Origin Story: Virtual Beit Midrash
Locked in but not locked out of the Beis! This June, OU-JLIC is hosting an incredible Virtual Beit Midrash program for college students, including shiurim, chevrutot, social activities, mishmar and more! Learn more here. This is an interview with the genius behind OU-JLIC’s new Virtual Beit Midrash, Rabbi Jonathan Shulman. Rabbi Shulman was an OU-JLIC […]
Study Break on The Go
The semesterly #OUJLICstudybreak has been a favorite tradition on many campuses, including OU-JLIC at Columbia/Barnard and OU-JLIC at Rutgers. During finals week, the Educators deliver snack bags with juice boxes, gushers and other snacks to energize and uplift students all around campuses – in dorms, libraries, cafes and wherever they may be. Even though students […]
How do you do a wedding during the Corona Pandemic?
Rabbi Aaron Greenberg, our OU-JLIC Rabbi in Toronto, officiated at Pearl Kraft and Nadav Gasner’s wedding this past Sunday. As you can see, an abundance of caution, social distancing and Zoom was used in conducting this celebration.This is a very special simcha for OU-JLIC Toronto community for Nadav and Pearl are very active on their […]
Students Respond to COVID-19
“While life’s not so grim for every college student, it would be easy to feel sorry for yourself. Yet so many students have recognized while they cannot change their situation, there are so many who currently need and can be helped.” Imagine trying to make Pesach for the first time, while stuck on an empty […]
110 Jews At Javits Center Celebrate Pesach Courtesy of Partnership Between OU-JLIC…
110 Jews At Javits Center Celebrate Pesach Courtesy of Partnership Between OU-JLIC, Met Council And NY Board Of Rabbis NEW YORK—As Pesach began Wednesday evening throughout a world suffering from a pandemic, a night truly like no other was celebrated at one of the largest field hospitals set up worldwide to treat a surge of […]
OU-JLIC Helps Ready the Javits Center for Pesach
Javits Center makeshift COVID hospital is now ready for Pesach with help from OU-JLIC. The New York Board of Rabbis were in touch yesterday with Rabbi Joe Wolfson (OU-JLIC at NYU) explaining that out of 1000 patients there, about 100 are Jewish patients that needed help for Pesach. Students transported dozens of boxes of food […]
Killing COVID with Kindness
Rabbi Joe Wolfson (NYU) and Mrs. Margot Botwinick’s (IDC Herzliya) initiative for helping out the most vulnerable segments of our community during this time is up to over 175 volunteers. Volunteers call the elderly, Yachad members and others that are immunocompromised or otherwise isolated (the goal is to reach 5000 seniors). Through Rabbi Joe, volunteers are […]