A verse in this week’s parsha, Mishpatim, echoes the spirit of the famous phrase from Hillel in Pirkei Avot. Scott Shulman, the Program Director for Israel Free Spirit, the OU’s Birthright trip provider, examines the faith the Israelites demonstrated to do and obey HaShem’s Commandments. Learn more about Israel Free Spirit, a Taglit-Birthright trip provider:
A question posed about 100 years ago to a Rabbi by Jews living in Buenos Aires is the topic this week. Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner, Rosh Beit Midrash of YU Zichron Dov in Toronto, explains why we celebrate Tu BiShevat, the so-called Birthday of the Trees, halfway into the month of Shevat to coincide with the
Studying in Israel? Come join Dr. David and Vivian Luchins at the OU Israel Center for a Gala Melavah Malkah!
“Noseh Be’ol im Chavayro” — help to carry a friend’s burden. What does this quote from the gemara mean to you? Rabbi Michael Rovinsky, City Director of St. Louis NCSY, provides two stories, a midrash on this week’s parsha, and an anecdote from the life of the Baruch Taam as he tried to make a
Mordi Spero, an NCSY Adviser for the Greater Washington Chapter, discusses the Israelites’ faith in Moses and how it connects to crossing Niagara Falls. Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myNCSYAlumni Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ncsyalumni
Explore modern-day Germany with fellow alumni and the OU on a 10-day trip. This program for college students and young professionals is highly subsidized and runs from August 11th – 21st, 2014. (It starts in the U.S. on August 10th.) You only pay the first $870 of your plane ticket, the rest is reimbused, up to
Ari Hoffman, the Director of Seattle NCSY, presents a logical unfolding of The The Plagues that afflicted the Egyptians as well as how HaShem’s promise to lead the Israelites out of Egypt is a foretelling of something even greater. Also, ‘The Hoffather explains why Seattle is such a great place for young Jewish professionals to