Alumni Dvar Torah: Returning to our Hearts, and to Israel By Josh Meisel September 15, 2012 BS”D Parshat Nitzavim By Josh Meisel, '12 This week's Parsha contains the concept of teshuva in it. The Rambam actually...
Color War opened with drug-testing ruse By Leila Miller, Editor in Chief June 29, 2012 In a new twist to Color War breakout, the Student Activities Committee spread a fake story among the student body saying that...
HAREDI: Behind the label is a world apart By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief June 14, 2012 Many girls at Bais Yaakov – an all-girls Haredi high school in West Hollywood – don’t know who Brad Pitt or Justin Bieber...
HAREDI: From Beit Shemesh, a spark that exposed a simmering fire By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief June 14, 2012 Last fall, an insular community that does its best to separate itself from the outside world was thrust into the spotlight after...
Haredi Dating: Rabbis, research, resumes and a look into the soul By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief June 12, 2012 Although students at Shalhevet may start dating before girls at Bais Yaakov, they’re probably farther away from marriage. Most...
Shalhevet seniors celebrate Yom Yerushalayim in Lancut, Poland May 23, 2012 Scroll down to see the video of students singing and dancing in the Lancut Synagogue in Lancut, Poland. The synagogue was built...
Milken’s Jason Ablin to blend Judaic, General Studies here By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief April 2, 2012 After successfully implementing a vision of integrated Judaic and General Studies curricula at Milken Community High School,...
Building a Winter Day Outfit By Talia Rotenberg, Fashion Columnist March 30, 2012 When you wake up in the morning to a gloomy day and realize you have 10 minutes before you have to run out the door, follow this...
Rabbi Leubitz leaving next year to be head of Oakland Hebrew Day School By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief March 26, 2012 Judaic Studies principal Rabbi Ari Leubitz is leaving Shalhevet at the end of the school year to be Head of School at Oakland...
Fairness Committee votes 6-5 not to block Facebook By Leila Miller, Editor-in-chief March 21, 2012 According to Fairness co-chair David Fletcher, Acting General Studies Principal Mr. Roy Danovitch lost the Fairness case he brought...
Shalhevet Drama finds an unexpected mirror In ‘Pride and Prejudice’ By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief December 23, 2011 This story is a National Winner in the Features Story category of Quill and Scroll’s 2012 International Writing and Photo Contest,...
New Sephardic minyan lets students feel at home By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief December 22, 2011 Their voices rolling with a North African lilt, students in the two-month old Sephardic minyan sing to a different melody than...
Hallway mania: Students watch live streaming of Houston basketball tournament By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief November 21, 2011 Shouts, whoops, groans and clapping filled the halls today as for the first time ever students in school could watch online live...
What we’re wearing: Sleep decides when ‘comfy’ becomes ‘lazy’ By Talia Rotenberg, Staff Columnist November 7, 2011 As Shalhevet students, do we care about how we look? We all want to feel comfortable, but have we blurred the line between comfy-and-cute...
Four national awards for the Boiling Point By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer November 7, 2011 The Boiling Point has won four awards, including its first-ever prize for page design, in two of the country’s most prestigious...
D’var Torah: The power of wine By Josh Meisel, 12th Grade November 1, 2011 With Rosh Hashanah and Simchat Torah, we marked the beginning of both the new year and the start of the Torah once again. In the...
All in the family as Jewish reggae comes to L.A. By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer October 31, 2011 Matisyahu’s fans are usually combat-boot clad, Afro-sporting, tattoed rockers, and in fact, quite a few of them turned up to...
As readers and as writers, students brave the blogosphere By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief October 31, 2011 Blogging,” like “Tweeting,” “Facebooking,” and “Googling,” is a web phenomenon so popular that it’s turned...
New music group forms — just don’t call it a band By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer October 31, 2011 What do you get when you cross a toy piano, acoustic and electric guitars, a ukulele, a harmonica, and tambourines with some very...
Poland-Israel trip moved back to May By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief October 4, 2011 Previously scheduled vacations, co-curricular conflicts, AP exams, and fundraising and teaching schedules caused Rabbi Segal to...
