Surviving the College Application Process
The prevailing wisdom is that junior year of high school is the toughest. However, Ross Mankuta, director of college counseling and academic planning at Milken Community Schools, disagrees. “We’re firm believers that senior year is the hardest year,” he told the Journal. “They are taking their hardest curriculum in high school while simultaneously applying to college.” […]
Ari Fuld Memorial Hoshana Rabah Night of Learning
There is a custom on the night of Hoshanah Rabah to stay up learning (similar to Shavuot night). This year, OU-JLIC’s night of learning at Binghamton University was dedicated to the memory of Ari Fuld, who was killed in a terrorist attack days before Yom Kippur.
Keeping Your Eye On The Journey
With guest blogger, Max Gruber: I am immensely grateful to OU-JLIC’s Summer in Jerusalem program for giving me the opportunity to grow on a religious, professional, and social level. Each morning I begin my day with a minyan of dedicated college students from around the world who care deeply about their religious commitments. Following Shacharit, […]
More Than Just An Internship
With guest blogger, Gila Samouha: “Excuse me… Do you know where this goes?” I doubtfully asked a hospital employee in my broken Hebrew, holding up a bag of blood. That was the beginning of a very fulfilling summer… As college students begin to get into the groove of the next milestone in their lives, desperately […]
Balancing Spiritual and Professional Development Over Summer Break
With guest blogger, Jared Feingold: When planning out my summer six months ago, I was torn in two directions. My soul nurtured by years of yeshiva education demanded its due portion of my time, while the college environment at Johns Hopkins University espoused a summer internship as necessary to building towards a successful career. I […]
OU-JLIC SoHo Rooftop Event
On Wednesday night June 27th, nearly 100 people joined OU-JLIC for our SoHo Rooftop event. The night included great company, buffet dinner, scotch and bourbon! A short program by Rabbi Steven Weil, Rabbi Shalom Axelrod and Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal stressed the critical need for OU-JLIC on campus. The event raised $100,000 that will go towards […]
What to do when your Rabbi is stuck in the Bahamas?
When, Rabbi Joe Wolfson and Corinne Shmuel exited the United States over spring break to visit the Bahamas and renew their U.S. visas, they expected to be back in time to help their college community prepare for Passover. What was meant to be just a quick to the British Commonwealth, took a twist when the […]