COLUMN: Where childhood martyrdom is ‘in,’ critical thinking is ‘out’

Jenny Newman, Staff Columnist
August 30, 2010

A Jenny for your thoughts: In Palestinian YouTube video, childhood has no room for children “When we die as martyrs, we will go to heaven…” These words, sung in Arabic to a very catchy tune by a young girl who couldn’t be more than 10 years old, brought new meaning this summer to the idea... Read more »

Peace talks have started between Israel and Palestinian Authority

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 Clinton worked with the United Nations, European Union and Russia – in a group known as the Quartet, which promotes peace in the Middle East – to clear the way for negotiations. Israeli... Read more »

YULA’s Rabbi Etshalom to teach Modern Orthodoxy to seniors

Jenny Newman, Staff Columnist
August 30, 2010

The six degrees of separation between Shalhevet and YULA have just decreased. Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, who is entering his 14th year teaching at our rival school, has joined the Shalhevet faculty. Rabbi Etshalom is teaching a senior class called Contemporary Modern Orthodoxy, which will explore the definition... Read more »

The Great Grease Sing-Along: A cultural icon, repackaged and recession-proof

Jacob Ellenhorn, Staff Writer
August 30, 2010

What’s a guy to do on a summer Saturday Night in Las Vegas? Drag his middle-aged parents and younger siblings to see the Grease Sing-A-Long, of course.  It didn’t take much convincing because Mom and Dad were way too eager to point out that Glee and High School Musical are mere Grease spawn. As... Read more »

What does Miley Cyrus have in common with Shalhevet students?

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, a majority of the Shalhevet student population has this contempt for Miley Cyrus. Although they may hate most teen-pop artists, they especially hate Miley Cyrus. Could it be because of... Read more »

In concert, Miley won’t be tamed by Hannah Montana

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 I can feel the rhythm pulsing through my body like a heartbeat, and I would have thought about putting in the neon pink earplugs they gave us before the show if I hadn’t... Read more »

Tennis champ takes over athletics

Rachel Lester, Chief Layout Editor
August 30, 2010

Shalhevet’s new Athletic Director has many ideas to improve the school’s sports program, as well as an impressive athletic resume to back them up.  Mr. David Paradzik (pronounced Pa-RAD-zik) was an American Top 10 junior tennis player and played for the University of Michigan tennis team, for... Read more »

Alumni reconnect through baseball

Eitan Rothman, Staff Writer
August 30, 2010

As the summer wound down and college students started heading back to school, 11 Shalhevet alumni gathered at Rancho Park, on August 15 to play baseball and reconnect. “I just missed playing, so I decided to get everyone together,” said Daniel Bain, class of ’08 and the primary planner of the event. Joined... Read more »

Building bridges while deconstructing buildings in AJSS teen summer program

Jaclyn Kellner, Deputy Editor
August 31, 2010

Conflicting views on gender issues test principles of religious pluralism … In an uninhabited farmhouse in the once-Jewish farming community of Marvell, Arkansas, the 21 members of my summer program, American Jewish Society for Service, sat in a circle to discuss how we should pray together. As... Read more »