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“The Ziegler community was great,” he recalled. “The faculty and the students really rallied around me and supported me in the moment.”
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Berenbaum served as executive producer and chief consultant on the film, which debuted July 16 at the Jerusalem Film Festival.
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“It reminded me that Jewish learning isn’t just about knowledge—it’s about finding yourself within the tradition.”
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“The Jewish view of God is exactly what felt natural to me and honest to me,” he said.
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Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, AJU’s Goldstine Distinguished Scholar, received the Mathilde Schechter Award from the Women’s League for Conservative Judaism (WLCJ) during the organization’s international convention
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In the summer of 1994, Gidi Grinstein arrived at American Jewish University’s Brandeis Camp Institute (BCI) as a 24-year-old Israeli naval officer preparing for what he expected would be a long military career. Twenty-eight days later, he left with a different vision—not only of his future, but of himself.
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American Jewish University (AJU) today announced the appointment of Rabbi John Carrier as Senior Rabbi and Director of Jewish Education for the Maas Center for Jewish Journeys, bringing to the … Continued
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BY JAY GREENLINGER “Who is wise? One who learns from every person.” Pirkei Avot 4:1 This teaching from Ben Zoma in the Pirkei Avot has stayed with me in the weeks since I … Continued
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American Jewish University (AJU) has announced the winners of its Jewish Future Video Fellowship 2025, a creative contest grounded in AJU’s singular focus on the Jewish future and inviting participants … Continued
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Matthew Devaney, 19, arrived at Ohio State University this fall already moving with the confidence of an upperclassman. A freshman majoring in public affairs with a specialization in nonprofit management—and … Continued
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Being based approximately 7,300 miles from American Jewish University didn’t stop Patrick John Ray Carpio, a resident of the Philippines, from tuning in each week for AJU’s Intro to Judaism … Continued
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Seven months ago, after a three-year planned hiatus from Jewish communal leadership, I became the president of American Jewish University (AJU) with only one goal: to reimagine and rebuild the … Continued
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Sara Wyle, a participant of the 2024 cohort at Intro to Judaism, enrolled in the course after her daughter, who attends a Jewish day school, had questions about the family’s … Continued
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Eduardo Bialostozky and Claudia Sanchez, participants of the June 2024 cohort of American Jewish University’s Miller Intro to Judaism program, signed up for the 18-week class during a moment of transition … Continued
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I learned Jewish history, which I never knew about, thanks to the AJU program.