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Hannah Jannol

Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

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 Trace; written poetry for Eleven and a Half literary magazine, and run Instagram and Twitter for Uptown Stories.  Her favorite parts of being on Boiling Point were production night and writing long-form features stories, many of which won awards from CSPA, Quill & Scroll and the American Jewish Press Association.

All content by Hannah Jannol
 INTRICATE:    The Lancut Synagogue in Poland is a 257-year-old shul painted with Hebrew prayers and adorned with complex designs frauht with religious symbolism.   BP photo by Tyler Ekaireb

On writers’ wings, a journey heavy with history

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
June 13, 2018

As someone who connects to things through writing — whether my own or someone else’s — I wanted to experience the senior...

RECOVERING: Rabbi Yagil Tsaidi has been reading Jewish and Psychology texts. His students say they miss his guidance and shiurim.

Books, visits help recovery as Rabbi Tsaidi plans return next fall

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
June 12, 2018

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Mrs. Sunshine leaving

A legacy of excellence as Ms. Sunshine retires

By Clara Sandler and Hannah Jannol
June 10, 2018

Mrs. Tove Sunshine, known for her commitment to advanced subjects, her organized teaching style, her fairness to all students...

Lynn Project

Second annual ‘Lynn Project’ collects 19 boxes for families struggling in the Philippines

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
June 10, 2018

Juniors Maya Miro and Mikey Kahtan worked with History teacher Mr. William Reusch, right, to sort through and organize donations...

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

Girls-only course covers Torah view of modesty and intimacy

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

The Girls’ Lounge mini-mester, as the title might suggest, is the only all-female mini-mester, offered to seniors...

Purple Line will help commuters to Shalhevet -- in 2023

Purple Line will help commuters to Shalhevet — in 2023

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2018

Los Angeles County has seven subways, and though they run from Long Beach through Santa Monica to Downtown Los Angeles and the...

GETTING HERE: What's it like to live an hour away from school?

GETTING HERE: What’s it like to live an hour away from school?

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2018

 BP Graphic by Zev Kupferman A near majority of Shalhevet students -- 107 out of 250 this year -- live in Beverlywood or...

The chametz in your closet: Mitzvot of Pesach in an age of freedom

The chametz in your closet: Mitzvot of Pesach in an age of freedom

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
March 28, 2018

There are many things that make the nights of Passover different from all other nights. The classic examples are: On other...

LEARN: Steve Green as Reb Saunders, right, studies Tractate Yevamot with Sam Mandel as Reuven Malter in 'The Chosen.'  Both actors received coaching from Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi Daniel Bouskila.

Rabbi Bouskila’s journey comes together on stage in ‘The Chosen.’

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
March 24, 2018

When Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi Daniel Bouskila was 12 years old, he aspired to be an actor. With a father in the entertainment...

AWARD: Newspaper and Yearbook staff of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., accept a Gold Crown Award from CSPA March 16  in New York City.  An audience of about 1,200 students and advisers, including staff of the Boiling Point, gave them a standing ovation.

Student journalists from Parkland high school tell CSPA how they covered shooting that killed 17

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
March 22, 2018

In the wake of the shooting that killed 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last month, the...

BETTER: Science teacher Dr. Elizabeth Basheer received this year's flu shot and got a mild case of the illness. "It wasn't super bad," she said, "but it wasn’t apples and sunrises and, you know, candy.”

[Photo] It’s not too late for a flu shot -- here’s why you might want one

March 21, 2018

BETTER: Science teacher Dr. Elizabeth Basheer received this year's flu shot and got a mild case of the illness. "It wasn't super...

DEDICATED: Mrs. Sunshine is known for her passion and dedication to her students.

[Photo] Ms. Tove Sunshine retiring at the end of the year

By Clara Sandler, Community Editor
March 8, 2018

DEDICATED: Mrs. Sunshine is known for her passion and dedication to her students.

PURIM: At the crossroads of chance and fate

PURIM: At the crossroads of chance and fate

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
February 28, 2018

Among the five Megillot and the five books of Moses, the story of Esther transcends in complexity and uniqueness. Most women in...

RUNWAY: Freshman Rena Harkham modeled a white dress at the Fashion Clubs third annual "Tzniut Can Be Cute" show in the gym Feb. 18.  Student models waiting their turns stood behind the wood-and-metal mechitza.

