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PACKED: Protesters filled in the streets and sidewalks in front of Bradley International Terminal as police tried to control the crowds.

Spontaneous protests at LAX as ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries leads to nationwide detentions

By Jacob Feitelberg, Outside News Editor January 30, 2017

Students flying back to LAX from semester break Sunday arrived to see thousands of protesters gathered there in opposition to President Trump's ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries. Protests...

EFFORT: Shalhevets Sammy Ellenhorn leaps over TABC defense in Game 4 Nov. 10. The Firehawks won, 44-42.

Boys finish fifth at Glouberman but regroup to win Milken

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Staff Writer January 21, 2017

Improvement was a main topic for the Firehawks after the Steve Glouberman Tournament last month. Dealt a crushing and unexpected defeat at the hands of MTA in their first bracketed game, they finished...

CRISIS: Khizr Khan says that many American Muslims including himself feel disconnected from society after the election and need that connection again.

Dem convention star Khan tells LA Muslims to plan, not panic, about Trump

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor January 19, 2017

Khizr Khan, who achieved fame when he reprimanded then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, told a worried audience of Southern California Muslims last week that...

 A photo-illustration from the Chargers Facebook page.

Not exactly a warm welcome for newest member of LA sports family

By Clara Sandler, Sports Editor January 18, 2017

After 21 years with none in Los Angeles, two NFL teams seem to be too many for Shalhevet students. After learning Jan. 12 that the San Diego Chargers would join the Los Angeles Rams, who arrived last...

LEAVING: Agenda Secretary Lucy Fried, second from right, listened Jan. 16  as the committee discussed how to replace her for second semester. Lucy announced last Friday that she would be spending spring semester in Israel, setting off a constitutional crisis as to how to replace her.

Agenda asks Fairness to help decide how to replace departing secretary

By Clara Sandler, Sports Editor January 17, 2017

The Agenda Committee decided yesterday to ask the Fairness Committee for advice about how to fill the vacant position of Agenda Secretary,  after current Secretary Lucy Fried announced that she would...

WINDOWS: The view from a seat on a recreation of the bus in Montgomery, Ala., where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in December, 1955.

OPINION: The King is still dreaming

By Eva Suissa, Staff Columnist January 16, 2017

African-Americans seemed to gain full equality after the Civil Rights Movement, because they were granted the right to vote, and Jim Crow laws were abolished. But is there more to equality than the opportunity...

READY: Sophomore Bailey Mendelson and senior Michelle Greenberg prepare to face the Harkham Gaon flag football in one of the two games against them this year.

Girls flag football season shrinks to just four games

By Tobey Lee, Staff Writer January 14, 2017

The girls flag football team has played a mere four games in their three-month season this fall. The team usually plays seven or eight games in a season, but this year, challenges ranging from...

How well do you remember 2016? Take this quiz to find out!

How well do you remember 2016? Take this quiz to find out!

By By the Editors of the Boiling Point January 11, 2017

Are you up-to-date for the new year?  Do you know everything that everyone else knows about Shalhevet, the Firehawks, the Choirhawks, the administration, teen life, trends, drama, the outside world and...

NEW: Ms. Sarah Emerson, has taken over as of last week. She is
the sister of YULA Boys Head of School.

New Executive Director has background in corporate law

By Ma'ayan Waldman, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 11, 2017

Ms. Sarah Emerson Helfand, former Cedars-Sina Medical Center Senior Development Officer and the sister of Rabbi Dov Emerson, the Head of School at YULA Boys High School, has taken over for Ms. Robyn Lewis...

VALUES: Alumni David Lorell, left, and Daniel Steinberg, freshmen at the University of Chicago, say the openness there reminds them of Shalhevet.

Alumni say U Chicago is safe even without ‘safe spaces’

By Abby Blumofe, Staff Writer January 10, 2017

Last summer, the University of Chicago sent out a letter to incoming freshmen telling them not to expect their professors to warn them that an upcoming topic could trigger anxiety, flashbacks or other...

BUFFET: Students and parents filled their plates at this years less expensive Open House.

Shalhevet, YULA, Valley Torah agree to cut Admissions spending

By Hannah Jannol and Gabby Gruenfeld January 10, 2017

Hoping to stop what they called an “admissions arms race,” the heads of school of Shalhevet, YULA Boys, YULA Girls and Valley Torah have agreed to decrease spending on recruitment of new students. In...

REAL: Finstas, a combination of the words Fake and Instagram are a social media platform for teenagers to share and view a more real version of themselves and their peers.

REALITY CHECK: So-called ‘finsta’ accounts bring a different view of teen life to Instagram

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor January 9, 2017

On Oct. 27, senior Layla Galeck posted a photo of herself to Instagram from her vacation to Israel during Sukkot break. It was a smiley photo of her and her brother on a beach in Tel Aviv, surrounded by...

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