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March 22, 2007

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

Julie Gruenbaum Fax March 22, 2007

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.

UJ President Robert Wexler has roots in three denominations

Julie Gruenbaum Fax March 22, 2007

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’s Linda Gross sees big upside in merger with UJ

Jewish Journal March 22, 2007

When Linda Volpert Gross took on chairing the board at Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BBI), it seemed that she would have a simple tenure. The institute had just hired Rabbi Isaac Jeret as president, someone they hoped could lead BBI into a bright new future.

Israel’s military women fight to get real story on big screen

Curt Schleier March 22, 2007

As Vidi Bilu recalls it, she and Dalia Hager were working on a series they were hoping to sell to Israeli television, when their conversation turned to their experiences in the military. Even in the Holy Land, it is not typical for women \”to talk about their memories of the army,\” she says. But the chat got them thinking that their experiences might make a good film.

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