{{short description|Modern Orthodox high school in Los Angeles, California}} {{Other uses|Shalhevet (disambiguation){{!}}Shalhevet}} {{one source|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Shalhevet High School | native_name = | logo = Shalhevet-friedman-logo-weblowres-clear.png | motto = Ignite the Flame | established = 1992 | type = [[Independent School|Independent]] | us_nces_school_id = {{NCES Private School ID|BB944617|school_name=SHALHEVET HIGH SCHOOL|access_date=February 26, 2022|ref_name=NCES}} | principal = Daniel Weslow | head_of_school = David Block | founder = Jerry Friedman | teaching_staff = 48.8 {{FTE}}<ref name=NCES/> | enrollment = 259 (2020-2021)<ref name=NCES/> | grades = 9–12 | address = 910 South Fairfax Avenue | city = [[Los Angeles]] | state = [[California]] | zipcode = 90036 | country = USA | coordinates = {{coord|34.059220|-118.362825|type:edu_globe:earth_region:US-CA|display=it}} | accreditation = | ratio = 5.3<ref name=NCES/> | campus = | colors = Red and Black {{color box|red}}{{color box|black}} | athletic_conference = [[Mulholland League]] | nickname = Firehawks | yearbook = | newspaper = The Boiling Point | website = {{URL|www.shalhevet.org}} }} The '''Jean and Jerry Friedman Shalhevet High School''' is a co-educational, college-preparatory, [[Modern Orthodox]] Jewish high school in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], United States.
==Background information== The demographic breakdown of the 254 students enrolled in 2017-18 was approximately 98.4% white and 1.6% multiracial.<ref name=NCES/> The cost to attend Shalhevet is approximately $44,250, plus fees.<ref name="Tuition">{{cite news|url=https://www.shalhevet.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=359283&type=d&pREC_ID=778805|title=Shalhevet High School – Tuition & Fees}}</ref>
==Activities== Shalhevet's school newspaper is ''The Boiling Point''. It has won national awards from the National Scholastic Press Association, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, and Quill & Scroll International Honorary Journalism Society.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}} It runs on an operating budget of {{Currency|10000|}}, and an advertising budget of {{Currency|2200|}}. The paper went through a structural reboot in 2010, and since then has seen an explosion in activity. The paper can publish up to 8 issues in a school year.<ref name="JJ Boiling point">{{Cite web|last=Torok|first=Ryan|date=2017-10-17|title=Hot off the presses: Shalhevet's Boiling Point takes on big issues while teaching journalism|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/education/225916/hot-off-the-presses-shalhevets-boiling-point-takes-on-big-issues-while-teaching-journalism/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Jewish Journal|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Controversy== On June 14, 2017, Shalhevet caused a break between the more traditional wing of [[Modern Orthodox Judaism]] and its progressive faction by hiring Ramie Smith as a part of its Judaic Studies department. Smith had received [[semikhah]] (ordination) from [[Maharat]], the first Orthodox Jewish institution to provide an ordination to women. She received semikhah in 2016. Head of School Ari Segal released a statement to respond to pushback, saying "While we recognize this legitimate point of contention, at this juncture, our priority is focused squarely on the quality of our education. Ramie is a superstar, plain and simple." Incoming head of [[Yeshiva University High Schools of Los Angeles|YULA Girls]] school Joshua Spodek protested because this hiring was a break from Orthodox tradition, and that YULA Girls should be a [[College-preparatory school|feeder school]] for women's yeshivot.<ref name="JJ">{{Cite web|last=Torok|first=Ryan|date=2017-07-05|title=Hiring ordained woman to teach at Shalhevet accentuates Orthodox rift|url=https://jewishjournal.com/community/221253/hiring-ordained-woman-teach-shalhevet-accentuates-orthodox-rift|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Jewish Journal|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Notable alumni== *[[David Mazouz]], actor
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==External links== * {{official website|http://www.shalhevet.org/}} * [http://www.thejustcommunity.com/ Official website dedicated to the Shalhevet Just Community] * [http://www.shalhevetboilingpoint.com/ Official newspaper website] * [http://www.shalhevetfreezingpoint.blogspot.com/ Satirical newspaper website]
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