A Torah-Infused Winter Break: The OU-JLIC Winter Midrasha Program in Jerusalem
Shoshana Javitt, a junior at University of Maryland’s school of engineering, wanted to infuse her winter break with Torah learning. She heard about the Orthodox Union’s JLIC Winter Midrasha program in Jerusalem from her midrasha, Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim (MMY). The program sounded like a great opportunity for her to be immersed in Torah, recharge her commitment […]
In Midst of Violence in Israel Binghamton University Students Gather to Mourn Deaths
Campus groups show solidarity with lives lost in Middle East conflict Article by: Michelle Kraidman (BU Pipe Dream) With Israeli flags draped across their backs, Binghamton University students showed their support for Israel with a vigil honoring those killed in the violence this past month. The vigil was organized by BU group Bearcats for Israel. […]
OU-JLIC at Rutgers & Rutgers Hillel Sponsor Jewish Genetic Awareness and Screening Event
On October 14, the OU Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus at Rutgers and Rutgers Hillel held a “Jewish Genetic Awareness and Screening Event.” A packed crowd of over 80 students learned about Jewish genetic diseases, the role of genetic screening and the Jewish perspective on testing and intervention. Sara Frieberg, Co-Director of OU-JLIC at Rutgers, […]
OU-JLIC/YU Fellowship 2015-2016
OU-JLIC launched the second OU-JLIC/YU Fellowship cohort on Sunday August 23rd with a day-long orientation at the OU headquarters. The Fellowship is accredited as a formal internship for RIETS 4th Year Internship program and aims to serve as a training ground from which future full-time OU-JLIC rabbis and educators will be drawn. The incoming Fellows, who […]
Rabbi Yosi Eisen, OU-JLIC UMass Wins Harold Grinspoon Award for Excellence in Jewish Education
GRINSPOON AWARDS – PRIZE WINNING EDUCATORS ANNOUNCED The Harold Grinspoon Foundation announced last month the four winners of the local Grinspoon Awards for Excellence in Jewish Education. These outstanding educators received surprise visits from community representatives bearing flowers and balloons: Esther Benari-Altmann, Temple Anshe Amunim in Pittsfield; Rabbi Yosi Eisen of the OU-JLIC Program at […]
OU’s Collegiate Leadership Shabbaton At NYU Inspires Jewish Student Leaders From Across The Nation
Last Shabbat was the fourth annual Orthodox Union Collegiate Leadership Shabbaton in New York City, once again hosted at New York University’s Bronfman Center and at The Brownstone/David H. and Carol Feinberg Leadership Center, and featuring scholar-in-residence Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, former Chief Rabbi of the British Commonwealth. Planning and running the Shabbaton was done jointly by different departments within OU NextGen, including the Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus–JLIC (in particularly NYU […]
NY1: NYU Rabbi Looks Back on First-Hand Experience of Violence in Israel
By: Michael Herzenberg 11/18/2014 11:48 PM Click here to watch the interview The violence in the Middle East has affected New Yorkers for years. Some have lost loved ones—or experienced the conflict first hand. NY1’s Michael Herzenberg filed the first installment of a two part series. “I love working with people,” says Rabbi Gideon Black. […]