OU-JLIC at IDC Semester Off To a Great Start!
A great video showing the excitement of the OU-JLIC IDC Herzliya Community can be found here https://youtu.be/0c0YDLV82sk
OU-JLIC On The Go: Near and Far
OU-JLIC has been looking for safe and meaningful ways to connect with our students who we may not easily be able to see in person these days! Rabbi Reuven and Shira Boshnack (OU-JLIC at Brooklyn) began delivering mini kugels to their students and alumni all over the NYC area! Rabbi Shlomo and Ruchie Brukrier (OU-JLIC […]
OU-JLIC at IDC Goes Local to Support Each Other
In Israel, students are just as much students as they are young professionals. In particular in todays economy, the students very often work part time in order to be able to support themselves. We’ve been heavily encouraging student run businesses so we can all support each other. Yapha Rosen from Maryland, launched “Yaphas Challahs”, Yehuda […]
Virtual Simchat Torah Senior Celebration with OU-JLIC at NYU
Simchat Torah is traditionally a moment in the community calendar when we honor members of the outgoing class for what they have contributed in their time until now at NYU. This wasn’t possible in the normal way this year as much of our student body is scattered across the country. And so instead we asked […]
Brandeis Sukkah Graffiti Project
Sukkot on campus this year will look a bit different than in previous ones. OU-JLIC at Brandeis gave their students an opportunity to express themselves in this hard and stressful time in a fun and creative way! Rabbi Arye and Avi Greenberg, OU-JLIC Directors at Brandeis invited their students to come to their backyard in […]
Yom Kippur with IDC
Yom Kippur in the IDC parking lot was incredible. A shocking TWO HUNDRED students and lone soldiers came out for Kol Nidrei. We quickly ran out of chairs and machzorim, but the atmosphere was strong and positive, and everyone was happy to be there. To end off Yom Kippur, we were joined by an additional hundred […]
Backyard OU-JLIC Wedding
Annette, L.A, and Aaron, NJ, started dating during their freshman/senior years (respectively) at Cornell University. After Aaron graduated and moved to Pittsburgh to pursue a PhD at Carnegie Mellon, they continued dating long distance. Annette and Aaron were planning to have their wedding at a large hall in NJ this summer, but had to cancel […]