Alumni Spotlight – Adina Lichtman
Interview by Hani Lowenstein, Associate Director of Community Projects, OU-JLIC: Adina Lichtman, originally from West Orange, New Jersey, founded the non-profit organization Knock Knock, Give a Sock during her sophomore year at NYU. HL: What sparked your interest in helping the homeless community and how did your experiences lead to the creation of Knock Knock Give a Sock? AL: One cold […]
Just5Club
Just 5 is a unique charitable platform designed to make the mitzvah of giving tzedakah more efficient and effective. Unique because it is managed by 12 college students who volunteer their time as the board of this powerful organization. Unique because all 350 members contribute the exact same amount, just $5, each month. Unique because its carefully vetted recipients […]
WHAT REALLY MATTERS
Interview by Hani Lowenstein, Associate Director of Community Projects, OU-JLIC: Moshe (Morris) Smith serves as the Chairman of the OU-JLIC Commission. Moshe succeeded Peter Lynch as the head of the Magellan fund at Fidelity Investments, at the time the world’s largest equity fund. After two years of great success, Mr. Smith announced he was leaving Fidelity and told the New York Times there […]
Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Come to OU-JLIC Minyan in the Morning
1. Free, delicious breakfast Bagels, coffee, eggs, and more! The most important meal of the day becomes so much greater after a refreshing dose of davening in the morning! 2. Meet new people Looking to meet other Jewish Bruins and make new friends? There is no better place to do that than the OU-JLIC morning […]
Jewish Life on Campus: An Informed Choice is the Best Choice
On Wednesday evening, December 26th, TABC and Ma’ayanot hosted their annual Jewish Life on Campus joint program. The evening featured over 27 college students from such varied universities as Cornell, SUNY at Binghamton, Cooper Union, New York University, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Drexel, Princeton, Brandeis, Yale, Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland, Rutgers, Queens, UMass at […]
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT – Jeremy Tibbetts
Interview by Hani Lowenstein, Associate Director of Community Projects, OU-JLIC: Jeremy Tibbetts grew up in the Boston area, attending South Area Solomon Schechter Day School, Gann Academy, and Newton North High School. He spent his gap year at Hebrew University and Yeshivat Ma’ale Gilboa. Even before he was registered for college courses he was a board member of […]
400 PEOPLE AND COUNTING…
What has united 400 people over 4 continents? The 929:Tanakh B’yachad WhatsApp group organized by Rabbi Joe Wolfson, OU-JLIC Educator at NYU. 929: Tanakh B’yachad, started by Rabbi Benny Lau in 2014, was created with the goal of Israelis across the religous spectrum learning one perek of Tanakh every Sunday-Thursday. This summer, the first cycle of Tanakh […]