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30 under 30: The remarkable young people changing the L.A. Jewish community
Israelis to teach choreography, media arts at UCLA
UCLA students will have the opportunity this spring to study with two leading Israeli artists who combine science with the movement of bodies.
Israelis to teach choreography, media arts at UCLA
UCLA students will have the opportunity this spring to study with two leading Israeli artists who combine science with the movement of bodies.
UCLA to house large archive of Sephardic culture
The history of European Jewry has been well organized and cataloged, but until now there has been no large-scale effort to gather documents and other materials pertaining to Sephardic Jewry around the Mediterranean, according to Sarah Abrevaya Stein, UCLA history professor and holder of the Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic studies.
Ethan Youssefzadeh: Filling a gap in Jewish education
Although he graduated from YULA Boys High School five years ago, Ethan Youssefzadeh is a familiar face to current students on campus — and to teens at several other schools and synagogues on the Westside.
Sara Zaghi: Helping the homeless through jean therapy
Sara Zaghi, a 19-year-old sophomore at UCLA, is committed to bettering the lives of homeless youth by providing them with something she believes everyone should have: a pair of jeans.
Dr. Justin Zaghi: An ounce of prevention
When Justin Zaghi learned as a senior in college that a type of birth defect was much more prevalent in Nicaragua than in the United States, he wanted to know why.
Roger Waters takes stage at UCLA before controversial film screening
Roger Waters, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, had been scheduled to answer questions after last week’s screening of the documentary “The Occupation of the American Mind” at UCLA.