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CHANGE: Rabbi David Block responded to student surveys by handing out his slides. Now, students can pay attention and have good notes.

Anonymous surveys improve classes by giving students a voice

By Nicole Soussana, Senior Writer April 6, 2017
Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi David Block likes to present basic information to his classes using slides, and then teach the ideas and concepts that tie these facts together.
STUDY:  Attorney Joseph Lipner applied the First Amendment to school newspapers in his talk, titled Freedom of the Press in Religious High Schools, in the Beit Midrash of B’nai David-Judea.

Fourth JSPA conference tackles conflict of interest and criticism of news media

By Abby Blumofe and Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks April 5, 2017

During election season last fall, people were putting up signs and stickers, but Mrs. Kathleen Neumeyer did not. As she explained at a workshop Jan. 5, the former adviser of the Harvard-Westlake Chronicle...

13 awards at Penn Model Congress

13 awards at Penn Model Congress

April 2, 2017

Staff Report   UPDATED:  Despite missing half of committee sessions and one third of full sessions for Shabbat, Shalhevet's Model Congress team won 13 awards at Penn Model Congress this past...

SIZZLE: Senior Ephraim Drucker and business partner Ben Harel (not pictured), also knows as The Pancake Boys, make pancakes from scratch.

Crispy or with syrup, breakfast to order is delivered by friends

By Gabby Grunfeld, Staff Writer April 1, 2017

Every morning just after 9 a.m., students shuffle downstairs to the cafeteria for Hashkama break and are enveloped by the scent of pancakes being flipped on a griddle and bagels being toasted – all being...

FRIENDLY: Alfredo Hernandez takes any opportunity he can get to speak Hebrew, which he said is the trick to learning a new language.

Three languages on the menu? Baruch Hashem!

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor March 31, 2017

At the popular kosher restaurants Nagila Pizza and La Gondola, ingredients aren’t the only things mixing in the kitchen. Languages and cultures blend together like the steaming oregano, basil and tomatoes,...

CONGRESS: U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, whose 37th Congressional District includes Shalhevet, spoke against President Trumps healthcare proposal on the floor of the House of Representatives March 24.

Rep. Bass says ‘terrible’ election year contributed to threats against JCCs

By Jordan Fields, Staff Columnist March 30, 2017

There were more than 100 threats against Jewish Community Centers in the first 12 weeks of this year, along with two attacks on Jewish cemeteries, and Los Angeles has not been immune.  The Westside...

SNOW: Cold weather made this different from past Boiling Point trips to CSPA, but the award they received was the same as usual – their fifth consecutive Gold Crown.

Fifth consecutive CSPA Gold Crown for the Boiling Point

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Arts & Culture Editor March 30, 2017

The Boiling Point won its fifth consecutive Gold Crown award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association  March 17,  at the close of the organization's 93rd annual spring convention in New...

Even minor consumption of alcohol can be harmful, new studies show

Even minor consumption of alcohol can be harmful, new studies show

March 30, 2017
Everyone knows it’s dangerous to get drunk. But a growing number of scientists are considering the possibility that any alcohol at all is toxic to humans.
CENTER: Rabbi Kalman Topp of Beth Jacob Congregation said his synagogue has begun discussions about hiring a woman as community scholar.

Beth Jacob stance prevents break over women clergy after OU says no

By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief March 28, 2017
For two weeks last month, Los Angeles Modern Orthodoxy held its breath as a statement from New York threatened to sew disunity in its rapidly growing, multi-faceted and yet tightly knit community.
CONFER: FIrehawk players  met with Coach Ryan Coleman during the championship game at the Red Sarachek Tournament March 6 at Yeshiva University.

Bowing to a bylaw, Firehawks choose Sarachek over state finals

By Tobey Lee, Staff Writer March 22, 2017

Losing to Milken in the Division 4A championship game should have sent the Firehawks to the first round of the CIF State Division 5 Boys Basketball Championship, held March 8 against Guajome Park Academy. But...

PROTECTION: The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta say a community is protected from measles if at least 96 percent of members are immunized.  By that criteria, no one at Shalhevet is likely to catch the very contagious disease.

Private schools playing catch-up immunizing against measles

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor March 22, 2017

Los Angeles’ latest measles outbreak, which was centered in the Orthodox Jewish community, has been over since early last month.  But low school immunization rates may have caused it, and uncertainty...

SAS Biology teacher and year-old Head of Science Department taught an advanced Chemistry class, which was established mid-year for sophomores.

Science Department chair Ayden Jacob announces he will not return next year

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks and Hannah Jannol March 14, 2017

In individualized letters written to  students in his SAS Biology class,  Science department chair Mr. Ayden Jacob  announced today  he will not be returning to Shalhevet next year. In the letter...

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