The Boiling Point

Junior Yaakov Sobel honored with Friendship Circle ‘Hineini’ award

By Ma'ayan Waldman, Community Editor • June 8, 2016

During his acceptance speech for one of the most prestigious awards a high school student in Los Angeles can receive, junior Yaakov Sobel looked up from his prepared remarks and saw his friend Sam jumping...

Spray paint, dancing and kavanah to celebrate Yom Haatzmaut

By Benjamin Zaghi, Staff Writer • June 7, 2016

When you see Israeli flags waved in the air, kids jumping up down and listening Israeli music being blasted in the gym, you know its Yom Ha’atzmaut at Shalhevet. March 12, students wore blue and white, matching the blue and white balloons and paper streamers that covered the decorated gym, and forgetting the competitive Just Community elections that had been consuming the student body that week.

Dr. Noel will not return next year

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor • May 31, 2016

Dr. Melissa Noel, who has taught various biological sciences at Shalhevet for three years, announced to her Advisory group this morning that she would not return next year. This year she taught Biology...

Speaker leads three days of talks on race, fairness and equality. and why they matter

By Lucy Fried, Staff Writer • May 24, 2016

In the large Beit Midrash, a hand flies into the air, and thoughts are shared on police brutality and how it can be solved. Disagreements are expressed on the direness of the issue. A student prompts...

Third JSPA conference views journalism through a Jewish lens

By Sharon Khalil, Staff Writer • May 24, 2016

Does journalism conflict with the laws of lashon harah – evil speech, or gossip? Yes and no, students learned at the third annual conference and Shabbaton of the Jewish Scholastic Press Association,...

Agenda says debate over found school constitution should wait for next fall

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor • May 19, 2016

A day after the Boiling Point published the previously lost Shalhevet Constitution, the Agenda Committee decided it should be discussed and possibly rewritten by the community next year, starting with an early Town Hall or perhaps at Just Community reorientation.

Public school ‘Jew Clubs’ take Shalhevet students out of Orthodox bubble

By Ma'ayan Waldman, Community Editor • May 18, 2016

When Shalhevet’s latest club began to venture off campus to public high schools during lunch, students quickly discovered that they would not just be friends or role models for diverse Jewish teens.

School constitution is found, envisioning a democracy similar and different

By Alec Fields, Torah Editor • May 18, 2016

After a two-week search, Shalhevet’s original Just Community Constitution has been found, and it describes a school democracy both similar to and different from the one practiced at school today. The...

Original Shalhevet Constitution: Complete Text

May 18, 2016

Source: Dr. Samuel Gomberg, Former General Studies Principal and Director of Moral Education Shalhevet Just Community Constitution Preamble We the students, faculty, administration and staff members...

Bennett Schneier elected Agenda chair as voters choose newcomers to lead Just Community

By Zev Kent, Sports Editor • May 13, 2016

Bennett Schneier, who is known for his humorous and controversial comments at Town Hall, was elected Agenda Chair today, becoming the first Agenda Chair without previous committee experience since Daniel...

Candidates for Agenda Chair differ on wide range of issues at contentious pre-election debate

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor • May 12, 2016

Sparks flew in the Agenda Chair candidates debate Tuesday, with charges, counter-charges, and at least one candidate saying she didn't have the chance to respond to a direct and partially untrue charge.

Ms. Sirkis will not return next year

By Eric Bazak and Hannah Jannol • May 12, 2016

Chemistry and Physics teacher Ms. Amy Sirkis announced to two of her classes this afternoon that she would not be returning to Shalhevet next year but will return to Pilgrim School in Koreatown, where...