Rivka (Rebecca) Cohen
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ARTiculations: Week 7

This week’s ARTiculation is by our Internal Managing Editor, Devorah Friedman: My high school has a comprehensive arts program, teaching skills from Hebrew and English calligraphy to watercolors and the underappreciated art of paper cutting. Senior year culminated in a…

ARTiculations: Week 6

The ARTiculation of this week is by alumnus and long-term Ha’Am staff writer Moshe Kahn. This is an image of Noah’s ark. There are three components to the image: the ark (can you spot the giraffe couple?), the mountain peak,…

ARTiculations: Week 5

This week’s ARTiculations contribution is from a third-year psychology student, who wishes to keep her identity anonymous.

Peace of Art

Last Thursday afternoon, I had to ward my house from cops. Apparently the good Samaritans on frat row, or perhaps passersby, were concerned and decided to let someone know that four “vandals” (as some people had assumed) were parked in…

ARTiculations: Welcome to Ha’Am’s Fall 2015 Ongoing Art Exhibit

Are you a world-renowned painter? Perhaps a top-notch doodler? Do you keep a sketchbook? Does your mom keep your drawings on the fridge? Have you ever gotten a gold star for an art project? Did you ever wish you had?…

Old mosaic, new eyes: Israel in 3D with the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies

Two weeks ago I wrote an article about Jerusalem, its vibrant energy, and the stubborn distance between its different groups. I ended with a suggestion, a hope, and a recycled Lennon lyric: let us recognize that despite the differences, we…

A New Kind of Israel Advocacy

Illustration by Rivka Cohen _______________ The end of the year marks an unexpected beginning for our Jewish community: a new pro-Israel group. Students Supporting Israel has been growing internationally since 2012, recently embarking on a chapter here at UCLA. The…

All in the same: a walk through four quarters in “Jerusalem 3D”

My Mother’s Day was spent visiting the mother of all lands, Eretz Israel. After a short drive to the California Science Center in downtown, my family and I were graced with a long line for the sold out screening of…

Money is not the root of all evil, passivity is

Resistance does not have to mean rejecting the system, or even aiming to change the system. Resistance means not letting the system change you. In case someone has not caught up yet, money is the name of the game and…

My Grandfather’s Uniform

Last week, I visited the Israeli consulate to renew my passport. As the lady at the desk was happily typing my information into her computer, a sense of relief quietly overcame me, knowing I would soon be one step closer…