The Boiling Point

Voters choose newcomers to lead Agenda Committee

By Zev Kent, Sports Editor • July 11, 2016

Bennett Schneier, who is known for his humorous and controversial comments at Town Hall, was elected Agenda Chair May 13, becoming the first Agenda Chair without previous committee experience since Daniel Schwartz in 2012-2013.

From promoting a pair of jeans, a $2.5 million company

By Nicole Soussana, Staff Writer • July 11, 2016

A man by the name of Cree Lane Jones posts a picture on Instagram of himself standing over the misty ocean, carrying his two children in a wide and rusty gray bucket. Why?

Junior becomes insta-famous with entreprenurial fan pages

By Aidel Townsley, Staff Writer • July 2, 2016

NBA basketball has risen to become the country’s second-favorite sport to watch. Junior Aron Cohen has turned that fact into a lucrative business that he operates from his computer, sometimes at school. Among...

For transgender baseball player from New Roads, sports help make him ‘one of the guys’

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor • July 2, 2016

A New Roads batter stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning at a Shalhevet-New Roads game April 13. Firehawk pitcher Asher Remer pitched the ball across the field to him, and the New Roads batter swung the metal bat and was struck out. He was out, but a teammate high-fived him as he trotted back to the bench and others hollered a job well done.

Two blocks but worlds apart

By Lucy Fried, Staff Writer • June 30, 2016

Two blocks away but worlds apart, different people with the same profession find themselves in opposite circumstances. Jimmy Clark and Jimena Augusto Marlin both sell fruit in Downtown Los Angeles, but that’s where their similarities lie.

With lights twinkling, photo club holds first show

By Sadie Toczek, Staff Writer • June 28, 2016

Shalhevet’s Photography Club held its first-ever exhibition and auction last month in the Wildfire Theater, displaying members’ favorite works in soft lighting against a black backdrop.

Table Talk: White House, Knesset open their doors to familiar faces / US adopts Israel’s knock-on-the-roof’ tactic in bombing ISIS

June 21, 2016

White House, Knesset open their doors to familiar faces Shalhevet has a new presence in world politics, with Reb Noam Weissman’s brother, Chanan Weissman, being President Obama’s new Jewish liaison...