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UCLA Shoah class attracts large number of Asian students

Peter L. Rothholz February 1, 2008

\”The Holocaust in Film and Literature\” is one of many UCLA classes that draws in undergraduate students looking to fulfill general education requirements. German 59, as it\’s listed in the university catalog, has attracted 241 students this quarter.

The course demands are strenuous. Among the required readings are Elie Wiesel\’s \”Night,\” Primo Levi\’s \”Survival in Auschwitz\” and \”The Reader\” by Bernhard Schlink. Additionally, students read selected works by authors such as Hannah Arendt and Nelly Sachs, as well as poetry, memoirs, encyclopedia entries and original documents. Assigned films include \”Schindler\’s List,\” \”Night and Fog\” and several documentaries.

Briefs: UC ‘study in Israel’ program draws Sacramento attention; Gold officially the man at the Fede

Jewish Journal January 25, 2008

The effort to reinstate the University of California\’s study in Israel program entered the state Legislature last week.

Charedi Choose Unorthodox Job

Gail Lichtman March 3, 2005

Jerusalem is a magnet for religious tourism from all over the world, and ultra-Orthodox Jews are a growing segment of the religious tourists visiting the city. In order to meet their special needs, an ultra-Orthodox training program is offering a course to teach men to guide tourists through the spiritual center of the three great monotheistic religions.

Lovin’ the

David Finnigan December 11, 2003

For playwright Miriam Hoffman, Yiddish is hardly a dying language. \”It just doesn\’t want to die,\” said Hoffman, who will teach Yiddish at the Dec. 14-20 intensive language/culture immersion courses at UCLA and the University of Judaism.

\”Yiddish was always a problem since its birth,\” said Hoffman, who writes children\’s books on the subject, lectures at Columbia University and writes for the Yiddish-language newspaper, Forvertz. \”It had to compete with the sacred language, which is Hebrew. Yiddish carried [Zionism] on its back for 1,000 years.\”

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