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UCLA Hillel exhibition recounts the legacy of America’s Jewish pioneers

Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz wants to correct what he sees as a major misunderstanding about the history of Jews in this country. \”There\’s a misconception that Jewish life in America started after World War II,\” he said. \”But Jewish life existed more than 100 years before there even was a United States.\”

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough

Arlene Blum describes her new book, \”Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life,\” as an answer to a question she has often asked herself, as she did on Annapurna in the Himalayas: \”What\’s a nice Jewish girl from the Midwest doing at 21,000 feet, going down a knife-edged ridge all alone?\”

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