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) Tamar Ashdot-Bari/Pipe Dream Photographer 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 […]
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, […]
Why Start with the Beginning? What Bereshit Teaches Us About Hashem by Rabbi David Pardo (OU-JLIC Brandeis)
Today we open the Book of Books anew atorvastatin online. Perhaps our people’s most enduring and most tangible gift to the world, we hear the echoes of the Bible in world religions, in legal systems, in classical and modern political philosophy, in art, and in literature, to name but a few venues. And as we […]
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 […]
OU JLIC to Educate Teaneck HS Students on Jewish Life on Secular College Campuses
The Jewish Link: Thursday 5/28/2015 By: Tova Domnitch The Orthodox Union’s Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (OU JLIC) will run a community engagement weekend June 12-13 in Teaneck at Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Congregation Rinat Yisrael, and Congregation Keter Torah. The goal of the weekend is to educate the community, and specifically high school students […]
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 […]