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YUM: Holy Frijoles, the kosher taco truck that visited the parking lot last fall, has not been back this semester.

Taco truck gone for now, may return next year

By Jackie Faerstein, Staff Writer April 19, 2017
First semester’s successful taco truck, Holy Frijoles, did not return for second semester because of the unfair competition it created for the lunch program.
'Flying Car' Landing Soon?

‘Flying Car’ Landing Soon?

April 16, 2017

By Jonah Sanders, Staff Writer Urban Aeronautics, an Israeli tech firm, may be just a few more years away from completing their so-called “flying car,” after 10 years of research. The company’s...

In ‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ words of James Baldwin describe the past to illuminate the present

In ‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ words of James Baldwin describe the past to illuminate the present

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Arts and Culture Editor April 13, 2017
I Am Not Your Negro is a documentary film focusing on the views of acclaimed writer James Baldwin, 1924 - 1987, using his treatise, unfinished at his death, titled Remember This House. The book was aimed at explaining the struggles of black Americans using the lives of three of his friends, Martin Luther King, Malcom X and Medgar Evers, three major civil rights activist who were assassinated.
PROTEST: Joined by 150 outsiders, Berkeley students protested Milo Yiannoupoulous by setting fires and destroying property Feb. 1..

Shalhevet alumni at Berkeley decry violence against Yiannopoulous

By Nicholas Fields, Staff Writer April 9, 2017
Although Shalhevet alumni at UC Berkeley did not agree with Republican personality Milo Yiannopoulos on many issues, they still felt his freedom of speech was denied when a violent protest forced police to cancel his appearance.
FLAT: Matzah being mass-produced at the Streit's factory in New York.  Passover starts Monday night.  Chag Sameach from the Boiling Point!

Matzah: Crunchy, dry and transforming

April 7, 2017

By Eliezer Lasry, 11th Grade To most Jewish adults, matzah symbolizes the redemption of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. To most Jews a few thousand years ago, matzah was also an indicator that the time...

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 Trump's 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...

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