll surveyed students on presidential candidates and important issues in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5. As in the U.S. election, Mr. Trump won by a large margin.

Shalhevet students support Trump by an overwhelming majority while staff favors Harris, poll finds

By Sophie Katz, Editor-in-Chief • November 15, 2024

Shalhevet students support President-elect Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris by an overwhelming majority, a Boiling Point poll found the day before and on Nov. 5, Election Day.  The poll...

SOLDIER: Alumnus Mitchell Hoenig ‘20 speaks to students and teachers about his experience on Oct. 7 in Israel, serving in IDF reserves afterwards, and about his two friends – one who died fighting on Oct. 7, and one who was killed in Gaza months later. To start off the assembly on the roof, students and teachers clad in blue and white watched a video of the destroyed homes and buildings on kibbutzim in southern Israel after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks

With songs and stories, Shalhevet remembers Oct. 7 one year later

By Sophie Katz, Editor-in-Chief • October 11, 2024

A Magen David formed by electric candles on the ground illuminated the faces of Shalhevet students and faculty as they sat tightly packed around it for a kumzitz the morning of Oct. 7, 2024.  Clad...

BACKHAND: Co-Captain Dana Treitel setting up to hit the ball in their game against Pacifica Christian on Sept. 27. This was the first win in program history for girls tennis, and the team would go on to win two more games.

Girls tennis team wins three games in historic first victories for athletic program

By Benny Portnoy, 9th Grade • October 10, 2024

Overcoming early challenges like inconsistent player attendance and lineup changes, the girls tennis team won three games this past month – the first wins in the history of the Shalhevet tennis program.  On...

RULE: Freshman Romy Burg puts away her phone before class. Administration introduced the new policy requiring phones put away before all class periods and programs a few days before the start of the school year.

New cell phone policy introduced following changes across Los Angeles community

By Sonya Katzin • October 8, 2024

Administration introduced a new cell phone policy at the beginning of the school year that prohibits all cell phone use and possession during class periods and community programmed time, including davening,...

New Teachers 24-25: Kustanowitz, Tucker

New Teachers 24-25: Kustanowitz, Tucker

By Zecharya Rosenthal and Sonya Katzin • September 20, 2024

VIEW: Smoke rises from the Line Fire in the San Bernardino Mountains, which — at press time — had spread over 23,714 acres and was only 5% contained. Running Springs, where Shabbaton campsite Moshava Alevy is located, is one of the communities currently under a mandatory evacuation order because of the life-threatening conditions in the area.

Freshman-Senior Shabbaton evacuated from Running Springs campsite on Shabbat as wildfire raged

By Sophie Katz and Sonya Katzin • September 10, 2024

Friday morning of the Freshman-Senior Shabbaton, faculty were unaware of the wildfire that was spreading towards Running Springs, where Moshava Alevy, the site of the Shabbaton, is located.  As teachers...

New Teachers 24-25: Zack, Mintz, Anders

New Teachers 24-25: Zack, Mintz, Anders

By Natalie Gul, Mindy Nagel, and Bella Graber • September 8, 2024

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