Does prayer work?  Yes – and maybe

Does prayer work? Yes – and maybe

Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor

In the opening weeks of school last fall, at least five students learned that a parent was suffering from some form of cancer. Since enrollment at Shalhevet hovers around... read story

May 14, 2013 • 0 comments

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Yom Ha' Shoah: Students lighting candles in remembrance of the Holocaust on Yom Ha' Shoah.  Eric Garcetti: Eric Garcetti, a mayoral candidate for Los Angeles, reading The Boiling Point, at a private fundraiser in Hancock Park. Jan 2: Shalhevet beats rival YULA with a score of 59-49! Here, Simcha Halpert tries to overtake guard, Jordyn Schoenfeld, during the game. Dec 4: Shalhevet robotics team took a field trip to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Nov 20: Teen line gave a presentation to Shalhevet students about bullying and suicide. Students look on as a Teen line representative tells her story about being bullied in school. Nov 3: Shalhevet hosts the annual symposium which included 4 rabbis from the community: Rabbi Einhorn, Rabbi Kanefsky, Rabbi Muskin, and Rabbi Topp. Nov 1: Senior girls held baby shower/birthday party for new mom to be, Raizie Weissman and birthday girl, Natalie Kessler.
Mayoral candidates answer questions from The Boiling Point as election nears

Mayoral candidates answer questions from The Boiling Point as election nears

Taking the pulse of next Tuesday's runoff from Bill Clinton to Will Ferrell -- with a stop at Steven Spielberg's mom's restaurant on Pico By Daniel Steinberg, Staff Writer "Of... read story

May 17, 2013 • 0 comments

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Student-written murder mystery is Drama’s ‘devised play,’ replacing One-Acts

Student-written murder mystery is Drama’s ‘devised play,’ replacing One-Acts

Rose Lipner, Staff Writer

When the owner of Grand Ol’ Opry Diner is murdered, who will be declared guilty? The answer to that question is the product of the imaginations of Shalhevet's drama students, who are collaborating to create a new play together.  Drama has abandoned... read story

May 10, 2013 • 0 comments

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Samira Miller, Class of 1999: Community and family

Samira Miller, Class of 1999: Community and family

SHALHEVET AT 20: A SERIES Editor's note: Shalhevet's first academic year was  1992-93, meaning the school is now 20 years old. The Boiling Point will profile alumni from... read story

February 21, 2013 • 0 comments

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Intramural basketball ignites lunchtime mania

Intramural basketball ignites lunchtime mania

By Sigal Spitzer, Sports Editor It’s lunchtime and the hallways are quiet. Where did all the boys go?  For the past three weeks, a series of hotly contested intramural basketball games has taken place on the Sport Court, with more than 30 students watching as five-member teams compete. Sophomores... read story

May 13, 2013 • 0 comments

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2 Boiling Points of View: Birkot Hashachar: Tradition should be stable

By Mati Hurwitz, Torah Editor People have their turf, places where they feel they belong. You may or may not be rivals with people on other turfs, but everyone has their... read story

February 6, 2013 • 0 comments

2 Boiling Points of View: Birkot Hashachar: Embrace new traditions

By Margo Feuer, 10th Grade “Blessed are You, Lord our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has not made me a woman.” It seems hard to explain that I, who have heard... read story

February 6, 2013 • 0 comments

OP-ED: Don’t blame video games for Newtown massacre

By Paul Merritt, 11th Grade A controversy about video gaming circulated recently among social networks and news commentators, arising from a mistaken report about who exactly... read story

January 20, 2013 • 0 comments

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