Ramie Smith, rabba at Hebrew Institute of Riverdale in NY, will join faculty next fall By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief June 16, 2017 Yeshivat Maharat graduate Ramie Smith, who is known as Rabba Smith in her current position at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale...
Beth Jacob stance prevents break over women clergy after OU says no By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief March 28, 2017 For two weeks last month, Los Angeles Modern Orthodoxy held its breath as a statement from New York threatened to sew disunity in its rapidly growing, multi-faceted and yet tightly knit community.
Westboro picketers wave signs, sing songs at school for 30 minutes By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 27, 2017 Nine members of the Westboro Baptist Church, including the church's leader Timothy Phelps and his wife Lee Ann, protested outside...
Boys Basketball CIF Division 4A Semi-final Highlights By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 24, 2017 The Firehawks are moving on to the CIF Division 4A championship afte beating Mary Star 58-43 in tbe division semifinals. Leading...
‘Suspicious’ phone call led to increased security during today’s dismissal By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 2, 2017 Multiple police cars and officers waited outside school during today’s dismissal after Shalhevet received a “suspicious...
Students react to enforcement of anti-party policy By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief January 4, 2017 A three-year-old Shalhevet policy prohibiting students from hosting parties and providing alcohol and drugs has been criticized...
B’nai David changes Morateinu’s title to Rabbanit By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 16, 2016 For the first time in Los Angeles, a Modern Orthodox shul has given the title rabbanit to a female clergy member. Nearly two...
Gay-Straight Alliance draws 15 at first meeting By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief October 31, 2016 Less than two weeks after calling the Torah’s views on homosexuality the biggest challenge to emunah, or religious...
School makes LGBT inclusion official policy, hoping to set an example for Modern Orthodox schools By Alec FIelds, Co-Editor-in-Chief October 11, 2016 Hoping to start a trend that will spread throughout Orthodox Judaism, Shalhevet has adopted a six-point LGBT non-discrimination...
Math more often, more Talmud and less lunch time among schedule changes for 2016-17 By Alec Fields, Co-Editor-in-Chief July 22, 2016 A longer school day, different lunch periods and schedules for different grades, more Talmud and math, and no SWAP for upperclassmen...
