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Julie Gruenbaum Fax

Julie Gruenbaum Fax

UJ President Robert Wexler has roots in three denominations

We\’ve been sitting at Starbucks over iced drinks for 20 minutes, and the subject of the University of Judaism (UJ) has yet to be brought up. We\’re schmoozing, Robert Wexler and I, and he asks a lot of questions about me — where my grandparents are from, where I went to college, where my kids go to school. We talk about how parenting today is so different from how it was when we were each growing up, and we weigh the pros and cons of teens being tethered to their parents by the flip of a cell phone.

BBI and UJ join up to forge a home for pluralistic Judaism in landmark merger

The University of Judaism (UJ) and Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BBI), two Southern California institutions that for the last 60 years have educated and inspired Jews of all ages and affiliations — and that have both at times struggled through financial and leadership troubles — this week will announce that they have merged into one entity, to be known as the American Jewish University.

Kadima and Heschel West merge middle schools

\”What this is really about is two institutions pulling themselves together and saying what is the best thing to do for our communities, and let\’s erase superficial differences and see if we can build something that is far better than what we can do by ourselves,\” said Barbara Gereboff, Kadima\’s head of school.

Milken School head gets the surprise of her life

\”I want to recognize and celebrate a person whose intelligence, whose leadership, whose commitment and compassion have made a profound difference in our community, a person who has positively impacted thousands of young people\’s lives,\” said Lowell Milken, chairman of the Milken Family Foundation, which gave the naming gift and maintains close ties to the high school.

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