The Tefillin Project: Cultivating Meaningful Jewish Connections, One Pair at a Time
In the spirit of enriching Jewish lives and fostering community connections, The Tefillin Project has emerged as a beacon of generosity and purpose. Founded by former JLIC Yavneh fellow Jacob Bach, this initiative aims to provide free pairs of Tefillin to individuals who have never received one of their own. Supported by seed money from […]
NY1: NYU Rabbi Looks Back on First-Hand Experience of Violence in Israel
By: Michael Herzenberg 11/18/2014 11:48 PM Click here to watch the interview The violence in the Middle East has affected New Yorkers for years. Some have lost loved ones—or experienced the conflict first hand. NY1’s Michael Herzenberg filed the first installment of a two part series. “I love working with people,” says Rabbi Gideon Black. […]
OU Welcomes Rabbi & Wife as Torah Educators at Columbia U
The Jewish Voice: On Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 By: JV Staff As the academic year is in full swing at colleges across America and with the fall holidays now history, Rabbi Noam and Shiffy Friedman are prepared to look ahead for their first year on campus as the Torah Educators at the Heshe and Harriet […]
JLIC at Cornell and Ptil Tekhelet Association To Present Lecture on The Rediscovery of Biblical Blue with Nobel Laureate Dr. Roald Hoffman
Stephen Steiner, November 4th, 2014 JLIC at Cornell and Ptil Tekhelet Association to Present Lecture on the Rediscovery of Biblical Blue with Nobel Laureate Dr Roald Hoffmann, Sunday, November 9th Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Roald Hoffmann will be the featured speaker as the Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus at Cornell and the Ptil Tekhelet Association present: “Science And Judaism: A […]
All Mapped Out
How a JLIC couple carved out their own winding path to a fulfilling life mission By: Ari Ziegler The college years are often about journeying out into the world and finding that one thing that speaks to you. And for many people, the map to their ultimate destination is quite different from the one they’d […]
JLIC Fellowship with YU
Rachel Leshaw Fellow @Princeton, Ilana Bercuson JLIC @Princeton, Rabbi Elie Bercuson JLIC @PrincetonJLIC is excited to announce another new venture aimed at supporting and enhancing the work JLIC is doing on 20 campuses across North America. JLIC has launched the 2014-2015 JLIC Fellowship for final year students at YU’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary’s […]
Changing the Face of Women’s Jewish Education on Campus: JLIC at Queens College Launches Full-Fledged Midrasha
Batya Rosner August 18, 2014 When Rabbi Robby and Shoshana Charnoff arrived at Queens College two years ago as the inaugural Torah Educators of the Orthodox Union’s Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) program at the university, they emphasized their goal of “transforming a commuter campus into a Queens College Jewish Community.” The Charnoffs […]