Everybody knows the fashion bloggers who post daily pictures of their morning coffee and sunglasses and are followed by thousands who tune in for the latest trends, but recently I came across a novel group — the modest fashion bloggers.…
Taste of Torah: positive transformations and Torah
By Elisa Gurevitch, co-director of Chabad at UCLA This week’s parashah, Toldot, includes the famous story of Rivkah (Rebecca), who, after many years of marriage, was finally blessed with twins, Yaakov (Jacob) and Esav (Esau). Our Sages tell us that, while…
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…
L’Chaim to our furry friends
On a shivery Shabbat night in Israel, I was shocked to see callousness towards animal cruelty. My friends are I were spending the weekend away from seminary in Ashkelon. After Friday night dinner, we, like all the other youths in…
‘The Most Influential Rabbi in America’ on Judaism, college, and dating
Photo courtesy of Rabbi Wolpe ______________ Entering Rabbi David Wolpe’s office in Sinai Temple was a surreal experience for me. The last time I came to his office, I was 13 years old and with my parents; we all discussed…
Jamaican and Jewish: overcoming adversity and finding G-d
Photo by Elinor Samuel ____________ Hughlin Boyd, a UCLA PhD candidate, frequenter of Hillel, and successful lawyer and politician, shares his story about how he crossed countries and cultures to reach his goals despite the challenges he has faced. Boyd,…
Matzah meals: Easy kosher-for-Passover recipes
Whether you’re at home, in the dorms, or at an off-campus apartment, Passover brings a change in menu options. Never fear; a diet of buttered matzah isn’t your only alternative to pricey kosher-for-Passover meal plans! We’ve put together recipes for…
Purim Katan: the irregular holiday
If you regularly peruse a Hebrew calendar, you probably know that Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot are in the month of Tishrei, Chanukah is in Kislev, Purim is in Adar, Passover is in Nisan, and Shavuot is in Sivan.…
Aftermath of “Aftermath”
Accusations of “Jew” and “anti-Polish agitator” have not been so openly splashed across Polish newspapers since the heights of National Socialism and communism.This public outcry has been inspired by Aftermath, a Holocaust-related drama by Władysław Pasikowski, which has been dubbed…