A Shalhevet Response
What\’s Next for Shalhevet?\” by Julie Gruenbaum Fax appeared in these pages on Feb. 4. Reactions of Shalhevet
parents, faculty, students, alumni, administrators and, indeed, even its rivals, have ranged from rage and outrage to tears and dismay.
From the beginning of the article where Jerry Friedman, Shalhevet\’s founder and the owner of a Jaguar with \”vanity plates,\” \”kvells\” in a weekly school town hall meeting — Why does he kvell? What transpired in Town Hall to give him such pride? — and then leaves to \”nail\” a donation, the stage is set.