An anti-Semitic cartoon published in The Daily Californian reminds us that problems of the past remain.
Student Worker Union Polls Members on Whether to Ask UC to Divest from “Oppression of Palestinians”
A recent survey sent out by the University of California student workers union has reintroduced the possibility of a student organizing group demanding the university divest its financial holdings from companies supporting Israel. An Oct. 19 survey sent to members…
Taste of Torah: Go For Yourself
Sometimes we need to go for ourselves, to get to ourselves.
Have the Chutzpah for More Housing
For far too many Californians, the cost of housing in the Golden State has become too high. With one out of three renters shelling out at least half of their income for rent and homeownership remaining nothing more than a…
From Coast to Coast: Israel Fellow, Amit David Brings Israeli Culture to UCLA
Photo courtesy of Amit David With the start of another academic year, new faces emerge in the UCLA Jewish community — students, professors, leaders and everything in between. They come from near and far, and in Amit David’s case, very far.…
Taste of Torah: Creating a Window in your Life
Moti Zilberstein is an undergraduate student at UCLA In the very beginning of this week’s Torah portion, G-d tells Noach, “You shall make for yourself a “Tzohar” [usually translated as “a window”] in the Ark” (Genesis 6:16). But what does…
The Unlikely Zionist
Photo courtesy of BFI “Why do you consider yourself a Zionist?” Recently I have been bombarded by this question from all directions. At UCLA and beyond, those around me genuinely do not understand why this Christian, Armenian-Lebanese student has such…
Speechless.
Photo by kellybdc I’m not going to waste too much space in this column speaking to the importance of free speech, diversity of opinions and the benefits of engaging in lively academic conversation with those who disagree with us. Blah…
Restaurant Review: The Holy Grill, A Truly Spiritual Experience
Photo by Edwin Korouri Six months ago, The Holy Grill ported their popular downtown LA based food truck into a brick and mortar restaurant located on Pico in the heart of what I like to call “Kosher Restaurant Row.” The…