It’s 2021 and with many teens and adults now vaccinated against Covid-19, High Holiday services were different from 2020’s -- but how different? Five area synagogues surveyed by The Boiling Point reached five different conclusions, all while dealing with changing Covid health guidelines, vaccination levels and local case counts.  All of them met in person -- unlike last year, when only one...

Both boys and girls Shalhevet Firehawks flag football teams came out victorious against the YULA Panthers last month, the girls winning 14-7 and the boys 16-6. Senior Adam Hertzberg had publicized the Sept. 13 game through Schoology, resulting in approximately 40 Shalhevet students and 85 total fans attending the game at Rancho Cienega Sports Complex in South Los Angeles. “Last time we were...

Vaccine mandate to take effect Nov. 30 for students 16 and up Officials say requirements younger students will be ‘revisited’ after FDA gives full vaccine approval for ages 12-15

Citing lack of full FDA approval for students ages 12 to 15, Shalhevet officials have for now decided not to require Covid vaccination this year as a condition of enrollment, though all students are now old enough to be eligible for a vaccine under the Pfizer shot’s Emergency Use Authorization. School officials said that whether to mandate vaccines is a topic that is being revisited regularly,...