“We believe that women can bring something to the table that men cannot and vice versa,” said Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky of B’nai David-Judea Congregation, a shul where many staff and Shalhevet families...

When B’nai David-Judea Congregation on Pico Boulevard appointed its first-ever kehilla intern last fall, the congregation received her with open arms. Alissa Thomas-Newborn, a fourth-year student in...

The Boiling Point interviewed Rabbi Avi Shafran, Director of Public Affairs and spokesman for Agudath Israel of America, to learn why some factions of Orthodox Judaism do not support women holding clergy...

Rabbi Jason Weiner joined the Shalhevet teaching staff at the beginning of the second quarter, signaling the most recent shift in the Shalhevet community caused by Mr. Christopher Buckley’s resignation...

The biggest minyan at school this year isn’t the Main Minyan or the Explanatory Minyan or even the popular Hashkama minyan, which starts before school and gives participants a free period before breakfast...

It’s 9:00 am at Shalhevet and juniors and seniors who’ve grabbed breakfast from the JCC kitchen are trickling in one by one to Berch B for the Advanced Gemara Shiur, or AGS. The mood is cheerful...

By Anna Gordon, Staff Writer No one had to be there, and there were no grades. Everyone on the program wanted to learn. There were 20 students on the Dr. Beth Sammuels Drisha Summer High School program,...

From its earliest days, the state of Israel has operated with the spirit of Jewish ethics in mind. But what about Jewish law?  Is halacha even appropriate to defend military actions? Can Jewish law...

It was a Thursday afternoon, and six Shalhevet students traveled to Las Vegas to protest a Jewish wedding. Israel Meir Kin of Las Vegas was getting married, for a second time. But this time, he was...

UPDATED:  The following article appeared in the March print paper in an abridged form.  The final three questions below did not appear in the print edition. Rabbi David Bigman, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat...