The Boiling Point

COLUMN: Dodgers we love it!

By Clara Sandler, Community Editor • October 2, 2017

When you go to a Dodger game at Dodger Stadium and they win, Randy Newman’s “I Love LA” rings through the stadium. The song is all about LA pride and superiority. Even though the Dodgers have been...

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YOM KIPPUR: Someone else we should forgive

By Eva Suissa, Torah Editor • September 29, 2017

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year. It is a day for repentance, atonement, forgiveness. But something has always bothered me about that, and today I know why. Each year, in the weeks leading...

Two guidance counselors, one mission: look at the “whole person”

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor • September 29, 2017

If you’re feeling stressed or blue or nervous, Shalhevet has two new guidance counselors for you to talk to -- and they’re a little nervous, too. “I wouldn’t use the word “scared”, but there’s...

YOM KIPPUR: Tips for an easy fast

By Sadie Toczek, Lifestyle Editor • September 28, 2017

Entering my fourth time fasting fully on Yom Kippur, and knowing that I'm always nervous and overwhelmed by it, I've made a list of helpful do’s and dont’s based on experience, advice and my own research...

Agenda Committee summer meetings focus on Town Hall changes, proposals and constitution

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief • September 28, 2017

The Agenda Committee did not let summer stop it from meeting to improve the Just Community. While their peers were at the beach, leaders of the committee discussed increasing proposals, re-formatting Town...

Firehawks headed back to Sarachek for a fourth straight year

By Tobey Lee, Sports Editor • September 27, 2017

Shalhevet’s boys varsity basketball team is headed back to Sarachek for a fourth straight year, receiving a rare honor in having been invited to the tournament now five years in a row.

Chem teacher and new Science Department Chair fell for Jewish religion

By Lucy Fried, Features Editor • September 24, 2017

Coming into a school that has seen six science teachers depart in the last five years, new department chair Mr. Pavel Lieb is adamant that Shalhevet’s Science team be given the tools needed to do their best work. This year, the department includes him and Dr. Elizabeth Basheer, who is also new to Shalhevet.

Is Reading Being Replaced?

By Lucy Fried, Features Editor • September 24, 2017

With so much to watch and so much to do, a long-loved pastime seems to be fading away--though it still has its fans.

For Dr. Basheer, dance, food and chemistry are all international

By Benny Zaghi, Senior Editor • September 23, 2017

Don’t be afraid to dance like nobody's watching in front of new Physics and Biology teacher Dr. Elizabeth Basheer. Growing up in in Springer, N.M. -- a town of only 1,000 people -- did not prevent her from getting into international cooking and dancing, which she still enjoys today.

Not just apples and honey: Sephardic Rosh Hashanah

September 19, 2017

The beginning of the New Year is an opportunity to wipe the slate clean and start again. Aware of life’s complexities and that no year is ever going to be perfect, Jewish tradition offers us the opportunity to begin anew, with the hope that any negativity from our past will be wiped away, and that we will hopefully avoid all potential negativity in the coming year.

Students learn swimming, sports, empathy at special needs camps

By Lucy Fried, Features Editor • September 19, 2017

Like many of their peers, seniors Maya Schechter, Naomi Bijou and Noa Segal spent their summer at Jewish summer camp. But their job descriptions were different from those of their friends. Maya and Naomi...

VIDEO: New faces at Shalhevet 2017-18

September 19, 2017