The Quest for Peace
Leviafolk
Meet UC Santa Cruz Jewish Studies Program’s very own Jim Joseph Fellow, Paula Daccaret. Paula studied Political Science as an undergraduate, earning her BA from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a PhD in Jewish History at Brandeis University. Her areas…
The Decline of the United Nations
By Antaeus Edelsohn “These are the times that try men’s souls.” In Thomas Paine’s exordium to his immortal treatise, The Crisis, he expresses the need for good men to stand up to tyranny. Though he penned these words over two…
UC Santa Cruz From a Jewish Boy’s Perspective
By Oren Gotesman In March of 2011, the US Department of Education’s office of Civil Rights announced that it was going to launch an investigation regarding the alleged harassment and intimidation of Jewish students at UCSC under Title VI of…
The Hanukkah Scandal
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Jerusalem of gold Pt. 2
Jerusalem of gold pt 1
Notes from Ramallah: The Downside of Independence
By Prescott Watson I am a junior studying Economics and Latin American Latino Studies. I traveled to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this September, during a tumultuous time in the peace process; it was my first time there. Leaving Ramallah…