Bruins in Israel Learning Program
While Rabbi Aryeh and Sharona Kaplan (OU-JLIC at UCLA) have been creating programing for students from different universities who find themselves in LA, this week was the first program for LA students who are zooming from Israel! Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan launched the Bruins in Israel Learning program, bringing together students who are now at Hebrew […]
Glow in the Dark Shabbat at Cornell
This semester Rabbi Daniel and Sarah Kasdan (OU-JLIC Campus Directors at Cornell University) are looking for new ways to connect to their students! One way is that they are giving out “themed” shabbat bags for students hosting their own meals. This week was “glow in the dark” shabbat in honor of the time change and […]
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 […]