OU-JLIC at IDC Goes Local to Support Each Other
In Israel, students are just as much students as they are young professionals. In particular in todays economy, the students very often work part time in order to be able to support themselves. We’ve been heavily encouraging student run businesses so we can all support each other. Yapha Rosen from Maryland, launched “Yaphas Challahs”, Yehuda […]
Virtual Simchat Torah Senior Celebration with OU-JLIC at NYU
Simchat Torah is traditionally a moment in the community calendar when we honor members of the outgoing class for what they have contributed in their time until now at NYU. This wasn’t possible in the normal way this year as much of our student body is scattered across the country. And so instead we asked […]
Brandeis Sukkah Graffiti Project
Sukkot on campus this year will look a bit different than in previous ones. OU-JLIC at Brandeis gave their students an opportunity to express themselves in this hard and stressful time in a fun and creative way! Rabbi Arye and Avi Greenberg, OU-JLIC Directors at Brandeis invited their students to come to their backyard in […]
Yom Kippur with IDC
Yom Kippur in the IDC parking lot was incredible. A shocking TWO HUNDRED students and lone soldiers came out for Kol Nidrei. We quickly ran out of chairs and machzorim, but the atmosphere was strong and positive, and everyone was happy to be there. To end off Yom Kippur, we were joined by an additional hundred […]
Study Break on The Go
The semesterly #OUJLICstudybreak has been a favorite tradition on many campuses, including OU-JLIC at Columbia/Barnard and OU-JLIC at Rutgers. During finals week, the Educators deliver snack bags with juice boxes, gushers and other snacks to energize and uplift students all around campuses – in dorms, libraries, cafes and wherever they may be. Even though students […]
OU-JLIC Helps Ready the Javits Center for Pesach
Javits Center makeshift COVID hospital is now ready for Pesach with help from OU-JLIC. The New York Board of Rabbis were in touch yesterday with Rabbi Joe Wolfson (OU-JLIC at NYU) explaining that out of 1000 patients there, about 100 are Jewish patients that needed help for Pesach. Students transported dozens of boxes of food […]
Killing COVID with Kindness
Rabbi Joe Wolfson (NYU) and Mrs. Margot Botwinick’s (IDC Herzliya) initiative for helping out the most vulnerable segments of our community during this time is up to over 175 volunteers. Volunteers call the elderly, Yachad members and others that are immunocompromised or otherwise isolated (the goal is to reach 5000 seniors). Through Rabbi Joe, volunteers are […]