The Shalhevet Boiling Point

17/11/2024

Shalhevet students support Trump by an overwhelming majority while staff favors Harris, poll finds. Read the story by Sophie Katz with link in bio. (BP graphic by Emma Kotzen)

17/11/2024

Shalhevet students support Trump by an overwhelming majority while staff favors Harris, poll finds. Read the story by Sophie Katz with link in bio. (BP graphic by Erma Kotzen)

12/10/2024

With songs and stories, Shalhevet remembers Oct. 7 one year later. Read the story by Sophie Katz with the link below. (BP Photo by Gabe Mittman)

A Magen David formed by electric candles on the ground illuminated the faces of Shalhevet students and faculty as they sat tightly packed around it for a kumzitz the morning of Oct. 7, 2024. Clad in blue and white, the students and teachers sat together in the second floor hallway with the lights of...

10/10/2024

Girls tennis team wins three games in historic first victories for athletic program. Read the story by Benny Portnoy with the link below. (BP Photo by Ellah Zachary)

Overcoming early challenges like inconsistent player development attendance and lineup changes, the girls tennis team won three games this past month – the first wins in the history of the Shalhevet tennis program. On Sept. 20, the team beat Pacifica Christian 12-6 marking their first official win...

09/10/2024

New cell phone policy introduced following changes across Los Angeles community. Read the story by Sonya Katzin with the link below. (BP Photo by Ellah Zackary)

Administration introduced a new cell phone policy at the beginning of the school year that prohibits all cell phone use and possession during class periods and community programmed time, including davening, Town Hall, and assemblies. Rabbi Block announced the policy in an email to the Shalhevet comm...

03/10/2024

The Boiling Point wishes you a Shana Tova!

20/09/2024

This week the BP staff gave workshops to all the new freshmen writers and photographers. Day 1 covered story writing principles and basic story forms, day 2 taught them how to interview, day 3 was photography and photo editing, and day 4 capped it off with how to be Torah-based Jewish journalists.

The future of the paper is in good hands 🔥🔥

10/09/2024

Freshman-Senior Shabbaton evacuated from Running Springs campsite on Shabbat as wildfire raged. Read the story by Sophie Katz and Sonya Katzin with the link below. (Photo courtesy of Mr. Daniel Weslow)

Friday morning of the Freshmen-Senior Shabbaton, faculty were unaware of the wildfire that was spreading towards Running Springs, where Moshava Alevy, the site of the Shabbaton, is located. As teachers and students drove up the mountain, they saw a fire in the distance. After arriving at the campsit...

09/09/2024

After receiving great feedback on the Boiling Point games last year, we have decided to continue the games this year!! We currently features two games: a BP Mini Crossword and Parallels (similar to NYT’s Connections). All games are created by Shalhevet students and use Shalhevet-themed words and clues. We will post a new game every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday between 8-9 a.m.

Play now on our website: https://shalhevetboilingpoint.com/boiling-point-games/
Or try the games with the new app update: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shalhevet-boiling-point/id6463500028

P.S. A new NYT’s Stands-like game will also be added in the coming weeks.

09/09/2024

BOILING POINT IS BACK WITH OUR FIRST STORIES OF THE YEAR!! Read about three of our new Shalhevet teachers with the link below.

With 20 years of prior experience with private voice teaching and community theater, Ms. Reyna Zack is looking forward to dedicating her open, organized self to the Drama and Choir departments.

17/07/2024

Seven months later, Shalhevet keeps Oct. 7 in mind. Read the story by Mira Schulman with the link below. (BP Photo by Gabe Mittman)

More than six months after a mob of terrorists decimated communities, families and lives throughout Israel, Shalhevet has taken numerous steps to commemorate and participate in its grief and resolve, and made itself over to reflect the new reality. To show support for Israel and solidarity with the....

03/07/2024

Once a hobby, volleyball now sends JJ Stoff to college on a scholarship. Read the story by Henry Kaplan with the link below. (BP Photos by Gabe Mittman)

When senior Jonathan Stoff, more commonly known as JJ, played Firehawk volleyball during his junior year season, it was just a hobby. Now he has a college scholarship to play the sport at Bard College in New York where he is undecided what he will be studying. “I started playing sophomore year –...

26/06/2024

It's official! Congratulations to the Boiling Point's 2024-25 Editor-in-Chief, SOPHIE KATZ, and Web Editor-in-Chief BENJY KOLIEB!

03/06/2024

School censors story about LA Muslim teens and war. Read the story with the link below.

Sophomore Sophie Katz, the Boiling Point’s Outside News Editor, searched for three months for Muslim teenagers in Los Angeles to interview for a story about their experiences and feelings during the current conflict in Israel and Gaza. She found two, one who supported both sides and the other who ...

30/05/2024

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24/05/2024

2:34 a.m. and Issue 2 crew is still going strong — 5 in the office and 1 on Facetime. See you in print — soon!

16/05/2024

Ivan Wolkind z"l, Shalhevet dad, champion of community safety and liaison with law enforcement, dies at 56. Read the story by Mira Schulman with the link below.

Mr. Ivan Wolkind, father of current senior Nettie Wolkind and two Shalhevet alumni and former Chief Operating and Chief Financial Officer of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation, passed away suddenly on May 10. He was 56. A memorial service was held on Sunday at B’nai David Judea Congregation, where ...