In Memoriam: Dr. Janet Hadda
Moving to UCLA in 1973 to start its Yiddish Program, she later became the first tenured professor of Yiddish in the US, publishing academic and popular articles, in English, Yiddish,…
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An open letter to President Obama: This is a moral emergency
Dear President Barack Obama, I appreciate your comments on the “heartache and the sadness and the anger” that many Americans are feeling after the shooting of nine African-American congregants at…
Class with Holocaust Survivors Inspires UCLA Student Film Project
Who knew that a freshman seminar could be life changing? When Andrew Rosenstein enrolled in Germanic Languages and Comparative Literature Professor Todd Presner’s seminar,Between Memory & History: Interviewing Holocaust Survivors…
Renowned UCLA Historian awarded the inaugural Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History
David N. Myers, professor and Robert N. Burr Department Chair in the UCLA College’s Department of History, has been awarded the inaugural Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History,…
Professor Efrain Kristal to share long-time fascination with Jorge Luis Borges
UCLA literature professor Efrain Kristal still remembers how fascinated, yet unsettled, he felt at 17 after reading his first book of short stories by the late Argentine master Jorge Louis…
UCLA conference to examine legacy of activist rabbi who was MLK ally
Leading scholars, clergy and activists will convene at UCLA on May 3 and 4 to examine the ongoing influence of the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, a civil rights leader,…
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block: BDS ‘isn’t going to be sustained on this campus’
Evidence of the concern within UCLA’s Jewish community stemming from recent events on campus could be seen on March 16 by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block’s visitors that day. READ MORE…
The Jewish Question at UCLA: another perspective
As the faculty director of UCLA’s Center for Jewish Studies for the past four years, I have had the opportunity to teach and interact with thousands of UCLA students –…
UCLA grad student is committed to saving Ladino language from extinction
In his five years at UCLA, Bryan Kirschen has developed an international reputation as a tireless advocate for the endangered language that is often described as the Spanish equivalent of…
Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700-1950 wins 2014 National Jewish Book Award for Sephardic Culture
Congratulations to Professors Julia Phillips Cohen and Sarah Abrevaya Stein for winning a 2014 National Jewish Book Award for their anthology, Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700–1950 (Stanford University Press,…