Rabbanit tells senior girls: ‘We need you within the Torah world’ By Lucy Fried, Co-Editor-In-Chief October 23, 2018 'In the 12th century, there was no holiday of Simchat Torah. In the 14th century, it was celebrated in part by pre-bar-mitzvah-age...
A great step for the school makes us want more October 4, 2018 By the BP Editorial Board Having Judaic role models for both genders at a co-ed school is crucial. We have wonderful rabbis...
Ms. Segal is first female teacher to get Jewish title at school By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief October 4, 2018 Yoetzet Halacha Atara Segal is Shalhevet’s first female Judaic faculty member to have a title other than Ms. or Morah, but neither...
Her training completed, Yoetzet Segal finds new ways to teach and relate to students, female and male By Tobey Lee and Lucy Fried October 3, 2018 This story won a Best of SNO award. Last month in Israel, Ms. Atara Segal, who has been teaching Tanakh, Talmud, and Statistics...
Beyond courtesy: Titles raise conundrum for schools and synagogues nationwide By Clara Sandler, Community Editor September 12, 2017 When Judaic Studies teacher Ilana Wilner arrived at Shalhevet in fall 2015, it wasn’t clear what she was going to be called. She...
