Three weeks after his initial email raising the question to the Shalhevet community, Rabbi Segal announced last night that he would not let female students wrap tefillin and wear tallit at Shacharit.
“Ultimately,...
By Eric Bazak, Staff Writer
It's 7:25 am. The classes are empty and the halls are quiet. But the Beit Midrash is filled with people and prayer as a result of the recently established "Hashkama"...
By Mati Hurwitz, Torah EditorWith enthusiasm and a love of music and Torah, new Judaic Studies teacher Reb Derek Gormin wears many hats -- even a shtreimel.
In his first-ever classroom teaching position,...
Breaking barriers at least in Los Angeles, Judaic Studies teacher Mrs. Atara Segal became the first woman teaching Gemara in an LA Orthodox high school this fall when she added a 10th-grade Talmud track...
By Yosef Nemanpour 12th grade
We have all learned that Sukkot is less commonly referred to as z'man simchateinu, or time of our happiness. We know that it is a mitzvah to build a sukkah; we know that...
A shofar is a ram’s horn that has a lot of history, dating back even to the time of Abraham. It can symbolize the cries of pain of the Jewish nation, the hope for the coming of the Messiah, or even...
By Max Helfand, Staff Writer; Laly Chriki, 10th grade; and Alec Fields, 9th grade
Freshmen
Nicole Miles: “That everybody’s sicknesses will be healed.”
Miriam Arnan:...
By Yosef Nemanpour, 11th Grade
There’s a story from the Ponevezher rav, who was a giant in the field of collecting money for charity. He would singlehandedly raise money for multiple charities,...
For the last three weeks of school, female students were getting skirted in the morning, and not necessarily for halachic reasons.
In the past, the excuse for skirting – that is, for being sent...
In the opening weeks of school last fall, at least five students learned that a parent was suffering from some form of cancer. Since enrollment at Shalhevet hovers around 160 students, everyone knew someone...
By Yosef Nemanpour, 11th Grade
After centuries of persecution in Mitzrayim, followed by a Las Vegas-style show of plagues, the Jews finally hit the climax of their journey, the receiving of the Torah....
By Rose Bern, Community Editor
For the past year, girls have been leading the Birkot Hashachar, or Morning Blessings, in the main minyan in the Beit Midrash. Former Judaic Studies principal Rabbi...
Load More Stories
Comments (0)
AllThe Boiling Point PicksReader PicksSort: Newest