Hundreds of JLIC Students Gather for Lag Ba’omer
Hundreds of JLIC Students around the globe gathered together to celebrate Lag Ba’omer. In Israel, nearly 200 students at Reichman University and members of JLIC Herzliya gathered on Lag Ba’omer night for a kumzitz, bonfire and good food for a night with old and new friends. Sara and Rabbi Josh Klein of Penn hosted a […]
Pesachpalooza, Mimounas and Non-Ashkenormative Charoset
Rutgers students threw white balls at each other yelling “barad!”(hail), did the wave around the table, and hit each other with scallions – all in the name of Pesachpalooza, JLIC’s creative spin on the traditional Mock Seder. It’s a small example of JLIC’s greater innovative approach in engaging the 5,000 students it served across North […]
OU-JLIC Hosts High School Guidance Counselor Conference
Over 40 advisors from the Metropolitan area and beyond attended OU-JLIC’s High School Guidance Counselor Conference this past November at the OU’s national headquarters in Manhattan. The event was part of an ongoing effort to strengthen OU-JLIC’s connection with local day schools. A panel of OU-JLIC campus directors and staff provided guidance counselors with […]
OU-JLIC Represents at JNF-USA Conference
Yavneh, the OU-JLIC national student leadership network, sent a delegation of over 250 college students representing 51 campuses to this year’s largest and most prominent pro-Israel gathering, Jewish National Fund-USA’s national conference, held earlier this month in Boston. The conference provided the Yavneh delegation with an amazing opportunity to connect with student and professional leaders […]
Nissim Black Concert with Bar Ilan University
Mizrachi OU-JLIC together with Bar-Ilan University hosted over 500 gap year students, lone soldiers, and bnot sherut from across Israel at a lively Nissim Black concert in order to announce the official partnership between Mizrachi OU-JLIC and Bar Ilan University. This new partnership will allow Bar-Ilan to provide more social and learning programming targeting the […]
Rabbi Hauer’s Visits CUNY Queens College and University of Maryland
Last week our OU-JLIC campuses at CUNY Queens College and University of Maryland were joined by Rabbi Moshe Hauer, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union. Rabbi Hauer went to Queens College and spoke with the students about the importance of being involved in the community. The conversation focused on the overall community and pastoral […]
New Jersey Family, Israel’s Bar-Ilan University Commit to Multiyear Expansion of OU’s Student Life Program for International Students
Philanthropic gift will grow critical support network on campus for Modern Orthodox English-speakers from abroad. (Courtesy of OU) Hundreds of English-speaking Modern Orthodox international students at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University will benefit this fall from a significant expansion of The Orthodox Union Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (OU-JLIC), a support network that […]