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The Boiling Point

Shalhevet news online: When we know it, you'll know it

The Boiling Point

He built the house, then built a home

By Clara Sandler, Class of ‘19
January 27, 2020

The first basketball game I remember going to was Lakers versus the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets. This has to be over 10-12...

Clara Sandler

Clara Sandler

September 22, 2019
Co Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
CONNECTED: In ancient times, Jews came from all over Israel to pray at the temple in Jerusalem. Today, praying there on any day can bring feelings of unity across time.

Shavuot in Jerusalem: Anticipation rewarded, then and now

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
June 12, 2019

The morning I flew to Israel, I woke up at 6:20 am even though my alarm was not supposed to go off until 7:15. The anticipation...

STAR: Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard gets ready to drive in the Raptors 118-109 victory over the reigning-champion Golden State Warriors on May 30. Leonard, the 2014 NBA Finals MVP with the San Antonio Spurs, played a team high 43 minutes and scored 23 points in the game.

CLARA’S CALLS: Happy Endings, and may the Raptors win

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
June 4, 2019

Acharon acharon haviv. The last one is the most precious. This Rashi perfectly embodies how I feel as I write this last, most...

DEMOCRACY: Newly elected Agenda Chair David Edwards, center, said at today’s candidate debate that he would “revise and revive” the school constitution and start an Agenda Instagram. Defeated candidates were Maya Tochner, this year’s vice chair, and Noah Hertzberg.

David Edwards elected new Agenda chair; Klores and Rubel will lead Fairness

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 7, 2019

Here are the results of today’s Just Community Elections. The Boiling Point observed the counting of ballots. Voting was...

GLOOM:    The weather reflected the feelings of the crowd as hundreds stood and watched the funeral on a screen right outside.

Lori Gilbert-Kaye, Poway Chabad victim, is remembered for strength and ‘radical empathy’

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 2, 2019

Her favorite song was Eshes Chayil -- Woman of Valor -- sung around tables on Friday nights just before Kiddush, as several speakers...

PREVENTATIVE: Rabbi Segal said the policy was written with the intention of preventing bullying and creating a safer environment for students and faculty.

New harassment policy sets rules, defines terms

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 8, 2019

After several Town Hall discussions and heated debates about what exactly sexual harassment is, the school released a new harassment,...

CURSE:   Since the Chargers arrived, almost every LA team has gotten close to a championship.  None has won.

COLUMN: Are the Chargers LA’s curse?

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
March 13, 2019

For the first 15 years of my life, I was football team-less. I rooted for teams here and there -- I had a Manning brothers phase...

INFLUENCE:   Oz’s 40 books, including his memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness, have been translated into 45 languages, the most among any Israeli author. 
 BP Photo by Uzi Varon from amoz-oz.net

Amos Oz, father of Israeli fiction, dies at 79

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
March 1, 2019

“When I was little, my ambition was to grow up to be a book. Not a writer,” Amos Oz wrote in A Tale of Love and Darkness. “People...

HISTORY:   Benjamin Ackerman's name appears on the 2004 alumni plaque in the school driveway area. He was arrested on Jan. 2 for stealing millions worth of goods posed as a realtor.

Alumnus arrested in theft of high-end items from celebrities

A Shalhevet alumnus from the class of 2004 has been arrested in a string of burglaries of celebrities, according to the Los Angeles...

SCHOOL:    The Ilan Ramon Jewish Day School, a K-5 progressive school in Agoura Hills, was in flames Friday afternoon. News reporters on the scene said separate buildings in the back of the school were still intact at 3:30 pm., but that firefighters were busy with homes.

Deadly Woolsey Fire hits Jewish camps, schools, homes

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-In-Chief
November 27, 2018

The Woolsey Fire ravaged Simi Valley, Agoura Hills, Calabasas, West Hills and Malibu, resulting in thousands of home evacuations,...

SCHOOL:    The Ilan Ramon Jewish Day School, a K-5 progressive school in Agoura Hills, was in flames Friday afternoon. News reporters on the scene said separate buildings in the back of the school were still intact at 3:30 pm., but that firefighters were busy with homes.

Jewish school, summer camps damaged or destroyed in Woolsey fire

Jewish schools and camps have been hit hard by Southern California’s fires, with at least one day school and two camps reporting...

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