Boycott, sit-in challenge non-renewal of Rabbi Richler, apparently without success
Ari Feuer, Opinion Editor
June 3, 2011
Long-time rabbi says he’s ‘touched’ and administrators say they’re listening, but so far no success in drive to keep school’s last long-bearded rabbi To see Rabbi Segal’s letter in response to the sit-in click here. To see the video of the sit-in click here. In an organized but apparently... Read more »
Snooze or lose: The problem with being sleepy
Nate Erez, Community Editor
March 12, 2011
Ever come home from a long day of school to do hours of homework and then go to sleep long after you want to as a result? Wake up the next morning dead tired, grab a coffee from Starbucks, and head to Fairfax and Olympic for a long day of school. According to a poll conducted in December, about a third... Read more »
Slapped in the Facebook … and other things that can go wrong when social media isn’t just social
Rachel Lester, Features Editor
January 7, 2011
Since Facebook has become such a dominant part of modern society, it’s easy to see why people have started using the website for purposes other than fun or communication. And why wouldn’t they? Facebook combines the services of e-mail, instant messages, photo sharing sites and everything you’ll... Read more »
Local rabbis apply Modern Orthodoxy to tough issues
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 students’ attention when they agreed that they wanted to welcome gays into their synagogues. Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky of B’nai-David Judea Congregation, Rabbi Elazar... Read more »
Judge’s comments on BP’s 2010 Story of the Year Award
November 14, 2010
The Boiling Point won first place from the National Scholastic Press Association in the “Multimedia Package” category for its coverage of Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach’s resignation and its fallout last spring. Here are the judge’s comments. Source:http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/winners/story10.html#comments First... Read more »
Life beyond the bubble: Alumni find many shades of Jewish life on campus
Rachel Lester, Features Editor
November 1, 2010
Shalhevet prides itself on being a school that prepares students to study in the top secular universities and observe their religion wherever they find themselves. But do students actually want to venture outside the Orthodox Jewish bubble? Based on interviews with more than a dozen recent alumni, the... 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 »
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 »
How Time Magazine doesn’t care about journalism
Jenny Newman, Staff Columnist
October 31, 2010
“In the week that three Presidents, a King and their own Prime Minister gather at the White House to begin a fresh round of talks on peace between Israel and the Palestinians, the truth is, Israelis are no longer preoccupied with the matter,” writes Karl Vick, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for Time Magazine. The... Read more »
Gilad Shalit’s father praises LA Mayor Villaraigosa in Boiling Point interview
Zev Hurwitz, Editor-in-Chief
August 30, 2010
Noam Shalit, father of the kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, will not stand for Israel’s inaction regarding his son’s four-year captivity. So he’ll sit down for a bit. After 11 days of marching cross-country from their family home in the Upper Galilee, Noam and his wife Aviva settled July... Read more »
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