Staff Profile

Nathaniel Kukurudz –– Managing Editor

Senior Nathaniel Kukurudz served three years as the most successful Advertising Editor before taking over as Managing Editor this year, which makes him the longest serving editor on the Boiling Point. He has also taken a role as a Layout Editor, and now writes a restaurant review every issue. Growing up in Paris, France, he ate in the best Kosher restaurants anywhere, putting Pico-Robertson’s in the proper perspective. In addition to the Boiling Point, Nathaniel is one of the most successful debaters on the school’s debate teams. He has also acted in six theater productions (more than anyone else), he founded and currently chairs the Finance Committee, he is the chief advertising editor of the yearbook, a Tenor in the school choir, and the senior class treasurer.

Two Boiling Points of View: The real world requires it

Nathaniel Kukurudz, Managing Editor
March 11, 2011

Freedom is a marvelous thing. Whether freedom of speech, freedom to protest, or the freedom to surf the Internet, freedom has become synonymous with ‘happiness,’ and ‘America,’ and for all the right reasons. This is because freedom is what propelled America to heights... (more...)

Tags: bill congress kill switch internet, cyber-security, internet, kill switch internet, patriot act, senate internet bill

Restaurant review: Shanghai Diamond says Merry Chinese!

Nathaniel Kukurudz, Managing Editor
December 31, 2010

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan mentioned in her confirmation hearings last summer that as an American Jew, she generally spent Christmas eating Chinese food (www.tinyurl.com/BPChinese). In her honor, this week seems like the perfect occasion to review the best Chinese restaurant on Pico... (more...)

Tags: chinese food los angeles, kosher chinese food los angeles, kosher chinese los angeles, shanghai diamond

Bodhi on Pico: Say hi to Thai

Nathaniel Kukurudz, Managing Editor
November 1, 2010

No one will argue that it’s easy to limit oneself to only kosher restaurants, especially since it seems that 95 percent of them in Los Angeles lie between a certain Mobil gas station and a mortuary on Pico Boulevard. So you can imagine my joy when something totally unique opens. Bodhi restaurant... (more...)

Tags: bodhi pico, bodhi restaurant

Schnitzly: Only in Pico-Robertson

Nathaniel Kukurudz, Managing Editor
August 26, 2010

Restaurant review There’s something that I always look forward to when I go the Pico Robertson area (I know, I am Jewish — but I don’t live there). I don’t know if it’s the synagogues on every corner and more. Maybe it’s the atmosphere. But when Schnitzly opened its doors on... (more...)

SushiKo: Japan on Pico

Nathaniel Kukurudz, Staff Columnist
May 23, 2010

Restaurant review Located on Pico Boulevard, Sushiko can pride itself on being the only kosher sushi restaurant in Los Angeles County. With that monopoly comes a big responsibility; it must be good enough to keep people coming and paying the extra price for being kosher, and not wandering off... (more...)

‘La Gondola’ brings us Italy, but just misses

Nathaniel Kukurudz, Staff Columnist
March 18, 2010

Despite its relatively new location in Beverly Hills and everything it needs to make it a leading Kosher restaurant — including being Italian — La Gondola has many minor issues that are preventing it from reaching that top level. Ironically, the first of these issues is its location.... (more...)

Shiloh’s takes you to France

Nathaniel Kukurudz, Staff Columnist
January 6, 2010

If you are looking for a truly relaxing and enjoyable evening with a serene atmosphere, you can stop searching, because I have found the quintessential place: Shiloh’s Steakhouse. Just from the outside (on Pico Boulevard, of course), you should already be able to tell that this will be a... (more...)