THE SECOND CITY’S 55TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR at CSUN
Despite its name, this improv group is second to none. Founded in 1959 in Chicago, the troupe has spent the last 55 years expanding to Canada and producing some of our favorite and defining comedic...
View ArticleDead Sea Scrolls, Yom HaAtzmaut and The Women’s Guild
The UCLA and USC events were two of many of their kind. The Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) was among the sponsors of more than 100 Yom HaAtzmaut celebrations on campuses across the country, according...
View ArticleHelping the Homeless, One Dwelling at Time
After receiving a bachelor’s degree from CSUN and a master’s degree from UCLA’s Department of Urban Planning, Schwartz spent her late 20s and early 30s working for various housing agencies. Over the...
View Article#myLAcommute LA has been good to me, but I miss home
I want to be a teacher or maybe a social worker. I’m figuring it out as I go. I’m from West Africa. I moved to Los Angeles six months ago to study child development at Cal State Northridge and to be...
View ArticleNew director for Hillel 818
Hillel 818 works with an estimated 8,000 Jewish students, serving Pierce College, Los Angeles Valley College and CSU Northridge, where it is located near campus. Katz comes from a similar situation,...
View ArticleFall preview calendar: 2015
Two-time Grammy-winning pianist Peter Nero celebrates 50 years of recording by honoring the music of the late, great composer-pianist George Gershwin. Nero is among the best Gershwin interpreters,...
View ArticlePersian-Jewish women keep tradition alive on canvas
Raminfard, 37, graduated from Stephen S. Wise High School and CSU Northridge, where he studied marketing and philosophy. Since age 9, he had wanted to be an artist and began studying with Peyman. He...
View ArticleWith music, fine food, events celebrate Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews
Soomekh is associate director of research at UCLA’s Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies. She previously taught theology at CSU Northridge and at Loyola Marymount University. She said the stories of...
View ArticleHillel’s triple art exhibition is a celebration through creation
Her work also examines immigrants pushing their children to achieve great heights. Krasner can relate. Her 15-year-old son, Benjamin, who performed at the opening, is an accomplished pianist who has...
View ArticleJust for the Smiles: A new philanthropic endeavor that is ever-so-L.A.
G: During my freshman year of college at Cal State Northridge, I wanted to take a public speaking class because I wanted to find new ways to overcome my stage fright and fight through my stuttering...
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