Hillel’s triple art exhibition is a celebration through creation
Jewish Journal
November 19, 2015
The start of the new school year inevitably means a series of artistic journeys for visitors to Hillel at UCLA.
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NBC investigation reopens contamination question at SoCal Jewish camp
Jewish Journal
November 11, 2015
For years, Victoria Tashman didn’t think much of the sonic booms coming from the Santa Susana Field Lab, just uphill from a storied Jewish retreat and campus near her home in the Simi Valley.
The UC’s new dilemma: to name or not to name
Judea Pearl
November 4, 2015
Dozens of speakers representing a variety of views testified last week at UCLA before a university committee tasked with crafting a University of California systemwide policy to combat anti-Semitism on campuses.
UC holds forum on statement against intolerance
Jared Sichel
October 28, 2015
Five weeks after the University of California’s Board of Regents rejected the “Statement of Principles Against Intolerance” drafted by UC President Janet Napolitano’s office, a UC-appointed “working group” held a forum Oct. 26 at UCLA, where the public was free to comment on the proposed principles.
Two short of a Minyan—The 1951 UCLA football team
Jewish Journal
October 15, 2015
This football season, UCLA’s Jewish quarterback, Josh Rosen, is the talk of the chosen, especially considering he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Moving and shaking: Rosh Hashanah at City Hall, ‘Understanding the Iran nuclear deal’ and more
Ryan Torok
September 24, 2015
A Sept. 18 Rosh Hashanah celebration filled Los Angeles City Hall with the sounds of the shofar. “Tekiah gedolah,” said Rabbi Joshua Hoffman of Valley Beth Shalom, before delivering a long — and loud — blast on the ram’s horn.
UC regents reject much-hyped ‘principles against intolerance’
Jared Sichel
September 17, 2015
After months of anticipation over whether the University of California’s Board of Regents would adopt a definition of anti-Semitism in the wake of several anti-Israel and anti-Jewish incidents across its campuses, the UC’s governing arm rejected a “Statement of Principles Against Intolerance” drafted by the office of UC President Janet Napolitano at its Sept. 17 meeting in Irvine.
Death makes life matter: Thoughts on my brother’s passing
Jared Sichel
September 16, 2015
Last February, I joined a club. It wasn’t my choice. It’s one of the worst clubs around, and if you’re not already in it, I hope you don’t become a member.
Smooth sax player Dave Koz on a career that just … happened
Jared Sichel
August 19, 2015
When jazz saxophonist Dave Koz’s “dream” car was stolen in 1997 after he stopped for five minutes to pick up a sandwich at a restaurant in the San Fernando Valley, it was perhaps the lowest point of his life.
Theodore Bikel, actor, singer and activist, 91
Tom Tugend
July 21, 2015
Theodore Bikel, folk singer, actor, liberal activist, Zionist and multilinguist, died of natural causes July 21 at the UCLA Medical Center. He was 91.
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