Bigger is better?
This question was submitted by Rabbi Shlomo Schachter and Ahava Zarembski- Schachter, OU-JLIC Educators at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. When looking at Jewish life on a campus, bigger is better right? The conventional wisdom is that a school with more Jews is obviously better for Jewish life. This is especially true within the Orthodox […]
Student Spotlight – Adin Feder
Interview by Hani Lowenstein, Associate Director of Community Projects, OU-JLIC: Adin Feder, a rising sophomore at Yale University, is an active member in the community at the Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale and has a weekly chevruta with OU-JLIC educator, Rav Alex Ozar. Adin was born and raised in Sharon, MA and attended high […]
SUPPORTER SPOTLIGHT – Dov and Jeanne Haselkorn
Interview by Hani Lowenstein, Associate Director of Community Projects, OU-JLIC: Dov and Jeanne Haselkorn, both graduates of Princeton University, live in Merion Station, PA. Dov grew up in Newton Centre, MA and Jeanne was raised in Bryn Mawr, PA, just a short distance from where they currently reside. Dov has spent his entire career as a consultant with Oliver Wyman and […]
Shabbat at the Hampton Synagogue with Allen Fagin and OU-JLIC
July 12-13- Allen Fagin, Executive Vice President of the OU, and Rabbi Pinny Rosenthal, National Director of Development for OU-JLIC spent last Shabbat at The Hampton Synagogue. Allen Fagin spoke in conversation with Erin Schrode, before the synagogue’s 700 congregants, about how the OU is addressing top issues in the Jewish community through their involvement […]
On Aliyah, Love and Clean Energy
Interview by Hani Lowenstein, Associate Director of Community Projects, OU-JLIC: Dr. Brian Rosen is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Tel Aviv University and is the founder of the department’s Energy Materials Laboratory. Last year, Brian was named by the Calcalist and the The Marker as one of Israel’s 40-under-40. […]
Jewish Roommates?
This question was submitted by Rabbi Elie and Miriam Schwartz, incoming educators at the University of Pennsylvania (previously educators at the University of Maryland). I’m very nervous because I am going to a college where I don’t know anyone and I would really like to have an observant Jewish roommate. How do I find a roommate […]
Winner, Winner, BBQ Dinner!
OU-JLIC caught up with Alumni Appreciation Month (May) 2019 grand prize winner, Benjamin Margolin, who won $500 worth of meats several co-branded grill aprons, courtesy of Abeles & Heymann. Ben graduated from Brandeis University in 2017 and currently works for Navigant Consulting as an anti-money laundering consultant. What was your reaction to learning you won […]