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The Boiling Point

2022-2023 Boiling Point Staff

Benjamin Gamson
Editor-in-Chief

Benjamin Gamson

Benjamin Gamson, 12th grade, is in his second year as an Editor-in-Chief of the Boiling Point, having served last year as only the second junior to hold that post himself.  Benjamin joined the Boiling...

Tali Liebenthal
Editor in Chief

Tali Liebenthal

 Tali Liebenthal, 11th grade, joined the Boiling Point as a staff writer during the second semester of freshman year. She then became Community Editor during her first semester of sophomore year and now s...

Tomomi Shaw
Web Editor in Chief

Tomomi Shaw

Tomomi Shaw, 11th grade, joined Boiling Point first semester freshman year as a writer and became a web editor during the second semester. Outside of Boiling Point, Tomomi is on the Firehawk girl's swim,...

Evan Beller
Photo Editor

Evan Beller

Evan Beller, 12th grade, joined the Boiling Point freshman year as part of the web staff and became Acting Photo Editor in his sophomore year. He worked his way up and is now the official Photo Editor, ...

Tehilla Fishman
Chief Layout Editor

Tehilla Fishman

Tehilla Fishman, 12th grade, joined the Boiling Point during her freshman year as a staff writer and member of the layout staff. In sophomore year she chose to stick with layout, and in 11th grade she...

Ezra Helfand
Deputy Chief Layout Editor

Ezra Helfand

Ezra Helfand, 11th grade, joined the Boiling Point during his freshman year, working on layout and graphic design. In his sophomore year, he became the Graphics Editor, and now he works as the Deputy Chief...

Joshua Gamson
Community Editor

Joshua Gamson

Joshua Gamson, 11th grade, joined The Boiling Point in the first semester of his freshman year as a staff writer, writing about Rabbi Benny Lau’s map of family life for religious LGBTQ individuals. Wh...

Noah Elad
Outside News Editor

Noah Elad

Noah Elad, 12th grade, joined the Boiling Point freshman year as a staff writer and became Sports Editor during the second semester of his sophomore year. He served as Sports Editor throughout his junior ye...

Amalia Zucker
Features Editor

Amalia Zucker

Amalia Zucker, 11th grade, joined the Boiling Point as a staff writer at the end of freshman year and now serves as Features Editor. Outside of the Boiling Point, Amalia is a team captain of the NaNoWriMo...

Molly Menashe
Torah Editor

Molly Menashe

Molly Menashe, 12th grade, joined Boiling Point only weeks after transferring to Shalhevet during her junior year. She wrote Outside News and Opinion stories and now serves as the Torah Editor. Besides wr...

Olivia Fishman
Arts & Culture Editor

Olivia Fishman

Olivia Fishman, 12th grade, joined the Boiling Point during her freshman year and became a staff writer during her sophomore year. Olivia has written numerous stories focusing on arts at Shalhevet and...

Avi Litvak
Opinion Editor

Avi Litvak

Avi Litvak, 12th grade, began his involvement with the Boiling Point his freshman year as a sports broadcaster and became a staff writer his sophomore year. He specialized in restaurant reviews and sport...

Eli Weiss
Senior Editor

Eli Weiss

Eli joined Boiling Point in his first semester as a freshman. Quickly becoming involved, he became assistant web editor in his second semester, during which he helped redesign the website and get the Boiling...

Elliot Serure
Cartoon Editor

Elliot Serure

Elliot Serure, 12th grade, joined the Boiling Point his sophomore year writing articles for the Arts and Culture section. Since then he has started drawing art for the paper and created a cartoon caption c...

Zoe Miller
Layout Editor

Zoe Miller

Zoe Miller, 12th grade, joined the Boiling Point during her freshman year as a layout editor. She became deputy layout editor in chief her junior year. She is now art director for the Boiling Point Magazine,...

Elishai Khoobian
Business Director

Elishai Khoobian

Elishai Khoobian, 11th grade, joined Boiling Point this year as the founding member of the Boiling Points business division. He is now the acting Business Director. In addition to the Boiling Point, Elishai...

Vivienne Schlussel
Video Editor in Chief

Vivienne Schlussel

Vivienne Schlussel, 12th grade, joined the Boiling Point during her freshman year. She worked as has a photographer and a videographer for three years and is now the Video Editor. Her favorite video so...

Hannah Jannol
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Hannah Jannol

Hannah Jannol was Editor-in-Chief of the Boiling Point during the 2017-2018 school year. Since then, she has attended The New School and written for their HerCampus chapter; edited obituaries for The Tra...

Alec Fields
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Alec Fields

In four years at the Boiling Point, Alec Fields has wrote stories for every section and won some of the top awards in high school journalism, including the Quill and Scroll Sweepstakes Award for best n...

Eric Bazak
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Eric Bazak

After serving as staff writer, Features Editor, and Outside News Editor over the previous three years, Eric Bazak served as Editor-in-Chief for the 2015-16 school year. He is currently a freshman at ...

Goldie Fields
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Goldie Fields

Currently a freshman at USC, Goldie kept the Boiling Point going for her entire four years at Shalhevet, putting her heart and soul into every role and and was very proud of everything the staff&...

Alexa Fishman
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Alexa Fishman

Now a freshman at Princeton University, Alexa Fishman joined the Boiling Point as a freshman and went on to serve as Community Editor and Features Editor before becoming Editor-in-Chief in 2014-15....

Tamar Willis
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Tamar Willis

Tamar Willis is a graduate of Princeton University where she wrote and served as business manager for the culture magazine Nassau Weekly. She joined the Boiling Point staff in ninth grade and served as Staff W...

Kalil Eden
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Kalil Eden

Currently serving in the Israeli Defense Force, Kalil Eden was the Editor-in-Chief and Opinion Editor of the Boiling Point in the spring of 2013.  Before joining the IDF he spent his freshman year...

Zev Hurwitz
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Zev Hurwitz

After serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Boiling Point in 2010-11 school year, Zev went on to UC San Diego where he was Editor-in-Chief of the campus paper, The Guardian.  He is currently the...

Leila Miller
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Leila Miller

Currently a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, Leila has already had a distinguished career in journalism, writing ground-breaking reports for the Miami Herald, Moment Magazine and the Jewish...

Lexi Gelb
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Lexi Gelb

Lexi Gelb was Editor-In-Chief of the Boiling Point for the 2009-10 school year and won awards from the National Scholastic Press Association and Quill and Scroll.  While at Shalhevet she was also...

Elana Eden
Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Elana Eden

Elana Eden vowed never to write journalism again after her first catastrophic story for the BP’s Torah section but went on to become Editor-in-Chief during the 2008-09 school year. After spending...

Clara Sandler
Co Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Clara Sandler

Clara Sandler was co-editor-in-chief during the 2018-19 school year and then studied  at the Midreshet Lindenbaum seminary in Jerusalem.  She is now a junior at the University of Chicago.

Lucy Fried
Co Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Lucy Fried

Lucy Fried was co-editor-in-chief during the 2018-19 school year and went on to study at the Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. She is now a junior at UC Berkeley.

Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks
Editor-In-Chief Emeritus

Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks

Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks was editor-in-chief during the 2019-20 school year and is now a student at the University of Toronto.