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Sarah Soroudi

Sarah Soroudi, Editor Emeritus

Sarah Soroudi was editor of the Boiling Point during the first semester of the 2013-14 school year, and won journalism awards from the National Scholastic Press Association and Quill and Scroll International Honorary Music Society.  She was a staff writer of the Boiling Point in ninth grade, Torah Editor in 10th, Outside News Editor and Community Editor in 11th.  She was also captain of the Model Congress and Mock Trial teams, and enjoyed playing tennis as well. Sarah is also involved with AIPAC, and plays the piano. Her passions also include eating, sleeping, watching world soccer, and watching movies.

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Why loving Kimmy K. is not idol worship (probably)

By Sarah Soroudi, Editor Emeritus
March 18, 2014

By Sarah Soroudi, Editor Emeritus Does idolizing a celebrity qualify as idol worship? According to Judaic Studies teacher...

MEMBER: UCLA’s Humanities Building, above, which houses the school’s American Literature and Culture Department.

Little worry as colleges reject Israel ‘boycott’

By Sarah Soroudi, Editor Emeritus
January 13, 2014

The UC system, USC and 157 other U.S. colleges and universities have spoken out against the American Studies Association’s academic...

$50,000 grant will make Judaic curriculum accessible from iPads and nationally

$50,000 grant will make Judaic curriculum accessible from iPads and nationally

By Sarah Soroudi, Community Editor
May 31, 2013

Shalhevet’s four-year-old Judaic Studies curriculum, a systematic way to teach students not only the content of Jewish law but...

NORMAL: Ariella Joffe 12, here at the Kotel in Jerusalem, said girls at Midreshet Lindenbaum were discouraged from going out during the Gaza war in November, but that their parents back home seemed more worried than they were.

‘Life as usual’ for Shalhevet alumni in Israel during Gaza war

By Sarah Soroudi, Outside News Editor
December 24, 2012

By Sarah Soroudi, Outside News Editor Even if they still feel as though they are tourists, Shalhevet alumni who are spending...

Dr. Ron Sorace

By Sarah Soroudi, Outside News Editor
September 19, 2012

With classes at every grade level -- Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, AP Statistics and regular Calculus -- Dr. Ron Sorace is looking...

Ethical hechsher catches on, but slowly

‘Ethical hechsher’ catches on, but slowly

By Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
June 13, 2012

According to Judaic Studies teacher Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, all the kosher restaurants on Pico Boulevard have been invited to...

Revamping the schedule, new ‘mini-mesters’ prepare seniors for Jewish life after high school

By Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
March 16, 2012

It was Tuesday, Feb. 21, and Rabbi Ari Schwarzberg was telling a room full of seniors and faculty that their spring coursework...

Second symposium explores modern viewpoints

By Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
December 23, 2011

In a packed Beit Midrash, three prominent area rabbis shared their views Dec. 2 on a variety of topics, disagreeing on whether...

Three rabbis, many opinions at second Modern Orthodox Symposium

By Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
December 2, 2011

In a packed Beit Midrash, three prominent rabbis in the community answered questions Wednesday afternoon on a variety of topics...

About 50 students attend meeting of school’s first Sephardic minyan

By Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
November 7, 2011

For the first time since 2001, a minyan following Sephardic practice met Thursday, Nov., 3, using the lunch room across from the...

Ancient ritual for ‘transferring’ sins debuts on the Sport Court

By Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
November 3, 2011

On a sunny Friday afternoon, sophomore Yarden Harel was standing on the Sport Court holding a chicken upside-down, moving it in...

Kaparot: Ancient ritual for ‘transferring’ sins debuts on the Sport Court

By Sarah Soroudi, Torah Editor
October 10, 2011

On a sunny Friday afternoon, sophomore Yarden Harel was standing on the Sport Court holding a chicken upside-down, moving it in...

New York synagogue fire hits close to home

New York synagogue fire hits close to home

By Sarah Soroudi, Staff Writer
August 30, 2011

It was a warm Monday night in Manhattan when Judaic Studies teachers Noam and Raizie Weissman heard sirens in the neighborhood...

NY shul fire hits close to home

By Sarah Soroudi, Staff Writer
August 30, 2011

It was a warm Monday night in Manhattan when Judaic Studies teachers Noam and Raizie Weissman heard sirens in the neighborhood...

Yom Haatzmaut: On a different continent, in our ancestors’ footsteps

By Sarah Soroudi, Staff Writer
June 3, 2011

For a first-hand experience of Israeli history, this year’s Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration began with a steep and difficult hike...

YUNMUN: Gabon, Greece and a gavel

By Sarah Soroudi, Staff Writer
March 14, 2011

For two whole days, the 44 Jewish schools participating in the Model UN Conference organized by Yeshiva University did not see...

Stuart Rogoff, new Director of Development has varied background

By Sarah Soroudi, Staff Writer
December 31, 2010

From fundraising at City of Hope hospital, to becoming the director of development at a Solomon Schechter Day School, to being...

Late nights, leftovers and plastic plates: Traveling with the debate team

By Sarah Soroudi, Staff Writer
December 31, 2010

From the moment Shalhevet’s 26 debaters stepped off of the airplane at Dulles Airport in Washington D.C., they knew the conference...

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