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Tag Archives: YULA
YULA Fires Three Veteran Teachers
Here’s a Facebook group that has sprung up to protest this firing. Teacher Manny Katz writes: To my present and former students, You may have heard that I am leaving YULA. The truth is that I have been fired for … Continue reading
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Tagged apparent reason, former students, letters of recommendation, niehaus, veteran teachers, YULA
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Track The Valedictorians
Jeff emails: "the idea is to write a series that tracks the valedictorians of both yula and shalhevet. to be fair you dont use their names just yula 200X or shalhevet 200X. start with 2004 bec those students should be … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Shalhevet, YULA
Tagged physiological science, placement chemistry, science department chair, shalhevet high school, us peace corps, YULA
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The Expulsion
Zipi emails: There is enough blame to share in this on-going soap-opera: Jewish education in town (YULA) and in Jerusalem. While they PUSH Midot, Tzniut and Chessed, in actuality they are breeding a new crop of Monica Lewinsky wanna-be’s. The … Continue reading
Posted in Personal, Pico/Robertson
Tagged Calendar Girls, chessed, dui accident, monica lewinsky, soap opera, YULA
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Shalhevet ‘Finally Frum’
"Frum" is Jew-speak for religious. Shalhevet’s new head of school, Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach, is getting good reviews around the Orthodox community for bringing in religious discipline. Shalhevet’s sophomore class is down to just eleven students. Shalhevet needs at least 40 … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Shalhevet
Tagged american jews, beverly hills high school, hamilton high school, religious discipline, sophomore class, YULA
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Three New Regimes at LA’s Modern Orthodox High Schools
Jane emails: "Write about the 3 new heads of school in Modern Orthodox high schools – Rabbi Glass at YULA Boys, Rabbi Lieberman at YULA Girls, and Rabbi Weinbach at Shalhevet. Find out what students have to say about R’ … Continue reading
YULA Vs. Shalhevet
YULA is a centrist Orthodox school and Shalhevet is left-wing Orthodox (about as tolerant and free as you can get for an Orthodox school). Orthodox sources tell me: "When Shalhevet opened up 15 years ago, YULA had an opportunity to … Continue reading