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 […]
Students love Shabbat meals hosted by OU-JLIC families
Anyone who walks into the Hillel at this university is usually approached by four friendly faces. They belong to the OU-JLIC couples, the Schwartzes and the Hirschhorns, who routinely host meals for students on Shabbat. This university is the only campus in America to have two OU-JLIC couples because it services hundreds of Jewish students. Hosting Shabbat […]
Students Travel At Speed Of Sound From Paris to Sinai via L.A.
Perhaps it’s the support and encouragement they receive from OU-JLIC educators Rabbi Aryeh and Sharona Kaplan, perhaps they aren’t content being only twelfth on The Forward’s “Best Colleges For Orthodox Jews” list, perhaps it’s both; because students at UCLA continue to push the limits of what is possible for their Jewish college community. Last semester […]
Alumni Spotlight – Shoshana Javitt
Interview by Hani Lowenstein, Associate Director of Community Projects, OU-JLIC: Shoshana Javitt grew up in Hillside,NJ and attended Bruriah High School. She spent a year studying in Israel at Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim (MMY) and graduated from University of Maryland where she majored in Materials Science Engineering. HL: How did OU-JLIC impact your experience at University of Maryland? […]
OU-JLIC Most “Swiped” Program at UCLA
As a Jewish college student, two of the more difficult things to find on campus are often Kosher food and Torah classes. Not anymore at UCLA. This past semester, OU-JLIC student president and staff writer for UCLA’s Jewish student magazine Ha’Am, Joey Levin, found a simple solution: Introducing Jew-Swipes. Jew-Swipes is a feature on Ha’Am’s […]