You can be yourself in shades of beige By Talia Rotenberg, Staff Columnist August 29, 2011 This fall as we settle back into our school routines, the weather is changing and so is the fashion. We are lucky because for...
For Eli Schiff, an eight-week dash to remodel By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief August 27, 2011 Whether by carrying heavy boxes, wheeling carts through the hallway or staying until 9 p.m., Eli Schiff was going to have school...
Coach of a different ‘Flava’ By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief August 26, 2011 When Coach Ronnie Winbush was younger, he always did things a bit differently – with a different “flavor,” one could say....
E-mailed schedules incorrect, school starts at eight By Leila Miller, Editor-in-Chief August 21, 2011 Personalized e-mails sent out Aug. 8 gave students their class schedules before school started. But the times of the class meeting...
Principal Tranchi taught, led, inspired students By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor June 29, 2011 When General Studies Principal Phu Tranchi moves out of his well-organized office next month, he will leave behind deep bonds...
Four new Judaic teachers have wide range of educational backgrounds By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor June 29, 2011 Three rabbis and one rebbetzin, whose backgrounds include studies at Harvard, Columbia, Yeshiva University, Stern College and...
Spirit, spunk and a nudge toward the gap year By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor June 29, 2011 Known for hosting Friday night onegs for her classes, shopping with students online and infectious energy when advising SAC events,...
Where weeds once grew By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor June 29, 2011 aaaaaaa VEGGIE CREW: Maintenance worker Javier Sanchez waters the new vegetable garden outside the Music and...
Warmth and ruach that got students on their feet By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor June 29, 2011 “You have to rely on the administration,” school founder Dr. Jerry Friedman told The Boiling Point a few hours after students...
Smiles and laughter, served with math By Talia Rotenberg, Staff Writer June 29, 2011 “I am just naturally always talking with my hands, never standing still, have high energy and enthusiasm, etcetera,” Mr....
Business class guru will head day school in Pa. By Talia Rotenberg, Staff Writer June 29, 2011 He arrived as a fulltime administrator and leaves as a part-time teacher of a popular new elective – but in his new position...
Sophomore wins Israel scholarship in art contest By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor June 29, 2011 Sophomore Emilie Benyowitz has won third place in the Jewish Federation’s city-wide The Future is Now art contest, earning a...
Two Boiling Points of View: Good Strategy By Justin Brandt-Sarif, Staff Writer June 5, 2011 As “Hail to the Chief” played on loudspeakers, President Barak Obama was met with cold applause as he took the stage to address...
There’s something special about studying on Shavuot night By Josh Meisel, 11th Grade June 3, 2011 Everyone knows about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover, but many don’t know about the true beauty of Shavuot. As we all...
Student-organized Sunday picnic forges Muslim-Jewish friendships By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer June 3, 2011 "Is that some kind of religious thing?" a fellow 16-year-old asked junior Josh Meisel, who was wearing his tzitzit hanging outside...
Nakba Day protests breach Israel’s borders By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor June 3, 2011 By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor Protestors crossed the borders from Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank into Israel...
Girls’ Chorus: New singers, more songs, no boys By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer June 3, 2011 Ever since choir president Ariella Benji announced at Town Hall that the energetic singing group was in grave danger of being...
Israel’s borders breached in Nakba Day protests By Leila Miller, Acting Editor-in-Chief May 15, 2011 By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor Protestors crossed the borders from Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank into Israel...
14 awards at Penn Model Congress By Deanna Grunfeld, Staff Writer April 20, 2011 After of running into numerous logistical and mechanical difficulties during a five-day excursion to the University of Pennsylvania,...
Teachers share a talent for thrift By Talia Rotenberg, Fashion Columnist April 20, 2011 Fall and winter are finally on their way out and it’s time to welcome spring and summer! With the warm seasons approaching,...
Jewish community of Japan works fast to offer quake aid By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor April 18, 2011 Despite its small size, Japan’s Jewish community of 2,000 organized unique relief-efforts when a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and...
A Jewish teen’s account of the earthquake By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor April 18, 2011 It was during a game of floor hockey in P.E. when the gym floor in Tokyo’s American School in Japan began shifting sideways....
