An Interview with Ben Shapiro

Click here to see Ha’Am’s Fall 2017 Print Edition: “Growing Pains” I sat down with Ben Shapiro, American conservative political commentator and editor-in-chief of The Daily Wire, to discuss his experiences at UCLA, his Jewish image, anti-Semitism, his views on Zionism and…

Akiva Nemetsky: Jewish Student Producer

Click here to see Ha’Am’s Fall 2017 Print Edition: “Growing Pains” The incredible diversity of talent in the Jewish community at UCLA is something that’s always made me very proud to be a Bruin. That is just one of the…

Boundless Horizons: How I Decided to Attend Yeshiva

Everyone’s different. I think what did it for me was really getting to know my professors. I was spending time and money on the pursuit of knowledge, led by individuals at the pinnacle of their respective fields. Part of my job as…

The Hanukkah Heroine: Lost in Translation

2017 — what a year for women! Well, maybe not all women (sorry Hillary), but it was definitely a year of breaking the cliché fairy tale storyline and of redefining the character of a “leading” lady. Between Israel’s very own…

National Monuments and Israel’s Eternal Capital: A Cognitive Dissonance in our Community

On Monday, President Donald Trump dispossessed two National Monuments in Utah of more than two million acres of land, representing the largest evisceration of protected territory in American history. On Wednesday, to the deep displeasure of Palestinian political representatives, Arab…

Proposed Tax Law Will Hurt Grad Students

Master’s and Ph.D. Candidates will be asked to pay taxes on funds they never actually receive.

A Call to Action: Treating Everyone in Hillel with Respect and Care

“Even though they like to claim like they do care, no one feels like they care, because at the end of the day, we are not Jewish.”

Taste of Torah: The Morality of Collective Punishment

Should ordinary citizens in a society be held accountable for the negative actions of their leaders? This type of question is consistently discussed by sociologists, moral philosophers and military strategists alike. One can find thousands of pages, written over the…

The Forgotten Jewishness of Superman

Tracking the Jewish origins of the Man of Steel and Zack Snyder’s Christian influenced adaptations following the release of the New Justice League film.