Trips to Israel are always made out to mean more than they do. Just this past winter break, countless trips to Israel were provided for college students. Project Interchange, Hasbara Fellowship, Bruin Birthright, ADL’s Campus Leaders Mission to Israel and iEngage with the Shalom Hartman Institute are only some of the many partially to fully […]
Author Archives: Shani Shahmoon
MSA, Hillel, SJP, Bruins for Israel can collaborate to teach students
As ignorance runs rampant on campus and our administration fails to properly acknowledge it, student groups must take the initiative to change the direction of campus climate. For the third time at UCLA this year, slanderous posters were put up around campus attacking the student organization Students for Justice in Palestine, and for the first […]
Shani Shahmoon: Assumed loyalty to Israel marginalizes Jewish student activists
No one is just one thing. While our identities define our perspectives, they don’t limit our interests. The meeting this past Monday, the University of California Statement of Principles Against Intolerance public forum, was an attempt by Avi Oved, UC Student Regent and a Jew, to draw attention to ongoing discrimination on UC campuses, but […]
Shani Shahmoon: Peer support network would alleviate demand for counseling services
The transition into college is difficult for most, if not all, students. It can be harder though when you have no one to talk to. UCLA’s Counseling and Psychological Services is the main resource students have in respect to mental health services. Students who already have mental health issues can use CAPS as a way […]
Shani Shahmoon: Students should check hypocrisy when calling out generalizations
In an effort to expand their minds, some people may be narrowing their perspectives. Today, there is a strong movement that has been attempting to bring an end to the generalizations of people, communities and organizations. Specifically, UCLA has become a place where ethnicities, religions and overall unique differences have become a major part of […]
Shani Shahmoon: Iran nuclear deal poses threat to Israel, stability in Middle East
Supporters of the Iran nuclear deal should realize what they see as a step forward for world peace might be three steps backward for stability in the Middle East. I have been sitting in an Israeli news room interning for The Jerusalem Post since early July. On a daily basis since the Iran nuclear deal […]
Know your issues: Divisiveness prevents progress between communities
Opinion columnists outline the issues incoming students need to know, but aren’t always told. Here are the things your new student advisor doesn’t tell you at orientation. Coming to this university at the peak of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, as well as during the rise of both anti-Semitism and Islamophobia on campus, I […]