On Wednesday, May 3, Bruins for Israel held an event featuring Mayim Bialik, an American actress, neuroscientist and UCLA alumna. She is currently known for her role as Amy on the popular television series, The Big Bang Theory. Bialik graduated…
Chicken Schnitzel à la Judith with Lentil Brown Rice
Hi, guys, it is Judith from the Shack at Hillel with a recipe for you all to enjoy! This last Shabbat dinner at Hillel, I made brown rice with lentils and grilled onions and served it with Chicken Schnitzel à…
New Graduate Jewish Caucus Aims to Promote Social Justice
Three first-year graduate students at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs launched a Jewish caucus as a means to mobilize the Jewish student community. The newly founded Jewish caucus is an official graduate student organization at Luskin and is…
Submission: Divya Sharma’s BDS Stance still Unclear
Photo credit: Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin As a Jewish student on this campus, I maintain serious reservations regarding the candidacy of Divya Sharma, who is running for Academic Affairs Commissioner (AAC) in the USAC elections occurring this week. These reservations stem from…
Fact Finders Panel Investigates the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
About 60 people participated in a panel discussion on April 27 with alumni of Hillel at UCLA’s Fact Finders trip and watched a documentary filmed during last year’s trip. For the past two years, Fact Finders has brought groups of…
Editorial: USAC Election Endorsements
The editorial board of Ha’Am News is proud to endorse the candidacy of Ms. Arielle Yael Mokhtarzadeh and Mr. Aaron Boudaie for the 2016-2017 Undergraduate Student Association Council (USAC). Ms. Mokhtarzadeh, seeking election as the USAC’S president, would bring extensive…
Students Fail to Gain Credit in Course Allegedly Restricted by Conservative Bias
As of April 16, 2017, two students who were enrolled in Professor Keith Fink’s winter course, Communication Studies 167: Sex, Politics and Race: Free Speech on Campus, have yet to receive either a grade or units for the course. The…
Best of Trader Joe’s: Kosher Edition
Spring quarter at UCLA is perhaps one of the busiest periods of the year for Bruins. In addition to sitting in and studying for classes, students often spend this time preparing for graduate school admission exams, applying for last-minute internships…
Arabic-Hebrew Café Creates Dialogue Through Language
On Wednesday, April 19, UCLA senior and Jewish Studies major, Elizabeth Ho, arranged for volunteer language instructors and students interested in learning new languages or in intercultural dialogue to meet for dinner . The event has taken place once per…
Taste of Torah: Building the World
By: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan In less than 24 hours, Jewish communities throughout the world will come together to read Parshat Shemini. The portion stands as the climax of a long story that began in Exodus, chapter 25. In our portion,…