Proposed USC-Dubai journalism school concerns faculty and community

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on October 29, 2008

Faculty members at the USC Annenberg School for Communications are deep into a controversy that should be of interest to the Jewish community.
It concerns a proposal from USC for a $3 million contract for Annenberg to work with the American University in Dubai to create a journalism and communications school in the Middle Eastern nation.

USC Muslim group removes anti-Semitic passage from Web site

Published on August 27, 2008

When Rabbi Aron Hier, director of campus outreach at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and Reut Cohen of the Horowitz Freedom Center discovered the passage, they sent a letter to Alan Casden, a USC trustee and co-chair of the Wiesenthal Center's board, urging him to have the university remove that portion of the Hadith

The Straight-Talk Express returns

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on July 10, 2008

Scene & Heard

By Danielle Berrin
Published on May 15, 2008

Scene & Heard

Briefs: Blogging for Israel@60, Weil makes it official

Published on May 1, 2008

News Briefs

Local students go to lobby in D.C., seniors party at ‘senior prom’

By Danielle Berrin
Published on April 24, 2008

Local Students Lobby at the Capitol


A group of University Synagogue religious school students paid a springtime visit to Washington, D.C., where they

UCLA and USC archaeologists hope preserving the Middle East’s shared past can pave way to protecting

By Tom Tugend
Published on April 7, 2008

Two unlikely peacemakers are proposing that if Israelis and Palestinians can agree on how to preserve and protect a common archaeological past, perhaps they can agree on a common future.

Hebrew Union College considers expansion

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on January 17, 2008

From high above, the southeast corner of Hoover and 32nd streets near downtown would appear to be some of the only developable land between the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and the Staples Center -- a parking lot, a large field used by the USC women's soccer team and a 1970s-era academic building not nearly big enough for its occupant, the L.A. branch of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR).

Sarah Silverman explains kabbalah [video]

By Dennis Wilen
Published on November 30, 2007

College students are a new breed of philanthropists

By Celia Soudry
Published on November 15, 2007

It's not uncommon for well-established, wealthy members of a community to donate money to various causes, but these days, there's a new breed of philanthropist in town -- the college student.

Jewish and Muslim students at USC share dorm and friendships

By Nick Street
Published on December 21, 2006

At a time when Jews and Muslims in other parts of the world aren't having much luck learning from one another, the conversation and the setting for it are both quietly revolutionary. Here Jewish and Muslim students live together in harmony.

Happy Rosh Hashanah: swastika flags fly over SoCal, Florida highways

Published on September 28, 2006

USC Trojans march for restored Torah; Backyard tashlich in Fairfax

Published on September 21, 2006

USC Trojans march for restored Torah; backyard tashlich in Fairfax.

Kaplan’s Collage

By Tom Teicholz
Published on August 17, 2006

Marty Kaplan is often referred to as a "public intellectual." His current title is dean of the Annenberg School at USC and chairman of the Norman Lear Center. But Kaplan has led many lives -- molecular biologist, comedy writer, White House speechwriter, Disney exec, radio host. As Kaplan recently wrote me in an e-mail when I asked, "Which of those is you ?"

Artists Dream in a Golden Age

By Sarah Price Brown
Published on June 29, 2006

"It's like a temple," the painter says of his artist's studio.

A lonely temple, that is.

"I'm the rabbi and congregation all in one," he says with a laugh.

Unmasking Israel’s Mystery Benefactor

By Tom Tugend
Published on May 4, 2006

The mystery man of the Israeli economy, as he was dubbed by the country's media, is alive and well and living in Los Angeles.

Art Exhibit Links Trojans, Bruins

By Robert David Jaffee
Published on January 19, 2006

"Makor/Source" marks the first time that the Hillels of the two universities have collaborated on an exhibition. Roughly 20 local artists submitted works to the show, including collages, paintings and photographs.

Nation & World Briefs

Published on September 22, 2005

Nation and World Briefs

Local Team Solves Ancient Mystery

By Gaby Wenig
Published on October 14, 2004

In 1979 two tiny pieces of cracked and deteriorated silver found in a tomb outside of the Old City of Jerusalem proved to be one of the most important archeological discoveries of the century.

Seniors Flock to OASIS of Learning

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on August 5, 2004

OASIS provides an eclectic array of classes, many of which are free. Fitness fans can choose among such options as chair exercise, yoga and karate. Art buffs can study French and American impressionism or drawing. Others can explore Jewish spirituality, analyze Shakespeare or play guitar. Some of the classes are even taught by retired professors from UCLA and USC. And seniors who wish to travel can choose among a variety of day excursions and extended trips.

USC Honors Cell Phone Pioneer

By Tom Tugend
Published on March 25, 2004

As millions of people across the globe yak away on their cell phones, they can thank an Italian Jewish immigrant who laid the foundation for the ubiquitous device.

Your Letters

Published on September 25, 2003

Your Letters

7 Days In Arts

Published on February 27, 2003

7 Days in Arts

Bruin Pair Ready to Battle Trojans

By Carin Davis
Published on November 21, 2002

Crosstown football rivals UCLA (7-3) and USC (8-2) will face-off in their 72nd annual battle for city bragging rights at The Rose Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 23. And leading the Bruins are Jewish senior starters Mike Seidman and Mike Saffer.

USC Names First Jewish Board Chair

By Ruth Andrew Ellenson
Published on October 3, 2002

The University of Southern California, once considered a bastion of WASP elitism, has capped a decade of transformation by naming Stanley Gold as its first Jewish board chairman.

Arnold, ‘Moses und Aron’

By Tom Tugend
Published on December 6, 2001

Los Angeles largely ignored Arnold Schoenberg, arguably the most influential and controversial composer of the 20th century, when he labored at USC and UCLA during the last 17 years of his life.

As if to make up for the slight, the city's musical and cultural institutions will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Schoenberg's death with an array of concerts, lectures and symposia through next March.

USC & HUC: A Winning Partnership

By Ruth Stroud
Published on January 28, 1999

In the annals of party-going, the dinner hosted by USC President Steven Sample and his wife, Kathryn, at their impressive San Marino estate home last week, ranked right up near the top.