Dortort Center for the Arts Past Events
Below are some of the exciting programs presented by the Dortort Center for the Arts during the past school years:
Art Exhibits
 • Ron Haviv "Children of Darfur" Photography Exhibit: The photography exhibit by world-famous war photographer Ron Haviv. The exhibit consisted of 36 photographs and offered a visual representation of a child's daily life in Darfur. The exhibition premiered at the United Nations and was featured at the Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel.
• Under Fire in Lebanon: Award winning Israeli photojournalist Yoav Galai's riveting, graphic photographs of the Israel-Lebanon war during the summer of 2006. Mr. Galai was an embedded journalist with an Israeli army unit when the young soldiers in the unit were wounded during an attack.
• Roman Vishniac’s Berlin: Rare archival pre-World War II photographs by the legendary photographer and chronicler of Jewish life, on loan from the Jewish Museum in Berlin, foreshadow the tragic times awaiting the Jews in Europe.
• Hallie Lerman’s “Inside Russia”: Well known Los Angeles photographer Hallie Lerman’s fascinating look at the new faces of Russia today.
• Jack Gould’s “People and Things”: A photographic meditation and exploration of people and their treasured possessions. A UCLA graduate, Mr. Gould has published several noteworthy books on contemporary life in America.
• Wendy Lamm’s “From the Land of Miracles”
 • Makor/Source Art Show: Makor/Source highlighted the works of twenty-three contemporary Jewish artists whose works reflected their study of Jewish text. The show opened simultaneously with the USC Hillel. 
• From Destruction to Rebirth: A photographic journey by Eddie Friedman
• Jack Gould- Photographer: "People and Things": Triptychs of photographic portraits of people, and their personal essays about their most treasured possessions. Jack Gould is a highly respected photographer (and graduate of UCLA) whose published books on contemporary life in America have received rave reviews.
• "I Will Wake the Dawn: Illuminated Psalms" By Debra Band: Acclaimed Hebrew manuscript artist has woven together classical manuscript illumination arts with diverse iconography and modern scholarship to produce a strikingly new visual interpretation of a set of 36 Psalms.
Keynote Programs
 • "An Evening with Madame F" Yom Hashoah - Tuesday, April 25th, 2006: Hillel at UCLA was proud to present "An Evening with Madame F" on Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Rememberance Day. One of the most honored Holocaust-related performances, "An Evening with Madame F" was produced for television broadcast by PBS affiliates WCVE and WHTJ. Pianist, singer and actor Claudia Stevens performed the musical drama that she created to mark Yom Hashoah and to commemorate all those who perished in the Holocaust.
• Polish-American Conference at UCLA Hillel: Polish and American historians discuss the Holocaust in a conference organized by the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies. The Dortort Center will open a companion exhibit “Polish Heroes: Those Who Rescued Jews” on loan from the Galicia Museum in Krakow, Poland.
• Centropa –Witness to a Sephardic Century, 1878–2005: This project brings to life the extraordinary vibrancy and poignancy of the Sephardic Jewish experience in the Balkan Sephardic diaspora during the 20th century. Exhibit will consist of thirty-five posters of Sephardic family photographs and stories in Spanish and English. In addition we will hold lectures and symposia about Sephardic life in Europe.
Signature Programs
 • Dinner With Matching Silverware: Continuation of our popular student dinners held in private homes with celebrated artists in our community. Among our distinguished guest artists who will be participating: Bob Yari, producer of Oscar winning film “Crash,” Daniel Ezralow, Emmy award winning choreographer/dancer.
• UCLA Department of Fine Art Student Art Show:
Curated by UCLA art student Lindsay August-Salazar.
• Annual Student Photo Contest
2005 – 1st Annual Student Photo Contest
2006 – 2nd Annual Student Photo Contest
2007 – 3rd Annual Student Photo Contest
2008 – 4th Annual Student Photo Contest
• Celebrity Series on Spirituality: Co-presented by the Academy for Jewish Religion, California
• Musical Salons: We have enjoyed husband-wife recording artists Rebecca Rust (violoncello) and Friedrich  Edelman (bassoon) playing Beethoven, Mozart and Brahms.
• Award Winning Documentary Series: We have showed a very personal film by Hava Volterra on her Italian Jewish heritage. In 2007, Hillel screened "Post Military Trip" by Shruti Bhadwaj, the story of young Israelis who go off to India to come to grips with their experiences in the Israeli army. Who Gets to Call It Art?" by Peter Rosen, an entertaining look at a gentleman who became the first curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Channels of Rage" by Anat Halachmi, this hard hitting Israeli documentary covers the unique meeting places of Israelies and Arabs at Hip Hop festivals.
Get Involved
To get involved in the Student Arts Committee or for more information contact Perla Karney, Artistic Director of the Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at Hillel at UCLA.
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