Brandeis-Bardin Institute

Brandeis-Bardin Institute

Now the Brandeis-Bardin Campus of American Jewish University, this Jewish retreat in Simi Valley was formerly the "Brandeis-Bardin Institute". It is known for its nondenominational summer programs for children, teens and young adults.

History

The Brandeis-Bardin Institute was founded by Shlomo Bardin inspired by the ideals of the early Zionist movement and the ideas and financial support of Justice Louis Brandeis. The institute branched out into a program for college aged Jews called the Brandeis Collegiate Institute, and a summer camp called Alonim.

Many greats got their starts at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute including Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi the founder of Renewal Judaism, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and served as the springboard for the American Israeli Folk Dance movement started by Dani Dassa and continued by his son David Dassa. In the 1970s Rabbis Abraham Joshua Heschel and Mordecai Kaplan frequented the institute. Later on Rabbi Joseph Telushkin would lead a weekly Torah discussion at the House of the Book at the Brandeis Bardin Institute and Dennis Prager [ [http://www.lukeford.net/Dennis/indexp2.html Dennis Prager Biography ] ] would be among the many leaders of the Institute. The Brandeis Bardin Institute is also the largest piece of Jewishly owned land outside of the land of Israel.

Shlomo Bardin ran the Institute until 1976. He is buried on the grounds of the Brandeis Bardin Institute.

In March 2007, officials from both the "Brandeis-Bardin Institute" and the "University of Judaism", a non-denominational institution of higher education offering undergraduate and graduate degrees along with a rabbinical studies program located in Bel Air, announced they would merge into a new organization called American Jewish University.

In the 1950s, BBI was known as Brandeis Camp Institute (BCI); Shlomo Bardin was the Director.

Filming locations

The futuristic architecture of the campus's "House of the Book", designed by architect Sidney Eisenshtat, has appeared as a location in several film and television projects:
* Camp Khitomer in ""
* Lore's Borg compound in the "" episode "Descent"
* The Command Center and Power Chamber for "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", ', and '
* "The Lawnmower Man"
* Marilyn Manson's video for "The Dope Show"
* Chris Brown's video for "Wall to Wall"
* The Rock & Roll History Museum in "Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny"
* The rear of the building (and surrounding vegetation) was featured in a recent Lexus commercial.
* Exterior and outside (around the grounds) of the House of Book and the institute were used for Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder.
* The prison Camp Holliday in the movie Wedlock with Rutger Hauer.

References

ee also

External links

* [http://www.thebbi.org/index.htm The Official website for the Brandeis-Bardin Institute]


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