Simcha Himmel is a Communications Associate for OU-JLIC.
Simcha Himmel
By Simcha Himmel
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Community How A Group Of Ex-Pats Is Bringing Torah To Campus Francophones
Perhaps it’s the support and encouragement they receive from OU-JLIC educators Rabbi Aryeh and Sharona Kaplan, perhaps they aren’t content being only twelfth on The Forward’s “Best Colleges For Orthodox Jews” list, perhaps it’s both; students at UCLA continue to push the limits of what is possible for their Jewish college community. Last semester it…
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Community Looking For Free Kosher Food On Campus? There’s An App For That.
A version of this article first appeared on the OU-JLIC website. As a Jewish college student, two of the more difficult things to find on campus are often Kosher food and Torah classes. Not anymore at UCLA. This past semester, OU-JLIC student president and staff writer for UCLA’s Jewish student magazine Ha’Am, Joey Levin, found…
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