Town Hall, election tackle fundraising dispute By Leona Fallas, Staff Writer April 18, 2011 Competition over fundraising has sparked animosity between the juniors and seniors of Shalhevet. The Agenda Committee proposed...
Unleash some attitude By Talia Rotenberg, Fashion Columnist March 12, 2011 I cannot believe we are already halfway into the school year. We have our friendships established, no more nerves about new teachers...
REGGAE: The latest Jewish sound is Rasta By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer March 11, 2011 When I think of Jewish music, I think of Uncle Moishy, or the niggunim my family sings at the Shabbat table. But there’s a new...
Online from afar, LA Muslim teens back Egyptian protests By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor March 11, 2011 A 16-year-old girl’s hand, painted in the colors of the Egyptian flag with the Arabic word “enough,” can go a long way on...
A Just Community milestone: Dr. J’s 500th Town Hall is March 24 By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer March 11, 2011 Dr. Jill Beerman doesn’t actually remember that first Town Hall in the fall of 1994, but she has a pretty good idea what it...
Basketball almost wins in first CIF quarterfinals By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer March 10, 2011 Shalhevet’s Boys’ Basketball team suffered a gut-wrenching 64–62 loss at its first-ever CIF quarterfinal playoff game Feb....
Wave of recognitions supports a state of ‘Palestine’ By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor March 10, 2011 Athough usually attuned to news about Israel, most students didn’t notice when eight South American countries recognized a state...
Firehawks fight through two overtime periods, fall to Bishop Garcia in first-ever quarterfinal playoff effort By Leona Fallas, Senior Staff Writer March 9, 2011 Shalhevet's Boys' Basketball team suffered a heartbreaking 64–62 loss March 7 against the Bishop Diego Cardinals in Santa Barbara,...
Cruise the news contest By Talia Rotenberg, Advertising Editor February 10, 2011 Email your answers to [email protected]. First three people to answer all six questions correctly will win a $5...
L.A. Muslim teens juggle Islam and school while fighting misconceptions By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor January 6, 2011 Most teenagers don’t have to explain to their classmates that they aren’t terrorists and are not related to Osama Bin Laden,...
Local rabbis apply Modern Orthodoxy to tough issues By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor January 2, 2011 At a first-ever school Modern Orthodoxy symposium, three rabbis who lead shuls that are home to many Shalhevet families captured...
A new piano: smooth, clear and lush to hear By Leona Fallas, Arts Editor December 31, 2010 Smooth, crisp music flows through the Beit Midrash, capturing the attention of anyone within earshot. The notes dance from black...
Boys’ basketball knocks out host Wildcats for the first time, taking fourth place at Milken Classic By Leona Fallas, Arts Editor December 31, 2010 Adding to an exciting fourth-place finish at the Milken Classic, the Firehawk boys’ basketball team conquered the Milken Wildcats...
BP wins NSPA Multimedia Story of the Year, 1st Place By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor November 15, 2010 With screams of delight and high-fives, Boiling Point staff learned last Saturday that coverage of Rabbi Weinbach's resignation...
U.S. official in Mexico says bond is close, strong By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor November 1, 2010 “Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote the American poet Robert Frost in “The Mending Wall.” However, this statement...
Israeli team saves Gazan baby in acclaimed new film By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor November 1, 2010 In a room in Tel HaShomer Hospital near Tel Aviv, just a two-hour drive from the Erez checkpoint on the Israel-Gaza border, a...
Jewish teens in Mexico respond to drug violence By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor October 31, 2010 In Mexico, a country plagued by violence for decades – most recently in its ongoing drug war – people learn to adapt. “We...
In concert, Miley won’t be tamed by Hannah Montana By Leona Fallas, Arts Editor August 30, 2010 Two air guitars blast “dun-dun-dun-danana” as the curtains open to flurry of black leather and biker boots. It’s so loud...
What does Miley Cyrus have in common with Shalhevet students? By Leona Fallas, Arts Editor August 30, 2010 “Where are you?” “On my way to the Miley Cyrus concert.” “I just lost all respect for you.” Surprisingly,...
