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Two Boiling Points of View: For Poland-Israel fundraising, juniors should wait their turn

By Rebecca Asch, Opinion Editor
December 31, 2010

Imagine a year when the senior class stays at home to watch television instead of going on the annual class trip to Poland and...

Rabbi Aaron Parry will leave Shalhevet after six years teaching Tanach and Gemara.

After six years of teaching, coaching and telling stories, Rabbi Parry says goodbye

By Rebecca Asch, Torah Editor
July 1, 2010

A math teacher is going through airport security to go see her family out of state when she is suddenly stopped and searched. Why?...

AP Chemistry celebrates end of year with a tasty lab

AP Chemistry celebrates end of year with a tasty lab

By Rebecca Asch, Torah Editor
June 30, 2010

If you think ice cream and chemistry have nothing to do with each other, guess again. After AP exams were over, the AP Chemistry...

NY vote opens school debate on whether Orthodox should ordain women rabbis

NY vote opens school debate on whether Orthodox should ordain women rabbis

By Rebecca Asch, Torah Editor
May 23, 2010

Women rabbis. Some people cringe at the idea. Some leap out of their chairs in excitement. So of course, in a classic expression...

Color War: Sending the wrong message

Color War: Sending the wrong message

By Rebecca Asch, Torah Editor
May 23, 2010

After a long day of cheers and hooplah, your team captain announces it’s time for lunch. Your friends are on the other team. You...

How to help

How to help

By Rebecca Asch, Torah Editor
March 24, 2010

With the news of the closing of the lower Shalhevet schools, many students—both lower schoolers and high schoolers alike—are...

Class helps seniors answer the ‘big questions’ — or not

By Rebecca Asch, Torah Editor
March 18, 2010

JPL teacher Rabbi Ari Leubitz offers a new spin on Jewish philosophy Ten minutes into Mincha, the seventh period Jewish Philosophy...

Sudden loss of an old friend, Beatrice Levavi

By Rebecca Asch, Features Editor
September 3, 2009

About 300 people dressed in dark formal clothes sat out on former headmaster Dr. Jerry Friedman’s tennis court on the cool summer...

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