Taste of Torah: On Law and Spirituality

by Chayi Hanfling of Jewish Awareness Movement (JAM) at UCLA This week’s Torah portion is Parshat Mishpatim, a portion that details laws and ordinances. It is filled with legal intricacies and minutia, primarily surrounding interactions between human beings. It covers…

Taste of Torah: Meaning in Matzah

Some of the most renowned Jewish practices are discussed in this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Bo. Our portion goes through the last three of the ten plagues, which took place in Egypt, and it then finishes off with the mitzvot…

Meet the Hanflings: UCLA’s New JAM Couple

As we start a fresh academic term on campus, it is only appropriate that we get to know the new family running the Jewish Awareness Movement (JAM) at UCLA, the Hanflings. For those of you unfamiliar with JAM, it is…