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Shalhevet news online: When we know it, you'll know it

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Shalhevet news online: When we know it, you'll know it

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WIN: Junior Yalee Schwartz scored 28 points against Jordan High School Wednesday night.

Firehawks girls defeat Jordan to advance to CIF Southern Section semifinal

By Benjamin Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 17, 2023

The Firehawks girls basketball team advanced to the CIF Southern Section Division 4AA semi- final Wednesday night, defeating Jordan High School Panthers of Long Beach 49-24 in the Shalhevet gym. The...

TAPED: A Nazi flag about the size of a billboard appeared briefly on a fenced gate between LACMA and the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures this morning. About 16 feet wide, it may have been made of colored tape or other adhesive.

Nazi flag appears on Fairfax fence between LACMA and Academy Museum, half-mile north of school

By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 13, 2023

EDITOR'S NOTE: Since the publication of this story, The Boiling Point has learned that the swastika affixed to the LACMA fence depicted an Iranian flag when viewed at a different angle and was meant...

STRESS: Senior and team captain Avi Halpert drives to shoot a basket against La Mirada defenders Saturday night in the Shalhevet gym. He scored 11 points during the game, which ended the Firehawks’ postseason in a 65-53 loss.

Strong start and ending can’t overcome disastrous third quarter as Firehawks fall to La Mirada in CIF Round 2

By Benjamin Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 13, 2023

“This is our house!” shouted fans of the La Mirada Matadores, as the final seconds ticked off the clock Saturday night and their team prepared to head to the next level of post-season competition in...

SONG: With a photo of Israel’s Jezreel Valley behind them, the Choirhawks sang Shir Ha’Emek, a pioneer song about that valley, at the Museum of Tolerance.

Choirhawks share a song of history to mark 75th anniversary of UN partition vote

By Sophie Katz, Staff Writer February 13, 2023

In a dimly lit auditorium scattered with people, the Shalhevet Choirhawks used music to paint a picture of Israel in the months just before it was formally established. The performance – their first...

DEFEND: Firehawk freshman Emmy Stern, No. 24, attempts to steal the ball from Oxford Academy Feb. 8 on the soccer field at Fairfax High School.

Firehawk girls lose in first round of CIF soccer playoffs but win record attention from school and fans

By Benjamin Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 11, 2023

Supported by a Shalhevet crowd of 100 students, faculty and administrators, the Firehawk girls soccer team nevertheless lost to the Oxford Academy Patriots of Cypress 4-1 Wednesday evening, in the first...

CHARGE: Firehawk senior Avi Halpert jumps to score against Arcadia, in the first quarter of what became a comeback victory Wednesday night in the Shalhevet gym.

Firehawk boys defeat Arcadia to advance in CIF basketball playoffs

By Benjamin Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 8, 2023

The Shalhevet Boys Basketball team defeated the Arcadia High School Apaches 67-65 this evening, advancing to the second round of the CIF Division 2A playoffs.  Playing before a lively, standing-room...

YOUNG: With no juniors present because of the 11th grade Chesed Trip, Shalhevet lost to Milken 3-0 on December Dec. 8. Due to this members of the team were forced to play new positions, to account for the five juniors away. Pictured above is the soccer team on Dec. 19, when juniors were also absent.

Can a loss be a win? Soccer team thinks so

By Martzi Hirsch, 9th Grade January 29, 2023

Despite their 3-0 loss to Milken Dec. 8, Firehawk soccer coach Armando Gutierrez would go as far to say that to him, Shalhevet actually won the game.  “I don't see a loss, I see an opportunity to...

PROTEST: Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 24, the day when Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Post Roe, states’ laws may say no when halacha says yes

By Molly Menashe, Torah Editor January 1, 2023

Rabbi Abraham Lieberman, Shalhevet rabbi and teacher, says terminating a pregnancy violates Judaism’s prohibition against murder, lo tirzach.  “The fetus is a life – if you abort it, you kill...

MERCH: From left to right, Kai Belhassen, Alfie Drucker and Adam Westerman wore Kanyes Yeezy Slides at school last week. Out of 20 students  surveyed who have them, 11 said theyd stopped wearing them because of the rappers antisemitic tweets.

Most Yeezys stay home as students respond to Kanye’s, Kyrie’s antisemitism

By Noah Elad, Senior Editor December 7, 2022

More than half of Shalhevet students surveyed who own Kanye West (Ye) apparel have stopped wearing it in response to his Tweet about going “death con 3” on Jews, but a majority of students who have...

FOCUS: According to the American Library Association, more books are being banned, challenged or removed from classrooms and libraries across the country than in previous years. The reasons vary but often involve mention of sex or violence.

Simple changes, or sign of the times?

By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 6, 2022

At the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, English teacher Ms. Nancy Fasules received the news from Administration that she should not teach The Diary of a Young Girl, the unredacted compilation of Anne...

PREVENT: Above, a technician prepared an original Covid shot for then-sophomore Evan Beller in 2021.

Higashi recommends Omicron Covid booster shot for students

By Benjamin Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2022

Dr. Julie Higashi, infectious disease expert and Los Angeles County Tuberculosis Controller, encourages teens to get the new bivalent booster that targets two Omicron variants as well as the original virus...

COMPLETE: The Boiling Point has profiled all 18 of this years new teaching and administrative staff, some of whom are pictured above. Stories are linked at the bottom of this page.

18 new faces bring range of backgrounds to faculty and staff

By Joshua Gamson, Community Editor November 29, 2022

Eighteen new staff members have joined Shalhevet this year as 10 departed, making it almost certainly the biggest single year of staff turnover in the school’s history. Four departments grew – Judaic...

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