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A Message from
Dr. Robert Wexler
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Our new partnership with Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BBI) has been gratifying in so many ways. As we moved toward forging an agreement, I met with every member of the BBI board of directors. Some I already knew, and others I came to know. I was particularly impressed with their broad knowledge of the institution and commitment to its success. Such was the depth of this commitment that they were willing to join with the UJ to create the American Jewish University (AJU).
How can I describe the sense of electricity that filled the room as the University of Judaism board of directors met to confirm our agreement with BBI and launch the AJU? The vote was unanimous. But more than that, the men and women of our board recognized that they were participating in an historic moment in the annals of our institution, our community and American Judaism.
When it comes right down to it, we all want to believe in Jewish unity and in a future for Jewish life in this country. The creation of the American Jewish University has provided a joyful moment of optimism, and it is wonderful to see that so many people in this community and beyond share our vision and our enthusiasm.
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 AJU Celebrates 57th Commencement
At AJU’s 57th annual commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20, Dr. Leonard Kleinrock, a computer science professor at UCLA and one of the “Fathers of the Internet,” received an honorary doctorate and delivered the commencement address.
Adam Stein (MAEd) and Associated Students President Jahmy Graham (BA) were the student speakers. As a testament to AJU students’ affinity for their alma mater, both Stein and Graham return next year, as a Ziegler rabbinical student and MBA graduate student, respectively. view more photos
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 From Our Think Tanks
The Madness of Contemporary Times
by Michael Berenbaum,
Sigi Ziering Institute
There is an old Hasidic story about a town whose drinking water was poisoned. Anyone who drank the water went mad. The town came to its Rebbe and asked him: "What are we to do? If we do not drink the water we die; yet, if we drink the water we go mad." read more
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 Goodbye CAS, Hello MBA
Jessica Spivak
Jessica Spivak was featured in the May 25 issue of the Jewish Journal in a story about Jewish students who may be Ivy League material, but learn to the beat of a different professor. read more
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 Brandeis-Bardin Campus Promotes Peaceful Cultural Understanding
Arab and Jewish teenagers spent two weeks together in the spirit of collaboration, to build a shared vision for a peaceful future and to create and promote cultural understanding. The Brandeis-Bardin Campus was home to 20 teenagers from Haifa, Israel, who participated in a grassroots effort called Project TRIUMPH (Today’s Revolution Is Understanding: Make Peace Happen). read more
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