Rabbi Dave Felsenthal

It was very hard deciding what to write about this month. I just got back from spending Shabbos with our first Birthright group of the season and I had to keep pinching myself to...

Aaron Horn, one of this year’s Ben Zakkai inductees, grew up in Twin Rivers, a small town in central New Jersey, where NCSY’s presence proved critical to his growth as a Jew. He readily...

Thanksgiving! Here at OU Alumni we have an amazing list of blessings to be thankful for. The latest blessing that I want to focus on our the new alumni I've been meeting on college...

Jennifer Freiman grew up in Florida and attended a small Orthodox Jewish school, for eleven years. She switched to a school that was somewhat less religious, and eventually followed her brother to public school,...

by Amy Holtz, President of JerusalemOnlineU.com What does being Jewish have to do with me? Why should I support Israel? These are just a few questions that echo in the minds of Jewish students...

written by Eugene Rothman, PhD, Executive Director of UGalilee Did you ever try to get credit for a course taken as part of a study abroad program? How about getting the grade included as...

Parsha and Pizza at UCLA, headed by JLIC by Adina Wolkenfeld (2012), Bioengineering major and JLIC Intern The Hillel at UCLA presents a vibrant and diverse array of Jewish experiences for students. A broad...

My favorite part of Directing OU Alumni is the chance to dream of great programs and then make them happen. This week, along with International NCSY Director Rabbi Steven Burg, Rabbi Avi Berman Director...

I believe that NCSY alumni have the ability to bridge the growing gaps within our society and we just need minimal resources made available to us to do so. I remember the feeling that...

Gary Swickley is a Pittsburgh native and was active in Central East NCSY, joining in high school. Upon graduated, he started a Junior NCSY chapter there. Having attended Yeshiva University for his undergraduate education,...