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ISSUES: A Boiling Point online poll surveyed students on presidential candidates and important issues in advance of Election Day on Nov. 5. As in the U.S. election, Mr. Trump won by a large margin.

Shalhevet students support Trump by an overwhelming majority while staff favors Harris, poll finds

Sophie Katz, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
November 30, 2024
VIEW: Smoke rises from the Line Fire in the San Bernardino Mountains, which — at press time — had spread over 23,714 acres and was only 5% contained. Running Springs, where Shabbaton campsite Moshava Alevy is located, is one of the communities currently under a mandatory evacuation order because of the life-threatening conditions in the area.

Freshman-Senior Shabbaton evacuated from Running Springs campsite on Shabbat as wildfire raged

Sophie Katz and Sonya Katzen, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
September 19, 2024
CAMP: Demonstrators at the University of Michigan protest to demand the school cut all ties with the State of Israel in light of its war with Hamas.

Alumni and seniors navigate new campus reality

Sophie Katz and Arieh Elad, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
July 28, 2024
NUANCE: Rabbi Block said his decision to censor the article had been difficult. “It’s not that I agree that such an article can never be shared or understand the other side… But to me, I provide education for our community, and so if our community can’t handle something, I do have to consider that.”

School censors story about LA Muslim teens and war

Sophie Katz, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
June 14, 2024
WORKING: Mrs. Keene perched at her desk in the Boiling Point office. She keeps a photo of her father with Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (at right) for inspiration, as well as mugs with slogans and various newspapers.

Mrs. Keene, who led Boiling Point and Choirhawks for 21 years, leaves to boost journalism in more Jewish schools

June 1, 2024
LAYOUT: This is the front page of an eight-page special section that won first prize for layout and page design in the 2024 Jewish Scholastic Journalism Awards.

The Day The World Changed

Ezra Helfand and Eliana Wainberg, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
March 19, 2024
BOOKSHELVES: Sets of Shas, Mishneh Torah and commentaries on Tanach are among the many sefarim purchased to fill the Beit Midrash shelves.

A home for study, in carved wood and stained glass

February 26, 2024
Oct. 7 sparked an outpouring of love for our land, and we should respond by upholding our highest values of love for all.

EDITORIAL: Hamas vs. humanity

The Boiling Point Editorial Board, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
January 15, 2024
UNIT: Carin A. ‘22, bottom row center, with her fellow soldiers before the Israel-Hamas war broke out.

JOINING THE FIGHT: From trainees to reservists, Shalhevet alumni suddenly called to war against Hamas

Tali Liebenthal and Sophie Katz, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
December 7, 2023
COLUMN: Sleepless nights and random tears

COLUMN: Sleepless nights and random tears

Temma Kirshbaum, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
November 26, 2023
TOGETHER: During Tuesday’s kumzitz, Rabbi Block (standing) told students to find strength in mindfully fulfilling their normal commitments.

With somber song, Shalhevet stops to absorb horror in Israel

Martzi Hirsch, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
October 16, 2023
ACTUAL: From left, Shalhevet Judaic Studies staff Natalie Ravanshenas, Mrs. Tova Goldman, Dr. Sheila Keiter and Ms. Mika Shalom wearing what they wore to work that day. Vogue Magazine’s photo, at left below, showed Jennifer Lopez and three models in similar garb.

Vogue Magazine finds something trendy in ‘Torah-Teacher Aesthetic’

Tali Liebenthal, The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
June 5, 2023
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