College destinations for Shalhevet grads are mostly Modern Orthodox-friendly
November 1, 2010
TOP 12: Universities with the most Shalhevet grad enrollees from 2006 to the present. All have at least some Orthodox life and seven offer pretty much anything you can find in the neighborhoods around Shalhevet. Barnard and Columbia are listed together because their Jewish activities are combined. This... Read more »
New resource specialist befriends all kinds of students
Tamar Willis, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010
Students who are falling behind in classes or have trouble learning have a new Resource Learning Specialist, Mr. Josh Horwatt. He also teaches an eighth grade math class. Mr. Horwatt primarily teaches students with more intense needs, such as Autism or Aspbergers Syndrome, while Inclusion Specialists... Read more »
Boiling Point wins awards
Colleen Bazak, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010
Five Shalhevet students have been named finalists for Story of the Year by the National Scholastic Press Association, and the Boiling Point has also won recognition for its overall coverage throughout the 2009-10 school year. Alumna Lexi Gelb ’10 and current students Zev Hurwitz, Jaclyn Kellner,... Read more »
Israeli team saves Gazan baby in acclaimed new film
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 young Palestinian woman wearing a hijab and a loose-fitting robe leans over the crib of her four-month-old son. The boy was born with no immune system and needs a costly operation.... Read more »
U.S. official in Mexico says bond is close, strong
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 promotes the opposite of the spirit that USAID – the United States Agency for International Development — wants to project in its relationship with Mexico. In a phone... Read more »
Two Jewish women are now on the High Court
Rose Bern, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010
Donning a Harry Potter-esque robe, frying latkes in December and talking politics all the time have one thing in common: They’re all part of being a Jewish woman serving on the United States Supreme Court. With Justice Elena Kagan sworn in Aug. 7, joining Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Ruth ... Read more »
For Kagan and Ginsburg, strong Jewish backgrounds don’t mean halachic views
Rose Bern, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010
Though both Elana Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg had Jewish upbringing and identify strongly as Jews, it’s difficult to tell how Judaism affects their views as justices of the Supreme Court. Both identify with the Democratic Party and they hold similar political views. But their opinions differ on abortion... Read more »
Shalhevet Choir sings at dedication of new Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust
Eitan Rothman, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010
Mayor, councilmen share the stage as 50-year effort to open new museum bears fruit Dressed in black and white clothes that harmonized perfectly with the building they were honoring, the Shalhevet Choir performed Oct. 14 at the dedication ceremony for the new Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan... Read more »
Why not do your nails at home?
Hannah-Leeba Ellenhorn, Staff Writer
November 1, 2010
Have you ever wished you could get a salon-quality manicure at home without having to pay for it? Manicures can run anywhere from $11 at Contempo Nails on Robertson all the way to $30 at The Paint Shop on trendy Third Street in West Hollywood. For an initial investment of $25 – for one bottle... Read more »
Bodhi on Pico: Say hi to Thai
Nathaniel Kukurudz, Managing Editor
November 1, 2010
No one will argue that it’s easy to limit oneself to only kosher restaurants, especially since it seems that 95 percent of them in Los Angeles lie between a certain Mobil gas station and a mortuary on Pico Boulevard. So you can imagine my joy when something totally unique opens. Bodhi restaurant (closer... Read more »
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