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Podcast: Season 4, Episode 1: SAC Chairs Atara Cohen and Adi Liebenthal plan a year of happiness

Podcast: Season 4, Episode 1: SAC Chairs Atara Cohen and Adi Liebenthal plan a year of happiness

By Jonah Delson and Etan Lerner September 29, 2023

In Season 4 Episode 1, podcast host Jonah Delson interviews seniors Adi Liebenthal and Atara Cohen, co-chairs of the Student Activities Committee (SAC), about their plans for the 2023-24 school...

HOLIDAY: Yom Kippur Starts tonight at sundown. The fast begins tonight at 6:29 p.m. and end tomorrow night at 7:23 p.m. (Times for 90036, chabad.org)

Yom Kippur: Are you a little bit Yonah?

By Arieh Elad, Torah Editor September 24, 2023

We are cleansed of our sins on Yom Kippur when we confess, when we apologize, and when we forgive ourselves. The process of teshuva – repentance – is when we repair our wrongdoings and ultimately return...

FRANKLY: New tech director Mr. Yossie Frankel jumped at the opportunity to return to Shalhevet after a stint at YULA. “I really love it here,” he said.

It’s back to the future as former IT director returns to former role

By Max Messinger, Copy Editor September 21, 2023

After a hiatus, fully operational WiFi – and Mr. Yossie Frankel – have returned to Shalhevet. Mr. Frankel, who served as Shalhevet’s IT Director and Director of Ed Tech – educational technology...

AIM: Arielle sets for the hoop during the CIF Div. 4AA State Championship game against San Domenico March 10 at the NBA Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

ARIELLE GROSSMAN: State win was more than basketball

By Shevy Gomperts, Staff Writer September 20, 2023

Awarded with the Most Valuable Player Award during Glouberman, Arielle Grossman was a Firehawk star all season long on the road to achieving the team's greatest-ever victory, the CIF Div. 4AA State Championship...

On the second night of Rosh Hashanah, it’s customary to eat a fruit you haven’t eaten in a while. The reason is to be sure that there is something to celebrate with a bracha.

Fruit and forgiveness: For Rosh Hashanah, an unexpected connection

By Jonah Delson, 10th Grade September 15, 2023

“A life lived without forgiveness is a prison,” said William Arthur Ward, an American motivational writer. That’s pretty deep – let’s lighten the mood a bit. I really dislike fruit. I mean...

VIDEO: First Day of School

By Ariel Mazar and Etan Lerner August 29, 2023

This video follows scenes of the first day of the 2023–24 school year, and also features interviews with students and teachers about how they feel going into the new school year on the first day of classes.

CENTERSTAGE: Ms. Chase, top right, founded Shalhevet’s drama program, directing main stage performances, musicals, and student-written one-acts.

Emily Chase, who led drama department for 20-plus years, is leaving for Crossroads

By Sonya Katzin, Arts & Culture Editor August 24, 2023

Ms. Emily Chase, who founded and developed the drama department while encouraging students to write and direct their own plays, announced this morning that she will be leaving for Crossroads School for...

Ve’etchanan, which begins at Devarim (Deuteronomy) Chapter 3 verse 23, was read in synagogues July 29.

SUMMER PARSHA: In Ve’etchanan, Chorev has something to say about Sinai

By Etan Lerner, Co-Video & Podcast Editor August 20, 2023

The fifth perek, or chapter, of Parshat Ve’etchanan includes the repetition of the Ten Commandments, first revealed in Shemot in Parshat Yitro. In Ve'etchanan, the section starts off with a straightforward...

The tiny, round and spkey coronavirus known as Covid-19 disrputed education everywhere. What was the effect at Shalhevet?

Most faculty say Covid disruption hit concentration harder than learning

By Shevy Gomperts, 9th Grade July 3, 2023

For most of the world – including Shalhevet – constant reminders of Covid disappeared months ago. Shalhevet has been free of masks, social distancing, plexiglass desk shields, outdoor classes, hand...

PARSHA: Parshat Chukat will be read on the Shabbat of June 24, 2023

SUMMER PARSHA: In Chukat, with just a few sharp words, Moses changes the ending of his story

By Etan Lerner, Staff Writer June 28, 2023

Many say that Moshe’s most transgressive sin took place in Parashat Chukat, when he famously struck a rock to bring forth water instead of speaking to it as God had commanded. According to many of the...

LEADING: Head of School Rabbi David Block was one of the 51 people who donated blood at this years spring drive April 27.

Spring blood drive goes overtime, five donors turned away

By Arieh Elad, 9th Grade June 23, 2023

As a result of time and other factors, five volunteers were turned away from this year’s blood drive – but organizers’ goal of 45 donors was still exceeded because 51 people were able to donate. In...

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