Q&A with Ron Wolfson
Susan Freudenheim
August 26, 2015
Ron Wolfson, the Fingerhut Professor of Education at American Jewish University, has long been at the forefront of reinventing and sustaining synagogue life.
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Soraya Nazarian, AJU and the fine art of philanthropy
Jewish Journal
July 23, 2015
Soraya Nazarian has been taking sculpting classes at American Jewish University (AJU) for more than 20 years.
Bringing music to AJU
Jonathan Maseng
April 2, 2015
“Once upon a time there was a legacy of producing original pieces in all the different arts, and for whatever reason, we’d strayed from that,” said Rabbi Gary Oren, dean of the Whizin Center for Continuing Education at American Jewish University (AJU), on a recent afternoon.
Michael Berenbaum Q&A: ‘I thought we would have done better’
Susan Freudenheim
March 11, 2015
On March 16, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C., will honor Michael Berenbaum with the museum’s National Leadership Award at a dinner in Los Angeles themed “What You Do Matters.”
L.A. rabbi says mikveh at AJU is secure, calls Freundel scandal a ‘unique case’
Ryan Torok
October 16, 2014
In the wake of a scandal in which a Washington, D.C. Orthodox rabbi was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 14, for allegedly spying on women undressing at a mikveh connected to his synagogue, Rabbi Richard A. Flom, a Los Angeles authority on the mikveh [ritual bathhouse] and a member of the Rabbinical Assembly executive committee, said the mikveh at American Jewish University [AJU], a community resource of the Rabbinical Assembly, is secure enough that people who use it for conversion, taharat hamishpacha [family purity] and other reasons, need not worry about someone illicitly watching them while they undress and immerse themselves in the mikveh pool.
Moving and Shaking: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ryan Torok
June 11, 2014
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem recently bestowed multiple honors on people with connections to the Los Angeles area.
Jewish art spans city with ‘Sacred Words, Sacred Texts’
Jewish Journal
October 30, 2013
The Jewish art scene in Los Angeles is a small but vibrant community that spans generations, styles, and the full length and breadth of the city itself. Now, for the first time, three of L.A.’s preeminent Jewish institutions — Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR), University of Southern California Hillel and American Jewish University (AJU) — have teamed up to produce a collaborative exhibition that stretches across three venues and features more than a dozen local artists.
LimmudLA Fest: Less is more
Jewish Journal
August 21, 2013
There are very few places where one could learn about the Jewish prison population, sing Kiddush with a Broadway legend and do tai chi — all in one weekend.
Israel’s AG: Eliyahu’s candidacy for chief rabbi legally indefensible
Jewish Journal
July 16, 2013
Israel’s attorney general said the candidacy of Shmuel Eliyahu for Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel raised legal difficulties and could not be defended by his office.
Hillary Clinton, private citizen, reflects on Israel, Benghazi and Middle East unrest
Susan Freudenheim
June 25, 2013
“Live your values, embrace your traditions, but open yourselves up and never stop trying to heal the wounds of the world,” former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton implored an audience of 4,000 at Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City on June 24.
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