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Partial reopening of in-person school is cancelled after LA Covid cases spike

Teachers using ‘daf aleph’ give students a chance to check in

Teachers using ‘daf aleph’ give students a chance to check in

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Features Editor
May 22, 2018

RELEVANT: Judaic Studies teacher Ms. Ilana Wilner, right, and Rabba Ramie Smith, center, described laws of marriage to seniors girls.

MINIMESTERS 2018: Short electives explore anti-semitism, women’s law and more to combat senioritis

May 15, 2018

FOCUSED: Sophomore Kikuyo Shaw took notes during Rabbi David Block’s Gemara class last fall. All schools surveyed grade their Judaic Studies, classes, but some, including Shalhevet, offer additional Judaic learning with different or no incentives.

Can it be for God when it’s for a grade?

By Lucy Fried, Torah Editor
May 7, 2018

SCROLL: Senior Ilan Bouskila was first to chant from the scroll. Sephardic Torahs are read standing vertically, while Ashkenazic Torahs are read lying flat on the table.

Spotlight on Sephardic community with new Torah dedication

By Sivan Karz, Staff Writer
March 9, 2018

LISTENING: At a recent Shalhevet Institute event moderated by Ms. Julie Fax, center, members of the community heard Ms. Atara Segal, Rabbi Abraham Lieberman and Rabbanit Pnina Neuworth discuss modesty, leadership and other concerns in Modern Orthodoxy.

Institute event explores power imbalance, modesty ‘in the age of #MeToo’

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
January 15, 2018

PRAYERS: Every morning and afternoon Shalhevet students pick up a new Koren-Sacks siddur for prayer services.

School replaces aging Artscroll siddurim with new Koren-Sacks

By Sivan Karz, Staff Writer
December 22, 2017

LEARN: Beit Midrash Chabura, led by Rabbi David Block, meets Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Optional extra Judaic classes extend day in both directions

By Clara Sandler, Community editor
November 20, 2017

LEADING: Senior Benny Zaghi who started the Sephardic Minyan has help leading it from his classmate Ilan Bouskila (right), Rabbi Bouskila -- Ilan's father (left), and juniors Isaac Kahtan and Sam Navon.

Sephardic minyan returns after four year hiatus

By Eva Suissa and Rachel Lasry, Staff Writer
November 6, 2017

RESPECT: Ramie Smith, a graduate of Yeshivat Maharat, has also taught prisoners. She said she follows the same principles whoever her students are.

Something a little calmer for a teacher who dives with sharks

By Benjamin Zaghi, Senior Editor
September 18, 2017

Beyond courtesy: Titles raise conundrum for schools and synagogues nationwide

Beyond courtesy: Titles raise conundrum for schools and synagogues nationwide

By Clara Sandler, Community Editor
September 12, 2017

PRESSURE: From left, Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg, Noa Segal, Ilan Bouskila and Yakir Kanefsky are all offspring of rabbis. Their experiences have been partly the same and partly different.

When you’re the child of a rabbi, who are you?

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
September 7, 2017

EARLY: Rabbi Abraham Lieberman held a daily Talmud shiur this year that met at 7 a.m.

Rabbi Abraham Lieberman arrives with experience and ‘gravitas’

By Clara Sandler, Community Editor
August 31, 2017

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