Sam Rubanowitz

Sam Rubanowitz is an 11th grade student at Shalhevet High School in Los Angeles and a writer for the Shalhevet Boiling Point. He is a member of a few committees on the Del Rey Neighborhood Council, and an avid computer scientist geek.

Welcoming the stranger with hot food, scissors and applause

by Sam Rubanowitz | Jun 3, 2019

It was almost noon when two Department of Homeland Security buses finally turned into a church parking lot in northern Phoenix. Volunteers who had been there since around 9 a.m. were lined up and waiting to welcome the travelers into America. The first family to...

Leaving lives behind, teens carry hope on trip to America

by Sam Rubanowitz | May 24, 2019

ICE had removed their shoelaces as a safety precaution, so their shoe tongues flapped open as they walked. Instead of smartphones and AirPods, they wore electronic tracking bracelets to make sure they wouldn’t miss their court dates and disappear illegally into the...