Learn & Explore at AJU
- Bruce Geller Screenwriting Competition
Accepting scripts through December 10 - MBA Program - Energizing Faith-Based Organizations
December 1, 5PM - 6:30PM - Religion & Philosophy in the Middle Ages
December 7, 7PM - 8:30PM - National Slam Poetry Champions
December 8, 8PM - MBA Program - Donor and Foundation Relations
December 8, 5PM - 6:30PM - An Afternoon of Stand-Up Comedy
December 12, 4PM - Litvaks: A History of the Jews of Lithuania
December 12, 5PM - 9PM - The Jews of Afghanistan and Central Asia
December 13, 10AM - 1PM - Ashkenazim: The Early History of German Jewry
December 13, 6PM - 10PM
Catholics Bear Witness at American Jewish University
Catholic School educators, priests and seminarians from throughout Southern California attended the ADL's Bearing Witness program on November 7-9 at American Jewish University's Familian campus.
This unique three-day workshop, sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League and the Archdioceses of Los Angeles' Department of Catholic Schools, focused on the history of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust and addressed issues of diversity, prejudice and bigotry in contemporary society and how to teach these topics in a Catholic School setting. Read More
Slam Poetry at AJU
There's going to be a great collaboration of spoken word artists at American Jewish University's very own slam poetry fundraiser for the AJU College Theater Workshop.
The event will feature National Slam Poetry Champions Steve Connell, In-Q, and Sekou tha Misfit, all of whom have been featured in television shows and movies along with other interesting enterprises. Steve Connell, who won several national and regional slam competitions, traveled across the US during the 2004 presidential campaign with the group Declare Yourself encouraging young people to vote. He also performed for President Barack Obama. In-Q, the 2004 National Poetry Slam Champion, is also a stage actor, and Sekou tha Misfit, a former elementary school teacher, has won the National Poetry Slam championship twice and has a CD out titled Poetic License.
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