Angelina is a fourth-year Political Science student who enjoys the obscure, the romantic, and the extravagant.
Worked on 47 assignments, created 7, named on 12 bylines for BruinLife.
By Ha'Am Contributor (Angelina as content editor) + 5 others for BruinLife - 4 min read
Editorial: USAC President Devin Murphy resigns, timing brings new beginnings
In a surprising turn of events, the Undergraduate Student Association Council President Devin Murphy announced Friday that he would be resigning from the position effective immediately. This move follows weeks of deliberation regarding the parameters of this coming Tuesday’s divestment hearing, in which the USA Council will consider “A Resolution to Divest from Companies Engaged in Violence Against Palestinians.” For...
By Ha'Am Contributor (Angelina as content editor) + 4 others for BruinLife - 6 min read
Taste of Torah: L'Chaim, to life!
Written by Danielle Natelson, director of engagement at Hillel at UCLA. This Taste of Torah goes out to all my friends in the Jewish Bruin class of 2015, so if it’s coming across your news feed I suggest you keep reading. You’d think this week’s parsha was all about the great life of Sarah, and perhaps Abraham as well, with...
By Ha'Am Contributor (Angelina as content editor) + 4 others for BruinLife - 4 min read
Taste of Torah: Abraham's intervention
Written by Naomi Karp, director of student life at Hillel at UCLA. This week’s Torah portion, Vayeira, is jam packed with action, comedy and drama. The penultimate event is the Akeda, the binding of Isaac. To briefly recap: God instructs Abraham to take his son Isaac to Mount Moriah and sacrifice him as a burnt offering to show his faith...
By Ha'Am Contributor (Angelina as content editor) + 4 others for BruinLife - 3 min read
Taste of Torah: the need for continuous personal growth
Written by Rabbi Jacob Rupp, senior rabbi at the Jewish Awareness Movement at UCLA. Contemporary research reveals that millennials, more than ever before, want to find a job that is fulfilling. Gone are the days that we work for the paycheck — now we work for a cause or a calling, and get paid as a result. It is phenomenal...
By Angelina Ellyason (Angelina as content editor) + 3 others for BruinLife - 4 min read
Prodigious Babes of Jewish History: Imma Shalom
An Introduction to the SeriesJudaism has always been somewhat of a romantic religion to me. Perhaps it is because it never ceases to evoke within me an authentic array of emotions, ranging from awe to love to apprehension. Through my knowledge of biblical and Talmudic tales of the nation of Israel, I would advocate that the purest love (that of...
By Angelina Ellyason + 3 others for BruinLife - 5 min read
Jew-SAC Candidates: Jewish Identities and School Politics
If you have a Facebook account, then you are well aware that it is election season at UCLA. The Undergraduate Students Association Council — the governing body of the Undergraduate Students Association — annually holds elections Spring Quarter to elect thirteen student officers and commissioners. Although these UCLA undergraduate representatives may seem inconsequential to the average Joe Bruin, they actually...
By Angelina Ellyason + 4 others for BruinLife - 4 min read
BFI President-Elect Reflects and Looks Forward
The divestment bill most recently proposed to the Undergraduate Student Association Council on Feb. 25 significantly impacted the dynamics of Bruins for Israel; Eytan Davidovits, the newly-appointed president of the Israel advocacy club on campus, aims to alter those dynamics over the upcoming year. “Last quarter, everything went on hold when divestment came,” he recounted, “so the goal for next...
