Rabbi Lieberman elected faculty representative to new Judicial Review Subcommittee By Benjamin Gamson and Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks May 21, 2020 Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi Abraham Liberman was elected to be the first faculty member on the new Judicial Review Subcommittee...
CONSTITUTION OVERHAUL IS APPROVED, 149 – 20 By Benjamin Gamson and Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks May 14, 2020 UPDATED MAY 16: After a year of discussion, deliberation, meetings and last-minute revisions, members of the Just Community voted...
Voting has opened, Constitution must earn majority in at least three grades to pass By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief May 14, 2020 Today’s vote on the amended Just Community constitution will have to pass with a two-thirds majority, and also three of four...
In historically uncontested election, vice-chair and secretary winners make news By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief May 7, 2020 Sophomore Jack Sanders was elected vice chair of Agenda and sophomore Liad Machmali was elected SAC Vice Chair in this year’s...
Dr. Jerry Friedman and the roots of Shalhevet democracy By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief May 5, 2020 For Dr. Jerry Friedman and his wife, Jean, it all began at their daughter’s graduation from Harvard University. That day, Dr....
Zoom Town Hall will debate proposed new constitution tonight By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief May 5, 2020 The Just Community tonight will hear a proposed replacement of the 2002 constitution with a new, longer document which aims to...
Zoom assembly sparks daylong outpouring of family stories, inspiration for Yom Hashoah By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief April 23, 2020 [TO VIEW ALL ARTIFACTS PICTURED ABOVE, CLICK HERE.] What seemed like a limitation ended up being a new way to connect to Jewish...
Shalhevet to delay decision on reopening in-person school until after Pesach, Rabbi Segal says By Sam Rubanowitz and Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks April 2, 2020 Shalhevet officials will defer a decision on whether to reopen on-campus school this year until after Passover, Head of...
YULA student tests positive for coronavirus after Bnei Akiva shabbaton; Rabbi Segal says spread to Shalhevet ‘inevitable’ By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief March 16, 2020 According to a late Saturday email from Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles, a student at Yeshiva University of LA (YULA) Girls High School...
County health officials tell Shalhevet webinar school closures certain, timing undecided By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Editor-in-Chief March 12, 2020 According to Los Angeles County public health officials who are advising Shalhevet, school will not be closing for now, and any...
Three coronavirus cases in people returning from AIPAC; one is in Los Angeles By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks and Benjamin Gamson March 8, 2020 Los Angeles County health officials announced today that one person from Los Angeles has tested positive for coronavirus after...
