Mayim Bialik, the star of the 1990s sitcom Blossom, will talk about "Why Blossom was Half-Jewish" at 7 p.m. today in Communications Building Room 101. The talk is free to UCF students.

The event marks the start of Hillel at UCF's semester-long "Just Jewish" campaign.

Hillel aims to involve Jewish UCF students in their religion's campus life, regardless of their level of spiritual involvement.

"We started 'Just Jewish' for those students who consider themselves just Jewish and not necessarily extremely religious," said Hillel Secretary Amy Schwartz.

Bialik, an active Jew and graduate student at UCLA, has been actively involved at Hillel and Jewish campus life. Bialik spoke at the University of Florida in 2001, where she befriended Hillel at UCF adviser Samantha Taylor.

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Sharing a Passion for Judaism

January 29, 2004

Mayim Bialik -- forgive us -- blossomed in front of America.

Enduring adolescence is hard enough, but imagine going through it on TV. As the star of the '90s NBC sitcom Blossom, Bialik did just that and faced the ups and downs of show biz. Everyone seemed to have an opinion about how she should be or what she should become. But no one could touch her faith.

"The only thing I had as a constant was that I was Jewish," Bialik, 28, says.

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