[Photo] Town Hall passes revised proposal to make and display new Constitution, on parchment and framed By Jojo Eisen, 10th grade February 17, 2024 DISPLAY: Agenda Chair Rami Melmed and senior Keira Deutsch view the Just Community Constitution on the second floor the day of...
NEW TEACHERS 23-24: Falk, Kossack, Lapointe By Tali Liebenthal, Ariel Mazar, and Eliana Vahedifar January 1, 2024
JOINING THE FIGHT: From trainees to reservists, Shalhevet alumni suddenly called to war against Hamas By Sophie Katz and Tali Liebenthal November 22, 2023
[Photo] JC rep elections held after Town Hall-only campaign, but ballot mistakes delay results By Joshua Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief October 24, 2023 TODAY: Four separate Town Halls, one for each grade, will hear candidate speeches this morning ahead of voting. Above, Agenda...
Vogue Magazine finds something trendy in ‘Torah-Teacher aesthetic’ By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief June 1, 2023 A recent article in Vogue magazine entitled “It’s not modest dressing, it’s the Torah Teacher aesthetic” describes...
LAPD will investigate guerilla art installation until artist comes forward, offical says By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief April 21, 2023 The guerilla art installation installed on a LACMA fence Feb. 13 is still being investigated by police as a “hate incident,”...
LACMA fence swastika was an Iranian flag when viewed from opposite direction By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 17, 2023 The 17-foot-wide swastika affixed to the LACMA fence on Monday depicted an Iranian flag when viewed at a different angle and...
Death of Masa Amini in Iran not a surprise to Iranian-Americans at Shalhevet By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 17, 2023 Shalhevet senior Hannah Nili was not the least bit surprised when she heard the news last fall that Iranian dissident...
Nazi flag appears on Fairfax fence between LACMA and Academy Museum, half-mile north of school By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief February 13, 2023 EDITOR'S NOTE: Since the publication of this story, The Boiling Point has learned that the swastika affixed to the LACMA fence...
Simple changes, or sign of the times? By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief December 6, 2022 At the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, English teacher Ms. Nancy Fasules received the news from Administration that she...
New math and Econ teacher wants to get beyond the ‘rote, mechanical aspects’ By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief October 3, 2022 Mr. Nick Simmons, who is now teaching three math courses and Economics at Shalhevet, said he came into teaching by accident. As...
Mrs. Natalie Honig, who helped students overcome distance during Covid, leaves to direct Admissions at Maimonides By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief August 28, 2022 Mrs. Natalie Honig, a friend and listener to her students and someone who was tasked with connecting students throughout the distanced...
‘A sadness which you cannot explain with words’ By Tali Liebenthal, Community Editor May 20, 2022 It seemed natural for Shalhevet sophomore Arielle Gueorguiev to sign up for a program that would connect her with a teenager in...
War in Ukraine: Is there a Russian side of the story? By Tali Liebenthal, Community Editor May 19, 2022 Yes, but perhaps not what you’d think. Science Department Chair Mr. Pavel Lieb – originally Russian himself – said he...
Landslide schoolwide vote returns Constitution to the second floor lobby By Tali Liebenthal, Community Editor April 29, 2022 Although it wasn’t welcomed by speeches and the playing of the National Anthem, on Feb. 23 the Just Community Constitution was...
Rabbis Block and Sufrin call for unity after skit mocking Shalhevet and social activism By Tali Liebenthal, Community Editor March 28, 2022 At a Shalhevet soccer game against YULA on March 19, YULA Head of School Rabbi Arye Sufrin apologized to Shalhevet students, parents...
Students respond to new policies on appearance By Tali Liebenthal, Community Editor January 25, 2022 Last Aug. 4. Principal Mr. Daniel Weslow sent out an updated version of the Shalhevet Student Handbook to students and parents. Almost...
New Jewish bioethics teacher will channel inspiration from her high school days By Tali Liebenthal, Staff Writer October 7, 2021 Bringing a love of both science and Judaism to Shalhevet, Mrs. Bracha Rich has joined the Judiac Studies faculty and will teach...
Administration ends Hashkama Minyan except for honors tracks By Tali Liebenthal, Staff Writer October 7, 2021 Hashkama Minyan, an early-morning daily prayer service that began at 7:20 a.m and was offered to all students beginning in 2013,...
Israel Under Fire: Views of a War By Keira Beller, Caroline Kboudi, and Tali Liebenthal August 23, 2021 On May 10, six rockets were fired into Israel from Hamas in Gaza. Two were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system,...
Constitution is relocated to first floor; second-floor lobby has new Israel display By Tali Liebenthal, Staff Writer June 7, 2021 After being stored in the first-floor administrative conference room since October, the Just Community Constitution has now been...
Have you missed it? Just Community Constitution preamble to return to 2nd-floor lobby soon, officials say By Tali Liebenthal, 9th Grade April 11, 2021 After about five months of being missing from its position at the top of the staircase in the second-floor lobby, Shalhevet’s...
Ami Kent: Applying Basketball to Life By Tali Liebenthal, Ninth Grade January 25, 2021 “I’ve liked sports my whole life and I really got into sports when I was younger. I picked up basketball and started playing...
![TRAVELING: Polina Vorona, 18, stopped to take a selfie in a restroom on her way from Ukraine to Poland in February. She and her grandmother traveled together from Kyiv, leaving behind Polina's father and grandfather. "I know it’s really hard for Granny," Polina said, “[to] be separate [from] her husband, with my grandfather, for the first time in I don’t know, 40 years."](https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/WhatsApp-Image-2022-04-26-at-6.05.41-PM-e1653022559743-900x643.jpeg)
