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What we do

Our Programs

North American Campus

We recruit, train, and place rabbinic couples on college campuses across North America to serve as Torah educators, role models, and community leaders. JLIC Campus Directors support and empower students as they navigate the college environment and take their first independent steps into Jewish adulthood.

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Israel College and Community

JLIC Israel builds communal and personal support for the new wave of college students, graduate students, and young professionals who are making Aliyah and choosing to study for a degree in Israel (ages 18-35).

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Summer and Volunteer Israel Programs

JLIC offers summer and short-term Israel programs that feature professional internships, Torah study, volunteering, travel, and leadership training for college students from North America

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Yavneh

Yavneh recruits, trains, and mentors a network of all-star student leaders who are engaged in positive Israel activism, building Jewish life, and creating dynamic programs on college campuses across North America.

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Abraham's House

This initiative engages Jewish students and young professionals in social service and charitable giving, mobilizing the community—especially its younger members—to support a variety of meaningful causes.

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JLIC is...

IMPACT

HERITAGE

LEADERSHIP

SUPPORT

FRIENDSHIP

LEARNING

CONNECTION

Chessed

GROWTH

UNITY

TRADITION

COMMUNITY

MENTORSHIP

JLIC By the Numbers

Our Stats

100+

Campuses + Communities

25+

Years Operating

Global Participants

400+

Student Leaders

600+

Programs Yearly

Voices from the Community

Student Reflections

Rav Josh and Rikki are the absolute best!!!! They foster such an uplifting environment and make Judaism so exciting! Their commitment to our community and connecting to everyone is so inspiring.

University of Maryland JLIC Student

The Ozars are the reason that you can be orthodox on the Yale campus. If they only ensured we had kosher food and minyan throughout the pandemic and building closure, dayenu. But they do so much more. They are the linchpins of a vibrant and thriving community experience.

Yale JLIC student

JLIC is wonderful with helping students grow as Jews and as people. I am very grateful to have developed a wonderful relationship with them over the past few years. They have impacted my religious experience at Brandeis tremendously and I have grown close to their kids and to them.

Brandeis JLIC Student

The past year with Yavneh was truly a growing experience. I learned so much about myself, learned the value of community, how much community matters and how it takes a group effort to be successful.

Yavneh Fellow at Rutgers

I was able to see what its like to work in Israel and through my internship make a bunch of connections that helped me to better understand what the best route of action for my future would be.

JLIC Summer Participant

JLIC has really made my move to Israel as seamless as possible. The amazing Shabbat programs have helped me meet friends and find my support system.

JLIC Israel Community Member

I felt like I was able to go to an Israeli University because I had an Anglo community to rely on because of JLIC.

JLIC Israel Community Member

JLIC is a program I’m familiar with from college in the US and was great to have here to help me transition to living in Israel. I have met most of my friends through JLIC and usually go to our JLIC couple for a Shabbat meal if they are hosting, which is always a relief and joy.

JLIC Israel Community Member

Rabbi Daniel and Jasmine Peled-Schwartz to Join as New Co-Directors of JLIC at Columbia/Barnard

JLIC at Columbia University and Barnard College is pleased to announce that Rabbi Daniel and Jasmine Peled-Schwartz will be joining as the new co-directors, effective Fall 2025. The couple will succeed Rabbi Elie and Tamar Buechler, building upon the strong foundation established during their tenure to further support and nurture the vibrant Jewish community on […]

Business Wisdom and Life Lessons: Michael Staenberg Inspires JLIC WashU Students

On Monday, February 24, JLIC at Washington University in St. Louis was honored to host renowned business leader and philanthropist Michael Staenberg for an inspiring evening of personal and professional development. Under the leadership of JLIC Directors Rabbi Shlomo and Kyra Ashkanazy, students gathered for an enriching talk titled “Keys to Success in Your Future […]

Building Jewish Community: “Love with the Lorkises” Series Brings Students Together

This February, JLIC Michigan hosted a warm and engaging series called “Love with the Lorkises,” where Rabbi Uri and Abby Lorkis created a space for college students to explore relationships, dating, and marriage in a Jewish context. The three-session series welcomed about 15 students each week to the Lorkis’ home, combining delicious homemade dinners with […]