Student show reflected feminism through modest fashion

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
February 23, 2018
This year’s fashion show had two major stars: modest clothing and a feminist theme. These two highlights may seem contradictory: asking women to cover up is viewed in many feminist circles to be anti-woman, and a fashion show might not seem like the place to showcase feminist values.
DISPERSION: College banners hang outside College Counselor Lisa Gruenbaum's office, representing the diversity in the decisions kids make about where to go to college.

College-bound students weigh how far to fly the coop

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
February 19, 2018

Every year, many Shalhevet graduates leave California to pursue college degrees on the East Coast, in the Midwest and other regions...

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
February 1, 2018

Out of place: Bizarrely designed, it should find a different street corner The tagline for the “the Vinz,” the 150-unit,...

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
At a recent Shalhevet Institute event, the moderator said she had never received a good explanation of tzniut, or modesty. “It was women's job to stop men's impulses -- I haven’t heard anything else,” said Ms. Julie Fax, the mother of sophomore Neima Fax a former senior writer at the Jewish Journal, who grew up attending Orthodox schools in Los Angeles.
NEW: Rabbi Block is now taking on oversight of the Judaic Studies department after joining the staff last year

‘Strategic shuffling’ and new staff member will cover roles of former principal, Rabbi Segal announces

By Hannah Jannol and Clara Sandler
January 11, 2018
Head of School Rabbi Ari Segal said today that a “strategic shuffling will go into effect immediately” in light of the recent removal of Shalhevet’s Principal and Assistant Head of School who was in charge of many areas within the school ranging from admissions and discipline to curriculum development, student life and co-curriculars.
FOCUS: At an all-school assembly in the gym, Rabbi Segal told students to concentrate on their classes today but to seek out guidance counselors if they needed help.

Rabbi Segal tells assembly to focus on moving forward on ‘a cloudy day’

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
January 9, 2018
Less than 12 hour after the news was released that the Assistant Head of School and Principal will not return in the coming fall, Head of School Rabbi Ari Segal held a 10-minute meeting with the entire school at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 9.
OPINION: Taming our roots

OPINION: Taming our roots

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
December 31, 2017
My scalp is burning. My nose is dripping. The combined smell of formaldehyde and the melting, unpronounceable chemicals in my mascara have turned my eyes into a watery disarray.
Fairness Committee hands Agenda Chair first ‘strike’ under new ‘covenant’

Fairness Committee hands Agenda Chair first ‘strike’ under new ‘covenant’

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

Agenda Chair Daniel Lorell has been given a first strike by the Fairness Committee for violating a new “covenant” requiring...

Niche memes are connecting Jews worldwide with humor and some bite

Niche memes are connecting Jews worldwide with humor and some bite

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
November 5, 2017

Yaakov Fein, more commonly known by his Instagram meme username @theturntjew, is just one of many Instagram meme page creators...

SUCCESS: The 2016 film class won an award for its film Lost Angeles, about poverty in LA.

Class documentary on housing crisis selected for national film festival

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
October 16, 2017
Lost Angeles: A city without a home, the 14-minute documentary produced by  Ms. Michelle Crincoli's and Mr. William Reusch's film and government classes of 2015-16, has been selected to be shown at the All American High School Film Festival this month in New York City.

[Video] YOM KIPPUR: Someone else we should forgive

By Eva Suissa, Torah Editor
September 29, 2017

Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year. It is a day for repentance, atonement, forgiveness. But something has always...

PLAN: The Agenda Committee's officers and faculty advisors discussed the first week's Town Hall during their meeting on August 28.

Agenda Committee summer meetings focus on Town Hall changes, proposals and constitution

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
September 28, 2017

The Agenda Committee did not let summer stop it from meeting to improve the Just Community. While their peers were at the beach,...

FRIENDSHIP: The Comedy Central show just premiered its fourth season. The show usually follows Abbi and Ilana's New York City antics, this episode shows how the iconic duo met. ​

REVIEW: Sliding doors, sliding stereotypes in Season 4 premiere of ‘Broad City’

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
September 18, 2017

It’s nothing new in Hollywood for Jews or Jewish culture to be the object of comedy, as in bar mitzvahs or men wearing peyot...

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

The already difficult pressures of being a teenager can be even greater when you have to meet the expectations not only of your...

HABITAT: A coyote, easily identified by its blacktipped
tail, trotted along Bagley Avenue in July.

Unwanted neighbors: Coyote pack menaces Beverlywood

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
September 3, 2017

Imagine you are taking a leisurely stroll down your block, when you notice a stray dog in the distance trailing toward you....

REPUTATION: Like previous math chair Mrs. Malikov, Dr. Walton also hails from feeder school Maimonides Academy, as their math department chair.

