Yaacov Tarko
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Meet your next Jewish USAC President

I sat down with Claire Fieldman, the incoming president of UCLA’s student government and an active member of the Jewish community on campus. Here’s what we talked about:   So let’s start out – Congratulations on winning the election! Thank…

“Intifada”

Ha’Am staff writer Yaacov Tarko and Wali Kamal of Al-Talib work together to deconstruct the different meanings of the word “Intifada” Yaacov: My relatives in Israel have been personally affected by violent attacks in the current “silent Intifada,” and one…

Failed Messiah sells out

“I very frequently hear from people: ‘I’m so glad that you do what you do…even though I hate all of it…because I wouldn’t know what’s happening [in my community] if I didn’t [read your articles]. I wouldn’t be able to…

Thinking scientifically about religion

What would it even mean for science and religion to be compatible? Science acquires knowledge by examining the evidence presented to us by our senses. The meaning of evidence in this context is expressed very clearly in the following example,…