Peace talks have started between Israel and Palestinian Authority By Leila Miller, Outside News Editor August 30, 2010 Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian authority resumed Sept. 20 after 20 months, after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham...
New school year, new styles By Leona Fallas, Arts Editor August 26, 2010 We’re all sad to leave the sunshine for school, but the end of August does have a bright side: back-to-school shopping! I’m...
The new schedule: Keeping us focused By Justin Brandt-Sarif, 11th Grade August 26, 2010 Every student who has ever attended a Town Hall knows that when the bell rings and the topic ends, a rift in the day is formed....
Choir concert reaches high notes in funky sneakers By Leona Fallas, Photo Editor July 1, 2010 Shalhevet’s energetic and rambunctious choir, led by an enthusiastic Mrs. Joelle Keene in purple striped socks, performed its...
Where Romeo and Juliet are Celtics and Lakers By Deanna Grunfeld, Staff Writer June 30, 2010 The Celtics and the Lakers got into a heated fight last week -- in the Wildfire Theater at Shalhevet. NBA Commissioner David...
Argentine film paints torn relationships, elusive justice By Leila Miller, Arts Editor June 30, 2010 By Leila Miller, Arts Editor In The Secret in Their Eyes, an Argentine movie that won Best Foreign-Language Film at this year’s...
A boost for teens, trees and water conservation By Leila Miller, Arts Editor May 23, 2010 Rachel Lester’s platform, which she posted on the SoRo website before her election to the South Roberstson...
Rachel Lester elected to SoRo neighborhood panel By Leila Miller, Arts Editor May 23, 2010 In her black Shalhevet jacket with its blazing red letters, sophomore Rachel Lester assertively approached one of the desk clerks...
Color War: A day of fun and bonding By Deanna Grunfeld, 10th Grade May 23, 2010 “One, we are the orange team, two, a little louder, three, I still can’t hear you four more more more”! Today is Color War...
Kol Sasson teaches Shalhevet choir new techniques By Leila Miller, Arts Editor May 23, 2010 Standing in a circle, the Shalhevet choir and Kol Sasson, the University of Maryland’s Jewish a capella group, started off chanting...
Scenes from childhood become ‘Collective Memory’ in drama’s One-Act Festival By Leila Miller, Arts Editor May 23, 2010 Young people, especially teenagers, sometimes find it hard to identify with older generations, and vice versa. Collective Memory,...
Shomer Negiah keeps our school a comfortable place By Leona Fallas, Photo editor March 18, 2010 During lunch at a public school, students can be found strewn throughout hallways and courtyards, interlocked in public displays...
The moment when science and religion went to war By Leila Miller, Arts Editor March 18, 2010 Few people can claim to have “killed God,” but in a scene from the British film Creation, T.H Huxley, a colleague of Darwin’s,...
Student entrepreneurs get down to business By Leona Fallas, Photo Editor March 18, 2010 The room is abuzz as 15 aspiring entrepreneurs click frantically on their laptops. In groups of four, they research their potential...
Jewish teens reach out to help Chile cope By Leila Miller, Arts Editor March 18, 2010 An 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile on Feb. 27 left the world stunned, especially after Haiti. But the Jewish community there,...
Photos of Poland-Israel trips bring back memories By Leila Miller, Arts Editor March 18, 2010 “It’s important to capture the moment,” says Eddie Friedman, who photographed Shalhevet’s annual Poland-Israel trips from...
Turning heads with locks of lavender By Leona Fallas, Photo Editor March 18, 2010 Shalhevet girls have always had a flair for eye-catching color, and lately, it affects even their hair. In recent weeks, girls...
Hawks soar, defeating YULA in soccer match-up By Deanna Grunfeld, Staff Writer March 18, 2010 On a brightly lit outdoor soccer field in Glendale, the Shalhevet Firehawks finally accomplished what they hadn’t in two years:...
Prop lists and perfectionism: Taking ‘A Shayna Maidel’ from the page to the stage By Leila Miller, Arts Editor January 5, 2010 "It’s the most stressful thing ever,” said junior Nathaniel Kukurudz, who played the father role of Mordechai Weiss in this...