New math chair loves English and writing, too

By Hannah Jannol, Editor-in-Chief
August 30, 2017
Though many believe the world is split up between “math people” and “English people,” Dr. William Walton -- new math department chair and Dean of Curriculum and Instruction -- is a walking objection to this common view.
Megan Phelps, the granddaughter of founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, spoke at Shalhevet in an all-school assembly June 7. Since leaving, she has discovered the power of effective disagreement and now lectures on the subject and is working on an autobiography.

Ex-member says Twitter helped her break from Westboro Baptist Church

By Hannah Jannol, Community editor
June 9, 2017
When Megan Phelps heard the news about the 9/11 terrorist attack from a friend in 2001, she said “awesome.” The 3,000 who died that day were a sign of “God’s vengeance against the rebellious people,” she then believed.
ACCESSIBLE: Rachel Hecht, in her second-floor office, spends a lot of her time in one-on-one meetings.

Rachel Hecht, who started counseling program and removed its stigma, will not return next year

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
May 26, 2017

Rachel Hecht, Shalhevet’s first guidance counselor, who has brought emotional anti-drinking and driving safety programs to school...

A day to celebrate Israel’s past, future and presence

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
May 11, 2017

With everything from a rousing hour-long school-wide prayer service to an Israeli pop singer, Shalhevet commemorated Israel’s...

FRIEND: Hebrew teacher Shlomit Abrams is known for close relationships with students.

Shlomit Abrams, ‘teacher who cares,’ leaving after eight years

By Eva Suissa and Hannah Jannol
May 8, 2017

Ms. Shlomit Abrams, a warm and approachable Hebrew teacher who became a confidante for students, will not be returning to Shalhevet...

girls basketball team shared a cheer with Coach Flava before their first game at the Glouberman Tournament Nov. 12.

Coach Flava not returning next year

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
April 26, 2017
Coach Ronnie “Flava” Winbush, who led the Firehawk girls basketball team to win the first-ever Steve Glouberman Tournament in 2015 and to the CIF Southern Section 6 Division Championship in 2014, will not return next year, he announced yesterday in a text to a team-wide group chat for the girls’ basketball team.
FRIENDLY: Alfredo Hernandez takes any opportunity he can get to speak Hebrew, which he said is the trick to learning a new language.

Three languages on the menu? Baruch Hashem!

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
March 31, 2017

At the popular kosher restaurants Nagila Pizza and La Gondola, ingredients aren’t the only things mixing in the kitchen. Languages...

PROTECTION: The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta say a community is protected from measles if at least 96 percent of members are immunized.  By that criteria, no one at Shalhevet is likely to catch the very contagious disease.

Private schools playing catch-up on immunizations against measles

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
March 22, 2017

Los Angeles’ latest measles outbreak, which was centered in the Orthodox Jewish community, has been over since early last month....

PROTECTION: The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta say a community is protected from measles if at least 96 percent of members are immunized.  By that criteria, no one at Shalhevet is likely to catch the very contagious disease.

Private schools playing catch-up immunizing against measles

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
March 22, 2017

Los Angeles’ latest measles outbreak, which was centered in the Orthodox Jewish community, has been over since early last month....

SAS Biology teacher and year-old Head of Science Department taught an advanced Chemistry class, which was established mid-year for sophomores.

Science Department chair Ayden Jacob announces he will not return next year

In individualized letters written to  students in his SAS Biology class,  Science department chair Mr. Ayden Jacob  announced...

CRISIS: Khizr Khan says that many American Muslims including himself feel disconnected from society after the election and need that connection again.

Dem convention star Khan tells LA Muslims to plan, not panic, about Trump

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
January 19, 2017

CRISIS: Khizr Khan says that many American Muslims including himself feel disconnected from society after the election and need...

BUFFET: Students and parents filled their plates at this year's less expensive Open House.

Shalhevet, YULA, Valley Torah agree to cut Admissions spending

By Hannah Jannol and Gabby Gruenfeld
January 10, 2017

Hoping to stop what they called an “admissions arms race,” the heads of school of Shalhevet, YULA Boys, YULA Girls and Valley...

REAL: Finstas, a combination of the words "Fake" and "Instagram" are a social media platform for teenagers to share and view a more real version of themselves and their peers.

REALITY CHECK: So-called ‘finsta’ accounts bring a different view of teen life to Instagram

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
January 9, 2017

On Oct. 27, senior Layla Galeck posted a photo of herself to Instagram from her vacation to Israel during Sukkot break. It was...

