OU JLIC Conference Informs Educators about Countering Risks on Secular Campuses
The following is advice from an extremely knowledgeable source to parents of yeshiva high school seniors who are planning to attend secular colleges and universities rather than continuing their education at Jewish institutions such as Yeshiva University or Touro College: The students will be going from the “bubble” of kindergarten through twelfth grade to the […]
JLIC Comes at Right Time for York U
Students – The Jewish Tribune Contributed by Atara Beck Tuesday, 10 February 2009 TORONTO – Rabbi Aaron Greenberg and his wife Miriam have been running the local Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) – an Orthodox Union (OU) undertaking in conjunction with Hillel of Greater Toronto – since last August and […]
JLIC Presents the First Annual Conference of Yeshiva Principals and College Advisors, 2/2/09
First Annual Conference of Yeshiva Principals and College Advisors Monday, February 2 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. OU Headquarters 11 Broadway The Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) of the Orthodox Union has already achieved great success by making its mark on some of the most prestigious college campuses in North […]
OU Forum on Orthodox Jewish Life on Secular College Campus, presented by JLIC in Englewood, NJ, 1/4
Orthodox Jewish Life on Secular College Campuses Sunday, January 4 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Congregation Ahavath Torah 240 Broad Avenue, Englewood The challenges and opportunities for yeshiva high school graduates on the college campus and the role that the Orthodox Union's Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) plays on 15 campuses to […]
Various articles on the establishment of the eruv at Johns Hopkins University!
Various articles on JHU's new eruv: “New eruv energizes Hopkins Orthodox Jewish community” The Johns Hopkins Newsletter, November 13, 2008. See Alex Traum's coverage of the establishment of the eruv in the Hopkins Newsletter: http://media.www.jhunewsletter.com/media/storage/paper932/news/2008/11/13/NewsFeatures/New-Eruv.Energizes.Hopkins.Orthodox.Jewish.Community-3542878.shtml “When a wire is more than a wire” Baltimore Messenger, November 12, 2008. About the importance of an eruv, with […]
Yad Sarah Teams up with JLIC Global Service Interns
From the 2008 Fall issue of Inside Yad Sarah: Two students from New Jersey, Danielle Winter of Highland Park and Shlomo Weprin of West Orange, spent July in Israel with the JLIC Global Service-Learning Fellowship. The program chose 26 specially-selected students to spend four weeks in Israel, participating in a formal curriculum concerning the Jewish […]
OU-JLIC in the Jewish Press! Education Supplement: 10/31/08
Campus Learning Away From Home by Tova Stulman Rabbi Menachem Schrader was teaching at Yeshivat Hamivtar, a yeshiva for post-college students and those who take time off from college to learn, when he noticed a common theme among his students: those who learned on secular campuses were frustrated with what they perceived as a lack […]