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Rabbi Reuven Boshnack, JLIC educator at Brooklyn College, authored "The Sefas Emes Project", a collection of Rabbi Boshnack's Shiurim on the Parsha based on the teachings of the Sefas Emes. It is available at The Sefas Emes Project

A group of student leaders, who are very involved with the JLIC at Princeton, started an exciting initiative. From April 28 - May 1, the first Intercollegiate Aliyah Conference was hosted at Princeton University. The student organizers, along with the JLIC couple on campus, recruited a total of 50 students from 17 East Coast colleges, including Princeton, who participated in the four day conference. Read on ...

With one of the largest Jewish student populations in the country, you would be hard pressed to imagine the anti-Israel and concurrently anti-Semitic nature of the Rutgers University campus. Sadly, over the course of the past two years Rutgers has shifted from a generally peaceful pro-Israel environment to an outright assault on the Jewish State. Peculiarly, the growing hatred toward Israel on campus has not accompanied a large pro-Palestinian movement. Rather a specific trend of trying to delegitimize the lone democracy in the Middle East has emerged. As an anti-Israel speaker proudly said this past semester, “It’s not about Palestinians against Israel; it is about getting the world against Israel.”Read More

Stephen Savitsky and Stanley Weinstein talk JLIC Perpetuating Orthodox Jewish Life on College Campuses

JLIC and Heart to Heart have been working closely to create meaningful Jewish life and experiences on secular college campuses. Heart to Heart (H2H), an organization founded and led by Hart Levine, twenty-three year old UPenn grad, has a mission that seems extremely simple: to include uninvolved students in Jewish life by enabling involved Jewish students to share meaningful positive Jewish experiences and relationships with their peers. Despite its seeming obviousness, this grassroots effort on the part of American students is actually quite radical. Its genius lies in the casual, non-pressured environment Heart to Heart strives to create, ensuring that all are welcome . Learn More

Brooklyn College is hosting a JLIC Shabbaton on May 6-7th. Check out their promotional video! JLIC Shabbaton at Brooklyn College

With a limited budget and staff of two, how could we tap into the hearts and souls of the thousands of other young Jewish adults all over Cambridge and beyond? For Weekly Divrei Torah check out the YouTube Channel for Harvard JLIC