




Jamil Zaki, author of The War for Kindness, visits UCLA
Compassionate Conversations, Dialogue Across Difference, News
UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute and ISH Host Adam Phillips for its Compassionate Conversation Series
Compassionate Conversations, Initiative to Study Hate, News
ISH hosts the California Commission on the State of Hate for Convening on Online and K-12 Hate Prevention Policy
Initiative to Study Hate, NewsOn October 31, scholars, policy makers, educators, and advocates from across California gathered in the Luskin Conference Center to develop innovative solutions for preventing and reducing hate online and in California schools. This convening…

Bedari Kindness Institute featured in Guibord Center series
News
On December 9th, BKI deputy director Maia Ferdman was featured in Take Heart Now: Spiritual Tools for Centering and Compassion, a series hosted by the Guibord Center, an interfaith organization promoting shared values including compassion,…

Dialogue across Difference Initiative
Dialogue Across Difference, NewsDear Bruin Community
We are writing to share that the UCLA Dialogue across Difference (DaD) Initiative, which is now housed in the Bedari Kindness Institute, is sponsoring a range of programs, trainings and teaching opportunities on campus…

Appointment of David N. Myers, Distinguished Professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History appointed Faculty Director of the Bedari Kindness Institute
NewsDear Colleagues,
Following an internal search, David N. Myers, Distinguished Professor and Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History in the UCLA Department of History, has been named faculty director of the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute.
The…