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Edge of 17 breaks ground but is not groundbreaking

‘Edge of 17’ breaks ground but is not groundbreaking

By Hannah Jannol, Community Editor December 5, 2016
The New York Times said it took teenage movies to a “higher place.” Time Magazine applauded how perceptively it “dealt with teenage sex, and maybe even with sex in general.” And the Atlantic called it an “instant teen classic.”
Photo courtesy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWnWoSYsjaI

‘Denial’ maps a journey through lies on the road to truth

By Jacob Joseph Lefkowitz Brooks, Staff Writer November 28, 2016
“No holes, no Holocaust,” shout newspaper headlines that historian Deborah Lipstadt reads as she jogs through the streets of London. Reading the specious phrase, she stumbles. It is clear that she grasps how easily a well-phrased opinion can replace history.
PROFESSIONAL: The Choirhawks recorded at the Boulevard Recording Studio Aug 17, standing in the shoes of Ringo Starr, Carly Simon and Pink Floyd.

John Lennon was here: Choir records new CD in famous studio in Hollywood

By Lucy Fried, Arts & Culture Editor November 2, 2016

In a Hollywood studio that has hosted a multitude of celebrity musicians, the Choirhawks recently recorded several of their songs from the 2015-16 school year for a new CD that will go on sale after the...

PASSIONATE: Sophomore David Mazouz said that he acts and goes to auditions simply out of enjoyment

‘Gotham’ star and sophomore, David Mazouz, balances stardom with studies

By Eva Suissa, Staff Columnist October 6, 2016
Last year Shalhevet welcomed a superstar into its family — then freshman, now sophomore, David Mazouz.
CLICK: Guests stroll through theWildfire Theater admiring student photography. The new club raised approximately $250 for ELEM, an Israeli organization that aids homeless teens.

With lights twinkling, photo club holds first show

By Sadie Toczek, Staff Writer June 28, 2016
Shalhevet’s Photography Club held its first-ever exhibition and auction last month in the Wildfire Theater, displaying members’ favorite works in soft lighting against a black backdrop.
Hand-me-down: Vintage coats and Judaica for sale at the Council Thrift Shop on Fairfax. The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) operates the shop, along with others, and uses proceeds to fund social justice projects.

At neighborhood shops, thrift with a Jewish twist

By Eva Suissa, Staff  Writer June 21, 2016
Walk into the Council Thrift Shop on Fairfax Avenue and you’ll see studded belts, colorful coats and blue jeans. But unlike the average thrift store, you’ll also see menorahs and dreidels.
LENS: Shtisel looks at life in Mea Shearim through the lives of the Shtisel family.

In Israeli TV hit ‘Shtisel,’ black-hatted world of Mea Shearim is full of individuals, some familiar

By Lucy Fried, Staff Writer May 31, 2016
A hand flips through the pages of a Talmud that looks similar to the Lahav Gemara readers used at Shalhevet. As large fingers turn through the book, pencil sketches of a pig and a boy become visible at the bottom corners of the pages. These drawings, done by a child perhaps 8 years old, in most worlds would draw a chuckle or some praise.
INSPIRED: Senior Avivah Paskowitz, right, hopes to become a school art teacher like Roen Salem.

For AP Art student, hours of work devoted to seeing

By Sadie Toczeck, Staff Writer May 16, 2016
On a canvas is a girl in a vivid blue shirt holding a glass of water. She looks through the glass, the water magnifying her face. “Baby, I’d Call That Half Full”—the title-- is senior Avivah Paskowitz’s favorite of her many paintings.
COMEDY: Senior Mati Davis and freshman Hannah Merritt practice the humorous Caught With His Trance Down, which debuted April 13.

No music, but spring Drama offers a humorous look at the past

By Abby Blumofe, Staff Writer April 19, 2016

Shalhevet Drama’s spring performance last week was unexpected in many ways.  The troupe performed the 1897 comedy Caught with his Trance Down last week, rather than a musical as...

There are 65 pieces of student art work up against the walls.

In Shalhevet’s lobby, a Guggenheim of the West

By Hannah Jannol, Arts & Culture Editor April 14, 2016

Shalhevet has an East Coast twin. Not SAR, Frisch Academy, or other leading Modern Orthodox high schools in New York, but rather the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. Though...

In five one-acts, Drama program explores teen identity as it affirms its own

By Hannah Jannol, Staff Writer January 24, 2016
An 18-year-old stares intently at a letter from his parent’s dream college, UC Berkeley. An ultra-orthodox mother tells her ambitious daughter she cannot go to college at all.
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