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In 2012, when Eric Haavind-Berman ’15 and James Hayward ’16 arrived on campus, Haavind-Berman as a transfer and Hayward as a first- year, they were disappointed to find that their favorite sport, lacrosse, did not have a club team. Haavind-Berman and Hayward both played lacrosse in high school and wished to continue in college. Hoping to find a few players to join them on the field, they put up flyers around campus.
Eric Haavind-Berman ’15 (right) and James Hayward ’16 competing at Saturday’s lacrosse practice
Igor Berman ’17 joined club lacrosse in the spring of 2014.
Eric Haavind-Berman ’15 (left) and James Hayward ’16 are co-captians of the club lacrosse team.
It was July 2014 in the North End of Boston when Ohad Elhelo ’16 received devastating news from his home country of Israel. During a secretive mission part of a military operation called Operation Protective Edge, 13 soldiers and officers from his former unit in the Israel Defense Forces died in an explosion on a road planted with mines.
Elhelo, an active Israel Defense Forces reserve officer, spoke to a crowd of 3,000 people at a pro-Israel rally in August 2014.
Ohad Elhelo ’16 (left) is pictured with a fellow soldier as he was serving as an itelligence officer in a special unit of the Israel Defense Forces.
Elhelo spoke at the City Hall in Boston about his experience serving in a two-week special operation.
President Frederick Lawrence is a board member on Elhelo’s new humanitarian organization called Our Generation Speaks.
In 1954, 60 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education to desegregate public schools. In 1964, 50 years ago, the Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination.
Students stayed at Jackson State University in the Margaret Walker Center as they studied the current and past reality of segregation in schools.
From a young age, Prof. Andrew Koh (CLAS) was enamored with beginnings. Then he grew up and became an archaeologist— a profession that takes him back to the start of the world’s first ancient civilizations every day. At the height of his career, he has managed to marry his diverse areas of expertise, using his dual background in both classical studies and biological chemistry to unearth truths about ancient viticulture and the Canaanite community that might otherwise have remained shrouded in historical guesswork.
Prof. Andrew Koh (CLAS) has managed to combine his knowledge of science and passion for ancient history.
Excavators at the Tel Kabri archaeological site discovered 40 jars which an ancient king used to store wine in 1600 B.C.
Usually, when you sit down to talk with a friend, you can be sure that he or she will look you in the eye and, with no hesitation, talk about the one day that made his or her past summer so special.
Student volunteers learn to interact with those who suffer from cognitive diseases.
In February 2013, Jake Cohen ’15 and Alex Cortesi-Gesten ’15 toured a sacred temple outside of Bangalore, India. Overwhelmed by all the experience offered them, they shaved their heads and donned Buddhist monk robes as they bathed in the meditative holy waters of the temple. After being blessed, they listened to yogis speak about the mechanics of time and space and how that seamlessly meshed with the spirituality inherent in all human beings.
Jake Cohen ’15, a student of physics and mathematics, was blessed by an elephant during his study abroad term in Bangalore, India.
As a Brandeis undergraduate on the pre-med track, Nadia Hashimi ’00 didn’t imagine her professional life would turn out as it has. Literature was always something she appreciated, but it wasn’t until she’d settled into life as a doctor that she realized she could pursue writing as a second career.
How much responsibility do you have to the culture in which you live? If Brandeis students turn their heads and choose not to see what is uncomfortable, will this perpetuate a culture of ignorance within the American Jewish community?