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ILLUSION: Two views of the fence design seen on Fairfax Avenue Monday show that from the south, it depicted the Iranian flag, in Nazi colors

LACMA fence swastika was an Iranian flag when viewed from opposite direction

By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 17, 2023

The 17-foot-wide swastika affixed to the LACMA fence on Monday depicted an Iranian flag when viewed at a different angle and...

MONUMENT: Protesters at a Jan. 8 gathering at Century City’s “Freedom Structure” art installation draped it with hijabs along with Iranian and Ukrainian flags.

Death of Masa Amini in Iran not a surprise to Iranian-Americans at Shalhevet

By Tali Liebenthal, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 17, 2023

  Shalhevet senior Hannah Nili was not the least bit surprised when she heard the news last fall that Iranian dissident...

SONG: With a photo of Israel’s Jezreel Valley behind them, the Choirhawks sang Shir Ha’Emek, a pioneer song about that valley, at the Museum of Tolerance.

Choirhawks share a song of history to mark 75th anniversary of UN partition vote

By Sophie Katz, Staff Writer
February 13, 2023

In a dimly lit auditorium scattered with people, the Shalhevet Choirhawks used music to paint a picture of Israel in the months...

PROTEST: Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 24, the day when Roe v. Wade was overturned.

Post Roe, states’ laws may say no when halacha says yes

By Molly Menashe, Torah Editor
January 1, 2023

Rabbi Abraham Lieberman, Shalhevet rabbi and teacher, says terminating a pregnancy violates Judaism’s prohibition against murder,...

MERCH: From left to right, Kai Belhassen, Alfie Drucker and Adam Westerman wore Kanyes Yeezy Slides at school last week. Out of 20 students  surveyed who have them, 11 said theyd stopped wearing them because of the rappers antisemitic tweets.

Most Yeezys stay home as students respond to Kanye’s, Kyrie’s antisemitism

By Noah Elad, Senior Editor
December 7, 2022

More than half of Shalhevet students surveyed who own Kanye West (Ye) apparel have stopped wearing it in response to his Tweet...

PREVENT: Above, a technician prepared an original Covid shot for then-sophomore Evan Beller in 2021.

Higashi recommends Omicron Covid booster shot for students

By Benjamin Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief
December 1, 2022

Dr. Julie Higashi, infectious disease expert and Los Angeles County Tuberculosis Controller, encourages teens to get the new bivalent...

REQUIRED: Dr. Higashi said it would be difficult for a Shalhevet student to get an exemption from the polio vaccine.

Higashi says monkeypox not a great threat to students, but polio can strike anyone unvaccinated

By Benjamin Gamson, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 28, 2022

Members of the Shalhevet community are at low-risk for contracting monkeypox, according to infectious disease expert Dr. Julie...

CHARGERS: Shalhevet has three EV charging stations, above, in the faculty parking lot. A portion of the Inflation Reduction Act allocates funds to build more to motivate people to purchase electric cars.

Inflation Reduction Act a boost for electric car owners

By Sophie Katz, 9th Grade
October 26, 2022

Senior Maalon Bohbot is delighted with at least part of  the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law by President Joe...

TRAVELING: Polina Vorona, 18, stopped to take a selfie in a restroom on her way from Ukraine to Poland in February. She and her grandmother traveled together from Kyiv, leaving behind Polinas father and grandfather. I know it’s really hard for Granny, Polina said, “[to] be separate [from] her husband, with my grandfather, for the first time in I don’t know, 40 years.

‘A sadness which you cannot explain with words’

By Tali Liebenthal, Community Editor
May 20, 2022

It seemed natural for Shalhevet sophomore Arielle Gueorguiev to sign up for a program that would connect her with a teenager in...

War in Ukraine: Is there a Russian side of the story?

By Tali Liebenthal, Community Editor
May 19, 2022

Yes, but perhaps not what you’d think. Science Department Chair Mr. Pavel Lieb – originally Russian himself – said he...

Soldiers standing guard at Chabad of Kyiv on Purim March 17.

Shul and large JCC are now shelters, says Chief Rabbi of Kyiv

By Benjamin Gamson, Editor in Chief
March 18, 2022

Purim came to Ukraine yesterday as it did to the entire Jewish world, and was observed at Chabad-Lubavitch of Kyiv with a seudah...

LAW: AB 101 was passed by the State Legislature in Sacramento in September.

Ethnic Studies curriculum not planned for Shalhevet, officials say

By Molly Menashe, 11th Grade
January 30, 2022

With students and teachers divided on the subject, Shalhevet’s administration so far does not plan on implementing an ethnic...

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