Category: National Blog

THE FUN DON’T STOP

Our continued aim is not only to offer great shiurim and opportunities for chavrutot, but to create a community of learners. To intensify this community, our thinking was that if students coordinated learning times and locations, a greater sense of unity could be achieved. We have worked with the London family to raise funds to offer students a modest stipend for a commitment to learning a certain number of hours per week at the Bronfman Center. The intended use for the stipends is for a trip to Israel or for the purchase of sefarim.

This summer, Rabbi Reuven Boshnack, along with the OU staff, led a Birthright trip to Israel. The trip is comprised primarily of Brooklyn College students, many of whom, are visiting Israel for the first time. Throughout the trip, Rabbi Boshnack has been an impacting force, bringing inspiration, Torah, and meaning to many of their excursions. Please click on the heading to see several clips from their trip on youtube.

JLIC would like to share with all of its students and the larger JLIC family, a great online resource for free online Torah Video Classes, "Naaleh.com." Naaleh offers Streaming video, MP3 and Ipod Video downloads. To visit their site, please click here.

The transition from Yeshiva in Israel to secular university is usually fraught with many challenges. One of those great challenges is confronting views and ideologies that seem contrary to traditional Jewish thought. In a program sponsored by many Yeshivot in Israel, Yeshiva students joined together to hear shiurim dealing with some of these very issues. The shiur by Rav Cherlow addressing Bible Criticism is now posted on our website. To download the shiur, please click on the link below: Rav Cherlow's Shiur

The NYU Student Affairs Hallmark Award is an annual award designed to celebrate best practices and promote community within the Division of Student Affairs, and to promote the Division's use and recognition of the five Student Affairs hallmarks - learning, community, diversity, wellness, and quality service. Rabbi Yehuda Sarna of the Bronfman Center received a 2010 Hallmark Award for his excellence in all five of these hallmarks!

Our hearts are filled with joy and gratitude to Hashem upon the birth of our son today – May 27, 2010/ 14 Sivan 5770—at 1:02am. Toby and baby are doing great. The baby weighed 7 pounds and was 19 inches long. Big brother Yisrael was thrilled to meet his “new baby”. God-willing the /bris/ (circumcision and baby naming) will take place on Thursday June 3 (21 Sivan) in Waltham, MA. Exact details on the time and location will follow. A Shabbat afternoon Shalom Zachor (gathering celebrating a baby boy’s first Shabbat in this world) will take place at our home at 4:00pm. Mazal Tov! Love, Rabbi Elliot, Toby, Yisrael and Little Baby Kaplowitz