Not as private as you think: Finsta posts are permanent, shareable and retrievable, like anything on the Internet

Not as private as you think: Finsta posts are permanent, shareable and retrievable, like anything on the Internet

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
January 8, 2017

Because finstas are always set by the user to be on finsta’s private setting, they are also sometimes referred to as “private...

'Edge of 17' breaks ground but is not groundbreaking

‘Edge of 17’ breaks ground but is not groundbreaking

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
December 5, 2016
The New York Times said it took teenage movies to a “higher place.” Time Magazine applauded how perceptively it “dealt with teenage sex, and maybe even with sex in general.” And the Atlantic called it an “instant teen classic.”
Two Boiling Points of View: Should Ben Shapiro have been allowed to speak at School?

Two Boiling Points of View: Should Ben Shapiro have been allowed to speak at School?

By Hannah Jannol, Clara Sandler, and
November 20, 2016

No: Free speech is different when it takes place at a high school By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor Ben Shapiro’s Sept....

EXPERIENCE: Rabbi Abraham Lieberman has led YULA Girls High School since 2008.

Rabbi Lieberman to leave YULA Girls High School

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
November 3, 2016

YULA Girls High School has announced the resignation of Head of School Rabbi Abraham Lieberman, saying he would not return next...

ALIYAH: Mr. Jeremy Shine, a former IDF soldier, previously worked for the JDC helping the Russian community.

A history teacher who has already changed history

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
October 28, 2016
Some may say Jewish History is just a class, but for Mr. Jeremy Shine, it’s a way of life.
HOUSES DIVIDED: Presidential race challenges Shalhevet families

HOUSES DIVIDED: Presidential race challenges Shalhevet families

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
October 27, 2016

Republican Son Is A Chance For Both Sides To Learn To Listen During the first presidential debate Sept. 26, senior Yaakov Sobel’s...

BUILT: New STEM room for the Robotics team replaced Genius Bar on second floor, is almost complete.

More classrooms built for record student body, staff

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
October 22, 2016

New construction throughout Shalhevet’s building has brought new space for seven new teachers, a record high student body at...

POPPED: Model Congress practice, pictured above, continues this year without bubble members.

Admin cancels ‘bubble’ on Model Congress team, saying uncertainty caused more problems than it solved

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
October 5, 2016

School officials popped the tradition of a “bubble” on the Model Congress roster this year, ending a custom that let some...

INTERVIEW: Rabbi Segal responded to over an hour worth of questions ranging from politics, to halacha, to the constitution

5 p.m. dismissal could be solution to schedule issues, Rabbi Segal tells news conference

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
September 9, 2016

Shalhevet’s controversial new bell schedule may be revised, the school should keep but update its Just Community constitution,...

MEDIA: Dr. Keith Harris, a published author and Civil War expert, has over 31,000 views on his Youtube channel.

Blogger, Youtuber, academic joins History department

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor
September 2, 2016
If Dr. Keith Harris is not teaching Civil War history in a classroom, he is talking about it on his blog, Youtube channel, or research novel, Across the Bloody Chasm.
SWING: Jake Hofheimer batted and junior Alex Silberstein caught for the Firehawks as New Roads defeated Shalhevet 7 - 2  in Santa Monica April 13.

For transgender baseball player from New Roads, sports help make him ‘one of the guys’

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor
July 2, 2016
A New Roads batter stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning at a Shalhevet-New Roads game April 13. Firehawk pitcher Asher Remer pitched the ball across the field to him, and the New Roads batter swung the metal bat and was struck out. He was out, but a teammate high-fived him as he trotted back to the bench and others hollered a job well done.
LEAVING: Dr. Melissa Noel did research on fetal alcohol syndrome before becoming a teacher.

Dr. Noel will not return next year

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor
May 31, 2016

Dr. Melissa Noel, who has taught various biological sciences at Shalhevet for three years, announced to her Advisory group this...

Agenda says debate over found school constitution should wait for next fall

Agenda says debate over found school constitution should wait for next fall

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor
May 19, 2016
A day after the Boiling Point published the previously lost Shalhevet Constitution, the Agenda Committee decided it should be discussed and possibly rewritten by the community next year, starting with an early Town Hall or perhaps at Just Community reorientation.
TABLE: From left, General Studies Principal Mr. Daniel Weslow, Hannah Jannol of the Boiling Point, and Dean of Students Mr. Jason Feld posed questions to candidates for Agenda Chair in the gym May 12.

