Every year, Bruins for Israel organizes a Yom Ha’Atzmaut or Israel Independence Day celebration in Bruin Plaza (also known as i-Fest), and this year was no exception. In honor of Israel’s 66th birthday, BFI brought music, dance, shwarma, and info…
Jew-SAC Candidates: Jewish Identities and School Politics
If you have a Facebook account, then you are well aware that it is election season at UCLA. The Undergraduate Students Association Council — the governing body of the Undergraduate Students Association — annually holds elections Spring Quarter to elect…
Remembering the Unforgettable
An Encounter with the Past: After high school, I spent a year studying at a yeshiva in Israel. During one of the breaks I joined some of my peers on an organized trip to Poland, called Shorashim. Shorashim is the…
BFI President-Elect Reflects and Looks Forward
The divestment bill most recently proposed to the Undergraduate Student Association Council on Feb. 25 significantly impacted the dynamics of Bruins for Israel; Eytan Davidovits, the newly-appointed president of the Israel advocacy club on campus, aims to alter those dynamics…
Photo Essay: Joe Bruin’s Bear Mitzvah
On Thursday, April 10, The Hillel at UCLA celebrated Joe ‘Dov’ Bruin’s B(e)ar Mitzvah in Kerkoff Grand Salon. Hillel’s a cappella group, Jewkbox, began the ceremony with their rendition of One Day by Matisyahu. The night continued with 90’s music…
Genetic screening event educates, informs
From late Wednesday morning to early afternoon, Tammy Rubin and Jessica Kianmahd welcomed people into the Grand Salon in Kerckhoff Hall to have their arms pricked and several small vials filled with blood. The blood is being shipped to the…
Service work around the world
Over spring break, dozens of UCLA students chose to travel to Buenos Aires, Oklahoma, or Southern California in order to participate in one of three alternative spring break programs, organized through Hillel at UCLA. According to the Hillel website, the…
A hodgepodge of campus organizations — which to choose?
The sun beats down on the tops of students’ heads as they shuffle from table to table, sampling organizations at the Enormous Activities Fair. The scene is a familiar one, replaying itself every fall quarter at UCLA. A new student…
Hillel at UCLA’s Perla Karney inspires students through art
Through the large, wooden doors and down the main hallway of Hillel at UCLA lies the office of a woman whose work with the arts has influenced a decade of students. On any given day she is either organizing art…
The Jewish Campus Tour
Welcome to Ha’Am’s campus tour, where we explore the hidden locales influenced by Jews, or Jewish dollars. You may notice that Hillel, JAM, Chabad, AEPi, and the Jewish organizations around UCLA did not make it on the list; this tour…