Answer: Top row: Shimmie Kaminetzky, Rabbi Larry Rothwachs, Rabbi Josh Blass; bottom row: Rabbi Chaim Lanner, Daniel Kaminetsky, Rabbi Perry Tirschwell and Rabbi Matt Tropp. Read Reunion Summer 2015 Issue here!
Are you an alumni of NCSY, Israel Free Spirit-Birthright or OU JLIC and haven’t read the OU NextGen’s latest edition of Reunion yet? Check out the Summer 2015 issue and enjoy inspiring features, spotlights on alumni and blast to the past photos. Also, there’s a section where alumni can share their personal news! Want to
By Rebecca Feldbaum When Rabbi Shaya Kilimnick took the position as rabbi of Congregation Agudath Achim in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1970, he was the youngest pulpit rabbi of an Orthodox congregation in America. Rabbi Kilimnick gives credit to Rabbi Seymour Atlas, the officiating rabbi who preceded him, for smoothing his way. “When I went
Elisha Mendl Mlotek OU-JLIC Alumnus “We need to bring a passion for Judaism back into our lives,” says OU-JLIC alumnus Elisha Mlotek, “even when you’re living in the heart of an observant community. Perhaps we need it there even more!” As a recent graduate of Queens College (NY), Elisha notes that when your college is in
Ari Solomont NCSY Alumnus You have to be quick to catch a word with Ari Solomont or he’s likely to whizz past you on his bicycle. As founder and director of Cycle for Unity, which helps volunteer cyclists raise funds for charitable causes, Ari is usually training for his next ride. It could be anywhere
By Sharona Kaplan I have been living on a college campus for over half of my life. I attended Stern College as an undergraduate and then lived at Yeshiva University as I earned my MSW and my husband studied for semichah. My most recent campus stint has been the longest, as I am completing
By Batya Rosner It is the question that’s long been asked by Jewish educators and outreach workers. What happens “after”? When the student leaves the classroom, when the adolescent moves on into young adulthood and starts charting a path through the wider world − what remains of the lessons and activities encouraged by their mentors? Once
Alyssa Wolff IFS Alumnus One thing most baalot teshuvah agree upon is that they never wanted to be Orthodox, and Alyssa (Wolff) Goldwater was no exception. “I know it sounds terrible, but I thought all Orthodox people were kind of strange,” she admits. “The image of Orthodox Jews – especially Orthodox women – is pretty
NCSY Alumna What started out as a passing curiosity in a great social program morphed into a lifelong commitment to an organization that changed Nina Butler’s life. In short, Nina (née Novetsky) joined the Southfield Michigan chapter of NCSY when she was thirteen years old, and never left. Part of the reason she actively fundraises for NCSY and still sometimes attends a Regional Convention is that she later married Dan,
Landmark Initiative Begins With a Video Interview of an NCSY Legend What began as a personal quest will result in a historical record of one of the most successful Jewish outreach efforts in the history of the American Jewish community. It all started at last year’s Ben Zakkai Dinner, the evening celebrating NCSY’s prestigious honor society. Rabbi Yehoshua Marchuck, director of OU Alumni Connections, sought out Rabbi