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

The Boiling Point

Kalil Eden

Kalil Eden, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

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 of college at McGill University in Montreal.  As a high school student, in his few spare hours he enjoyed that one bicycle lane in Santa Monica, Oxford commas, and Google Drive. In stressful moments, he often imagines that Paul Krugman is looking at him approvingly and nodding.

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Occupy L.A. built a tent city of mixed beliefs

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
December 23, 2011

“You can’t arrest an idea,” wrote a woman named Kat Knox, who was printing slogans on brightly colored bandannas. Kat made...

Anti-semitism alive and well at Occupy protests — or is it?

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
December 23, 2011

“You got the money! That’s why you’re fighting, Jewish man!” yelled Danny “Lotion Man” Cline, at an Occupy Wall Street...

Sephardic Minyan approved; no changes to Ashkenazic minyans

Sephardic Minyan approved; no changes to Ashkenazic minyans

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
October 28, 2011

Weeks of discussion and debate were apparently resolved Oct. 27 when Head of School Rabbi Ari Segal approved a student-generated...

Meeting yesterday began process of minyan decisions, Rabbi Segal says

Meeting yesterday began process of minyan decisions, Rabbi Segal says

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
October 26, 2011

Head of School Rabbi Ari Segal held an after-school meeting Tuesday to begin a process through which he plans to decide whether...

Blocking of girls from carrying Torah fails to materialize at first Sephardic-run junior-senior minyan

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
October 11, 2011

Last Monday morning's Torah service was lained by Jojo Fallas in distinctive Sephardic trope. And as in previous minyans, a girl...

Peace Jam -- Shalhevet students find passion, rhythm and unity in sounds of Israeli pop

Peace Jam — Shalhevet students find passion, rhythm and unity in sounds of Israeli pop

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
May 23, 2010

While most teens may never journey out of the auditory bubble that is American pop music, more and more Shalhevet students already...

Recital offers a world of music

Recital offers a world of music

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
March 24, 2010

In between Shacharit and Mincha March 4, the Beit Midrash enjoyed its other role as musical performance space when students performed...

A screenshot of sophomore Eitan Spitzer's farm.

Facebook ‘Farmville’ phenomenon takes over Shalhevet

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
March 18, 2010

Call of Duty took gamers to the heart of a war-torn Middle East, while Fallout 3 unfolded in the midst of a post-apocalyptic Washington,...

Mmmm! Kosher cart on campus now feeds after-school activities

Mmmm! Kosher cart on campus now feeds after-school activities

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
March 18, 2010

The one thing that could improve Shalhevet is here:  Tacos. Tacos A La Carte, the self-proclaimed only Glatt kosher taco...

Senior prank makes it a beautiful day in the ‘bubble’

By Kalil Eden, Staff Writer
March 18, 2010

Life in the bubble took on new meaning Tuesday, March 9, when the class of 2010 treated the school to a lavishly enacted prank...

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