American Jewish University News

  • AJU’s Robert Wexler looks ahead (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
    posted on May 4, 2011 at 01:49:40 am
    Robert Wexler, president of American Jewish University (AJU), eschews the labels of Judaism’s mainstream denominations. “I’m Jewish,” Wexler said last week. “Religious.”
  • AJU women to honor filmmaker Mazursky (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
    posted on April 26, 2011 at 11:34:58 pm
    Filmmaker Paul Mazursky will be honored with the Burning Bush Award by the University Women of the American Jewish University (AJU) at the group’s author-artist luncheon on May 3.
  • U.S. Holocaust museum pushes West Coast visibility (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
    posted on April 26, 2011 at 11:20:17 pm
    During a lecture on genocide prevention at American Jewish University (AJU) on April 13, Michael Abramowitz, director of the Committee on Conscience at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, discussed a shift in the international community’s view of how to handle crimes against humanity.
  • Dancing with the Rabbis? (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
    posted on April 13, 2011 at 12:20:49 am
    On April 3, under the auspices of the American Jewish University, in its Gindi Auditorium, five Los Angeles rabbis competed with one another in an evening titled “Dancing With the Rabbis.” As reported in this newspaper, the sellout crowd loved the evening.
  • Dancing rabbis win cheers (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles)
    posted on April 5, 2011 at 10:34:37 pm
    A sell-out crowd packed the American Jewish University’s (AJU) Gindi Auditorium on April 3 and watched as Rabbi Zoë Klein of Temple Isaiah tangoed her way to the inaugural “Dancing With the Rabbis” trophy.
  • Theater review: 'A Jew Grows in Brooklyn' at American Jewish University (Los Angeles Times)
    posted on February 21, 2011 at 10:03:00 pm
    Growing up as a post-World War II-generation Jewish American supplies writer-actor-singer-musician Jake Ehrenreich with material for plenty of nostalgic satire. Growing up as a post-World War II-generation Jewish American supplies writer-actor-singer-musician Jake Ehrenreich with material for plenty of nostalgic satire.
  • Theater review: ‘A Jew Grows in Brooklyn’ at American Jewish University (Los Angeles Times)
    posted on February 21, 2011 at 08:18:24 pm
    Philip Brandes reviews Nick Kazan’s comedy/drama/musical 'A Jew Grows in Brooklyn' at American Jewish University
  • The Resegregation of the United States of America (The Forward)
    posted on February 2, 2011 at 06:04:41 pm
    In California, they call us freeway flyers — adjunct college instructors who commute between far-flung schools. Thus, half the week I teach at El Camino College in Compton, one of the more disadvantaged neighborhoods in Los Angeles. The other half I’m at American Jewish University in Bel-Air, one of the most advantaged neighborhoods on earth. It’s been an education for the educator, shuttling ...
  • A Jew Grows In Brooklyn Makes L.A. Premiere At American Jewish University (Beverly Hills Courier)
    posted on January 28, 2011 at 05:38:44 pm
    American Jewish Univer-sity will become home to the Los Angeles premiere of Jake Ehrenreichs acclaimed comedy musical memoir A Jew Grows In Brooklyn, when it plays Wednesday, Feb. 16 through Sunday March 6 at the school, 15600 Mulholland Dr.
  • PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Los Angeles Concert Calendar (All About Jazz)
    posted on December 13, 2010 at 12:32:29 am
    Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Nokia Theatre Sat., December 18 ALLAN HARRIS Carpenter Performing Arts Center Wed., December 15, 7:00pm Heva Amrani: My Israel American Jewish University Tue., December 14, 7:30pm THE ANGELES CHORALE Walt Disney Concert Hall Sat., December 18, 11:30am John Grant, The Chapin Sisters Autry National Center Thu., December 16, 7:00pm...
  • Guest Editor: Michael Berenbaum (The Forward)
    posted on October 13, 2010 at 07:44:37 pm
    This fall, eight guest editors are helping to shape the Forward Forum by commissioning opinion pieces. This week, it’s Michael Berenbaum, a professor of Jewish Studies at the American Jewish University in Los Angeles and director of the Sigi Ziering Institute there, which studies the ethical and religious implications of the Holocaust. He was project director for the creation of the United ...