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Jenny Newman, Outside News Columnist

Jenny Newman has been writing for the Boiling Point since her freshman year, her stories contributing to every section from Torah to Opinion. She has been editor of Outside News for a year, and has written many detailed stories for her section on topics like the Goldstone Report and the actions of the Israeli army. Jenny is also involved in a plethora of after-school activities, including Mock Trial, Model Congress, Model United Nations, Playwriting, and Choir.

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COLUMN: At a crossroads, a (scary) time of possibility

By Jenny Newman, Senior Columnist
June 6, 2011

At this time, the United States recognizes 194 independent countries. Very soon, that number may grow by at least one: an autonomous...

OPINION: The bitter truth behind chocolate’s sweetness

By Jenny Newman, Senior Staff Columnist
May 20, 2011

I’m a big fan of chocolate in all of its many forms, from hot chocolate to ice cream. But there is a darker side of chocolate,...

COLUMN: What was Goldstone thinking?

By Jenny Newman, Senior Columnist
April 18, 2011

Richard Goldstone is retracting the Goldstone report. Partially. When the report was issued last year in response to the Israeli...

Lost your appetite? Try the Fair Trade diet

By Jenny Newman, Senior Staff Columnist
March 11, 2011

It’s probably a safe bet to say that almost no chocolate consumers have any idea about the origin of their chocolate. But right...

Two Boiling Points of View: Too close to tyranny

By Jenny Newman, Senior Staff Columnist
March 11, 2011

America’s Founding Fathers believed government should be set up so power would not be concentrated too heavily in the hands...

How Time Magazine doesn’t care about journalism

By 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...

COLUMN: How Time Magazine doesn’t care about journalism

By Jenny Newman, Staff Columnist
October 25, 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...

Rigor and relevancy: New Judaic curriculum replaces AGT classes

By Jenny Newman, Staff Columnist
September 10, 2010

“What is unique about Shalhevet students?” That is the question Rabbi Ari Leubitz sat down to ponder  after becoming Judaic...

Muslim journalists interning in US describe challenges

By Jenny Newman, Staff Columnist
September 1, 2010

Over the summer, the Daniel Pearl Foundation gave Jewish Los Angeles a chance to understand the conflict in the Middle East through...

YULA’s Rabbi Etshalom to teach Modern Orthodoxy to seniors

By Jenny Newman, Staff Columnist
August 30, 2010

The six degrees of separation between Shalhevet and YULA have just decreased. Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom, who is entering his 14th...

COLUMN: Where childhood martyrdom is ‘in,’ critical thinking is ‘out’

By Jenny Newman, Staff Columnist
August 30, 2010

A Jenny for your thoughts: In Palestinian YouTube video, childhood has no room for children “When we die as martyrs, we will...

OPINION: Why texting is not compatible with teshuva

By Jenny Newman, Staff Columnist
August 27, 2010

The days leading up to Rosh Hashanah are a time for self-improvement and forgiveness. We contact our friends, teachers and relatives,...

Harvard, Penn, Columbia, Wash. U., Hopkins top list of seniors’ college acceptances

Harvard, Penn, Columbia, Wash. U., Hopkins top list of seniors’ college acceptances

By Jenny Newman, Outside News Editor
May 23, 2010

Despite the ever-growing competition to get into colleges, this year’s senior class has done remarkably well in the college...

Jubilant Model Congress team wins ‘Best Delegation’ at Penn

By Jenny Newman, Outside News Editor
March 18, 2010

Shalhevet’s Penn Model Congress team returned ecstatic to Los Angeles February 28th with their first-ever Best Delegation award...

Haiti: Disaster struck, and Shalhevet struck back

Haiti: Disaster struck, and Shalhevet struck back

By Jenny Newman, Outside News Editor
March 18, 2010

When disaster struck Haiti on January 12 in the form of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the response from within Shalhevet was swift...

Model UN team sees issues from varied perspectives

By Jenny Newman, Outside News Editor
March 18, 2010

Shalhevet’s Model United Nations team returned Feb. 23 from the Yeshiva University Model United Nations (YUNMUN) conference...

UN report accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes in Gaza

By Jenny Newman, Outside News Editor
January 6, 2010

A recently issued report by the United Nations Human Rights Council has found that both the militant group Hamas and the state...

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