Candidates for Agenda Chair differ on wide range of issues at contentious pre-election debate

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor
May 12, 2016
Sparks flew in the Agenda Chair candidates debate Tuesday, with charges, counter-charges, and at least one candidate saying she didn't have the chance to respond to a direct and partially untrue charge.
Ms. Sirkis will not return next year

Ms. Sirkis will not return next year

By Eric Bazak and Hannah Jannol
May 12, 2016

Chemistry and Physics teacher Ms. Amy Sirkis announced to two of her classes this afternoon that she would not be returning to...

FIRST IN A SERIES: The Positives of Partying

FIRST IN A SERIES: The Positives of Partying

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor
May 10, 2016

Partying has a bad rap. Google “partying statistics” and you will find a plethora of sobering statistics and stories about...

There are 65 pieces of student art work up against the walls.

In Shalhevet’s lobby, a Guggenheim of the West

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor
April 14, 2016

Shalhevet has an East Coast twin. Not SAR, Frisch Academy, or other leading Modern Orthodox high schools in New York, but rather...

TRANSITION: Former student holds onto religion while changing from female to male

TRANSITION: Former student holds onto religion while changing from female to male

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer
January 28, 2016
Imagine waking up every morning and putting on clothes of the opposite sex. Imagine putting on a dress, or a suit and tie, and then going to work or school and being called a name of the wrong gender, and then being referred to with the wrong pronouns. Then imagine realizing you’re just in the wrong body for the gender you know you are. This is how transgender Shalhevet alumnus Benjamin Kenner explains being transgender.

In five one-acts, Drama program explores teen identity as it affirms its own

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer
January 24, 2016
An 18-year-old stares intently at a letter from his parent’s dream college, UC Berkeley. An ultra-orthodox mother tells her ambitious daughter she cannot go to college at all.
GRACEFUL: Promotional photo from the Moscow Ballet's "Dance With Us" program features young dancers like freshman Adira Waldman (not pictured.)

Ninth-grade ballerina twirls into four-minute role in Moscow Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer
December 21, 2015
Going to sleep at midnight on a regular basis is not a rare event for most Shalhevet students, but try doing so after four rigorous hours of jazz, tap and ballet. This is no rarity for freshman Adira Waldman, who will perform in The Moscow Ballet’s The Nutcracker at the Wiltern Theater on Dec. 20 and 21.
EYE:  The small "oculus" window allows light into the new Broad museum, across the street from Disney Hall downtown.

Eli Broad: Rags-to-riches philanthropist

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer
October 18, 2015

The new Broad Museum is not the Broads’ first contribution to the arts and probably won't be the last. According to Forbes,...

MODERN: The new Broad Museum houses some 2,000 20th- and 21st-century art works from the collection of Eli and Edythe Broad.

On Bunker Hill, another art museum and another Broad

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer
October 17, 2015
At 10:30 a.m., half an hour before the doors open, a line of 200 ticketholders and a standby line of 60 walk-ins braves the L.A. heat to see the newest addition to the city’s arts scene, The Broad museum, which opened Sept. 20 on a corner across the street from the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Colburn School, and MOCA.
INSTRUCT: English teacher Ms. Devon O'Brien with senior Laly Chriki during the college essay workshop last month.  Ms. O'Brien has interviewed celebrities including Emma Thompson and Nicole Kidman for the Los Angeles Times.

Playwright, actress, journalist and former model joins English Department

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer
September 4, 2015
A bicoastal playwright, Brown alumna, and former fitting and runway model for Pauline Trigère, Ms. Devon O’Brien -- one of Shalhevet's two new English teachers -- brings some unique experiences to her classrooms.
CONNECTED: Ms. Nagel British Literature teacher has many ties to the Shalhevet community. She is one of two additions to the English department.

New British Literature teacher has many ties to the Shalhevet community

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer
September 4, 2015
While Na'amit Nagel may be new to Shalhevet, Shalhevet is not entirely new to her.

INVENT: Sophomores Zev Kent, Ezra Fax and Eytan Rosenman at the CIJE conference in Irvine May 20

CIJE students at conference offer tech inventions for daily life

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer
June 24, 2015
A moisture sensor that tells users when their plants require watering. A robotic pair of legs that can be programmed to different speeds. A pillow alarm clock. A fork that tells its users when they are eating too quickly. These are just a few of 80 robotic biomedical projects presented at the 2nd Annual West Coast CIJE conference May 20 in Orange County.
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