In The Press

  • SUPPORTER SPOTLIGHT – Dov and Jeanne Haselkorn

    Interview by Hani Lowenstein, Associate Director of Community Projects, OU-JLIC: Dov and Jeanne Haselkorn, both graduates of Princeton University, live in Merion Station, PA.  Dov grew up in Newton Centre, MA and Jeanne was raised in Bryn Mawr, PA, just a short distance from where they currently reside.  Dov has spent his entire career as a consultant with Oliver Wyman and

    posted on August 7, 2019
  • Shabbat at the Hampton Synagogue with Allen Fagin and OU-JLIC

    July 12-13-  Allen Fagin, Executive Vice President of the OU, and Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal, National Director of Development for OU-JLIC spent last Shabbat at The Hampton Synagogue. Allen Fagin spoke in conversation with Erin Schrode, before the synagogue’s 700 congregants, about how the OU is addressing top issues in the Jewish community through their involvement

    posted on July 17, 2019
  • On Aliyah, Love and Clean Energy

    Interview by Hani Lowenstein, Associate Director of Community Projects, OU-JLIC: Dr. Brian Rosen is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Tel Aviv University and is the founder of the department’s Energy Materials Laboratory. Last year, Brian was named by the Calcalist and the The Marker as one of Israel’s 40-under-40.

    posted on July 9, 2019
  • Jewish Roommates?

    This question was submitted by Rabbi Elie and Miriam Schwartz, incoming educators at the University of Pennsylvania (previously educators at the University of Maryland). I’m very nervous because I am going to a college where I don’t know anyone and I would really like to have an observant Jewish roommate. How do I find a roommate

    posted on July 3, 2019
  • Winner, Winner, BBQ Dinner!

    OU-JLIC caught up with Alumni Appreciation Month (May) 2019 grand prize winner, Benjamin Margolin, who won $500 worth of meats several co-branded grill aprons, courtesy of Abeles & Heymann. Ben graduated from Brandeis University in 2017 and currently works for Navigant Consulting as an anti-money laundering consultant. What was your reaction to learning you won

    posted on June 19, 2019
  • Missing work and exams for Jewish holidays?

    Contributed by Rabbi Aryeh and Sharona Kaplan, OU-JLIC UCLA What is the college’s policy regarding work and exams missed due to Jewish holiday observance?   Yeshiva High School graduates can, at times, be surprised to realize that their new academic calendar is not designed to consider Shabbat and significant Jewish holidays. Accustomed to the comfortable accommodations

    posted on June 5, 2019
  • Dear Graduate…

    Dear Graduate, Mazal Tov on reaching this incredible milestone!  You’re graduating with an education from a premier university.  You’ve achieved honors in your classes, been conferred a prestigious degree and enter the workforce reflecting a unique and rich university experience. Yet beyond the coursework, please appreciate that your time in college has offered so much

    posted on May 21, 2019
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