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Family Put Bruin on the Right Track

Carin Davis April 8, 2004

Jeremy Silverman\’s strength on the field is only matched by his strength of character. A shot put and discus thrower for UCLA, the 21-year-old student athlete has a kind, grounded quality.

Silverman grew up in Annville, Penn., a town with one stoplight and a gas station. As a member of the only Jewish family at a very small high school, Silverman bore witness to some anti-Semitic attitudes. Still, he celebrated the Jewish holidays.

Murky Borders

Rob Eshman July 31, 2003

Amit Duvshani, who is completing his master\’s degree in molecular biology at the University of Tel Aviv, e-mailed Andrew Wilkie, a geneticist at Oxford University, asking to work in Wilkie\’s lab to continue his research into HIV.\n\nWilkie\’s e-mailed response has since seen the world via the Internet. He rejected Duvshani\’s request on the grounds that the young man served in the \”oppressive\” Israeli army, as is compulsory for all Jewish Israeli men.

ADL Takes UCI Newspaper Chief to Israel

Journal Staff September 5, 2002

Abel Pena, editor-in-chief of UC Irvine\’s campus newspaper, New University, was among a group of U.S. college newspaper editors on a Anti-Defamation League (ADL)-sponsored trip to improve understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Surveying ‘America’s Jewish Freshmen’

Rachel Brand August 22, 2002

When Adam Bergman researched colleges toward the end of his senior year at Milken High School, he looked very closely at the quality of their soccer teams and not so closely at the size of their Jewish populations.

The Faces Behind Fairfax

Ruth Andrew Ellenson February 28, 2002

Ask Boris Dralyuk about his student days at Fairfax High School and the impish young man with startlingly blue eyes will mockingly compare himself to one of the great anti-heroes of literature. \”I know about the experiences of Saul Bellow\’s Augie March and the little Jewish kids growing up in tough urban areas, but Los Angeles is not one of those places. There is very little in common between the Lower East Side and Los Angeles. It\’s not a battle to grow up here. It is not a struggle.\”

Being Greene

Beverly Gray February 14, 2002

Brian Greene thinks of himself as a product of the University of Judaism (UJ).

The New Face of the UJ

Tom Tugend November 29, 2001

A high-profile lecture series of top American and Israeli personalities is generating national attention and an unexpected financial bonanza. The university\’s continuing education arm is innovating new programs and drawing close to 10,000 participants. Enrollment in the young rabbinical school is running higher than anticipated.\n\n

A War of Words

Wendy J. Madnick November 1, 2001

Students, faculty and staff members at CSUN were up in arms last week regarding an exhibit sponsored by the university\’s Muslim Student Association (MSA). The \”Museum of Intolerance\” exhibit, part of planned activities for the campus\’ Islam Awareness Week (Oct. 21-27), showed photographs of Muslims under attack in several nations including what it called Palestine, with prominent pictures of Israeli soldiers and of Palestinian Arabs throwing rocks.

Cool Jews on Campus

Merav Tassa October 25, 2001

College can be a time for Jewish students to further explore their Judaism — religiously, socially and politically. The following is a compilation of resources available to Jewish students and a summary of what these groups are doing on campus.

Feeding the Hungry

Jane Ulman November 23, 2000

\”We have slaves to help,\” Jerry Rabinowitz, the Friday co-captain of the North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry, announces. \”We Jews know something about slaves.\”

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