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No more fall back?    Prop 7 would promote Daylight Saving Time year-round

No more ‘fall back’? Prop 7 would promote Daylight Saving Time year-round

By Sam Rubanowitz, Staff Writer
November 4, 2018

Last night at 2 a.m., California and 47 other states turned back their clocks one hour, returning to Standard Time after almost...

MOURNING:  About 700 people lit candles, sang songs and listened to speakers at a memorial Sunday night for victims of Saturdays synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh.

Faiths and viewpoints come together at Westwood vigil for Pittsburgh shooting victims

By Sam Rubanowitz, Staff Writer
October 30, 2018

On a wide expanse of grass on the south side of Wilshire Boulevard, beyond the noise and traffic of the street, there was a stillness...

INVOLVED:    Mayor Eric Garcetti, campaigning Sunday in Santa Clarita for a Democratic candidate for Congress, said the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh should not make Jewish teenagers live in fear but rather build bridges with other groups.

EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Garcetti tells LA Jewish teens to build bridges to other groups in wake of Pittsburgh tragedy

By Shani Shaham and Eva Brous-Light, Staff Writers
October 29, 2018

It's okay to feel the pain of what is happening, to feel it and cry.  But remember to stand up afterward, get involved and...

Anti-gentrification protests challenge Boyle Heights kosher restaurant

By Molly Litvak, Outside News Editor
September 27, 2018

It would have been news anyway: last spring, a new kosher restaurant opened in Los Angeles -- not in Pico-Robertson or North Hollywood,...

Brazil museum fire burns history of centuries

Brazil museum fire burns history of centuries

By Nicholas Fields, Torah Editor
September 23, 2018

  The 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil was burned to a crisp on Sunday, Sep. 2, after a fire which consumed...

Pepsico buys Israel-based SodaStream for $3.2 billion

Pepsico buys Israel-based SodaStream for $3.2 billion

By Jackson Resin, 10th grade
September 23, 2018

On Aug. 20, another Israeli company came off the shelves, as SodaStream sold to U.S. based PepsiCo in a deal valued at...

To save the oceans: No more plastic straws?

To save the oceans: No more plastic straws?

By Molly Litvak, Outside News Editor
September 23, 2018

It may be time to start carrying around a reusable straw. More and more cities and restaurants have declared a ban on...

BERETS:   IDF Private Rachel Lester, Shalhevet class of 2012, posed with her camera at sunrise at the end of the Nahal Beret March last summer. The recruits later received their green berets.  Photo by Samantha Sharpe.

From fact-checks to Facebook, Shalhevet alum helps IDF tell its story

By Molly Litvak, Outside News Editor
September 7, 2018

Imagine you’re watching gruesome raw footage of people running with weapons, setting fire to wide swathes of land and threatening...

 POULTRY:  Seventeen cases, including one death in New York, have now been linked to Empire chicken that was sold between last September and June. Cooking chicken thoroughly prevents the disease.  BP photo by Honor Fuchs.

Check your freezer: Salmonella outbreak in Empire chicken from last spring prompts USDA advisory now

By Clara Sandler, Co-Editor-in-Chief
August 29, 2018

The USDA has issued a public health alert for Empire Kosher Poultry because of  “possible Salmonella contamination.” The...

Hamas leaders called on the crowds to cross into Israel. IDF sniper fire killed more than 100, most but not all fighters.

Was IDF Gaza action justified? Students struggle but most say yes

By Nicholas Fields, Arts & Culture Editor
June 5, 2018

Shalhevet students were mostly supportive of the actions of Israeli soldiers who shot into crowds of Palestinian protesters gathered...

TABLE TALK: Netanyahu may face charges; new U.S. tax plan takes effect

TABLE TALK: Netanyahu may face charges; new U.S. tax plan takes effect

By Nicholas Fields, Arts & Culture Editor
May 16, 2018

Netanyahu accused of corruption Investigations into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara have led to...

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