Chabad UCLA Alumni Association

10/11/2024

Dear Jewcla Family!

I often overhear on UCLA campus the tour guides bragging as they welcome visitors to the #1 public research university in the US.

For the Jewish Bruin community a different kind of ranking is of utmost concern: is UCLA one of the most antisemitic colleges in the world? Has it become, instead of a place of FIAT LUX (let there be light), a place of darkness and hate? ...

I don't know the answer to that, but I do know that the ultimate answer to antisemitism (or in plain language, Jew-hatred) is Jew-love. The real answer to darkness is shining a light on it.

We are now in our 19th year of shining light and sharing love for Jewish students at UCLA, and the love has grown so much!

So would you please join us on this eve of Yom Kippur in shining your light and showering Jewish students at UCLA with more love? As well as with more things that Jewish students love to do, like Shabbat (300+ on week zero, and 237 students joined us last week), Jewish knowledge (16 new Sinai Scholars and three dozen JewishU class participants), Jewish holidays and Jewish pride (scores of Shabbat candles, tefillin wraps on Bruin Walk and mezuzahs in the dorms are happening every week!).

Whether you can give $1,800 or $18, every bit gives them the love and the Jewish home they sorely need in this day-and-age.

or
Venmo.com/chabaducla
Paypal.me/jewcla
Cash.app/$jewcla1
Zelle [email protected]

Thank you so much in advance.

Please accept our heartfelt wishes and blessings to you and all your loved ones to be sealed in the Book of Life, for a year filled with health, prosperity, joy, nachat, growth, and redemption!

Much love from Westwood, Shana tovah and gmar chatimah tovah!

~ Rabbi Dovid Gurevich
Rebbe's emissary to UCLA
Director, Chabad at UCLA Jewish student center

P.S. Please support Jewish students on UCLA campus with your loving contribution today! chabaducla.com/donate

PPS I would be remiss in omitting the greatest Happy Birthday wishes to the two most important women in my life, who share a birthday:
my mother, upon reaching the milestone 70th birthday - to many more in good health!
and my wife Elisa, the tireless bundle of energy and a fountain of youth for our college youth, who makes it all happen!
L'chaim to a year of blessings and success in everything!

Student life at UCLA is dependent on support of caring alumni, parents, and friends like you. Your Gift Becomes Their Future!

08/12/2024

Would love to see Alumni for the Jewcla Alumni Reunion Shabbat this Friday night!

Meanwhile, easy and meaningful fast of Tisha B'Av

07/25/2024

You are invited to support Jewish student life at UCLA through our summer Grand Draw raffle! Each ticket is only $36 and gives you a chance to win $18K, tix to Israel, and is a guaranteed mitzvah!!!
653 to go to our goal. All it takes is 30 seconds at UCLAmatch.com

Thank you to the 58 supporters, alumni, parents and friends, who are already in. Please join them in impacting Jewish tomorrow. Students need a home, a safe space, a place to celebrate being Jewish. They need your support more than ever before!

Please share UCLAmatch.com with your friends. Shabbat Shalom

12/14/2021

We're live! Kicking off year-end matching 1100K campaign to support student life on campus!! Thanks to our generous matchers every dollar you give will be tripled, wow! $1=3
Please give generously and share far and wide.
Link uclamatch.com is also in bio

PS there is a tradition on fast days like today's to donate at least the cost of meals to charity

03/19/2021

We're so proud of all alumni graduating medical schools and getting matched today! Tag friends who matched and WE WILL MATCH THEM with their new local Chabad house!

12/31/2020

Mazal tov to Jewcla Alum and past board member Nicole Zamanzadeh on your engagement!

12/10/2020

For those of you who know and love Nathan Hassan, his business is going through some tough times right now and can really use your support

06/23/2020

Huge to Abraham Goldstein and Devorah Norton on your wedding yesterday, and thank you for the honor of officiating!
May you always have reasons to celebrate and be blessed with only happiness, love and oneness for eternity! 💙💛💍🎈🎉👰🤵

06/01/2020

Huge mazel tov to Alex Kandel '10 on his marriage yesterday to Callie Hannah. Thank you for giving is reasons to celebrate amid chaos and uncertainty of these times, and for reaffirming that !