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

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BOOKSHELVES: Sets of Shas, Mishneh Torah and commentaries on Tanach are among the many sefarim purchased to fill the Beit Midrash shelves.

A home for study, in carved wood and stained glass

By Mira Schulman, Features Editor January 16, 2024

At this time last year, Room 304 could easily have been mistaken for an all-purpose meeting room and classroom space. Now, after extensive renovations over the course of the past year, it is clear it is...

WAR: IDF soldiers maneuvering in Gaza last month.

What Jewish law says about war

By Etan Lerner, Co-Video Editor January 12, 2024

The indescribably brutal Hamas terrorist attacks of Oct. 7 have been the worst in the history of Medinat Yisrael, the nation of Israel, which has not been in a more existential crisis since its...

The book of Bereishit reveals the essence of God and man, and the foundations for their relationship. The last parsha – or Torah portion – of Bereishit was read last week; the book of Shemot will begin being read this Shabbat.

Looking back at Sefer Bereishit, an invitation to walk with God

By Aliza Katz, Staff Writer January 5, 2024

Rashi, on the first pasuk of Bereishit, brings an interesting point from Rabbi Yitzchak of the Talmud: Why didn’t the Torah start with the commandment to sanctify the new moon, the first mitzvah given...

UNIMPLEMENTED: Despite a proposal passed last year, Assistant to the Head of School Muriel Ohana continues to helm the student store. The proposal, if put into place, would have granted that responsibility to students.

Town Hall approves proposal to enforce proposals

By Jojo Eisen, 10th grade December 19, 2023

Shalhevet’s Just Community has approved a proposal to amend the school Constitution so that the Agenda Committee is responsible for making sure that passed proposals are actually being enacted. At...

JUBILATED: In the Wildfire Theater – doubling as Shalhevet locker room – Firehawk players drench Coach Ryan Coleman in water to celebrate their tournament victory.

Champions again: Boys and girls basketball teams conquer Glouberman for second straight year

By Etan Lerner, Co-Video and Podcast Editor December 12, 2023

As Shalhevet students and fans crowded into the “Hawk’s Nest” for the final Glouberman games on Nov. 4, the Firehawks boys basketball team defeated the Ramaz Rams 59-58 through a last-second shot...

SUBDUED: The atmosphere in shuls like the Happy Minyan on Pico Boulevard, pictured here on Oct. 6 before the holiday started, was restrained on Simchat Torah. Communities quelled the usually joyful holiday, taking the day’s events into account.

From Israel to Pico, Hamas terror flipped the switch on happiest holiday of the year

By Arieh Elad, Torah Editor December 7, 2023

In both Los Angeles and Israel, whether they went out to rejoice in the holiday or stayed in, everyone agreed that this year’s Simchat Torah celebrations were the exact opposite of what they were expected...

SPEECH: Eliana Vahedifar, one of two newly elected sophomore representatives to the Fairness Committee, gave her election speech in Room 305 Oct. 24.  This year’s campaign had mostly speeches and no signs or flyers.

New election held for JC grade-level reps after problems with ballots and tally

By Martzi Hirsch, Community Editor November 27, 2023

In the latest complications to a Shalhevet Just Community election, this year’s Fairness Committee had to send out voting links a second time after making a mistake on the first link and also not knowing...

REPRESENT: Wearing matching sweatshirts, Shalhevet students and faculty raise posters of those who were kidnapped by Hamas during Tuesday’s rally at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Calling for the release of the hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7 was one of the main themes at the Nov. 14 rally.

‘Let us not forget’ – 25 from Shalhevet join historic pro-Israel march in Washington, D.C.

By Ezra Helfand, Executive Editor November 17, 2023

A Shalhevet delegation of 21 students, four faculty, and many alumni and families stood in the front row of the March for Israel this past Tuesday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in what speakers...

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