{"id":34604,"date":"2014-01-28T18:45:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T18:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=34604"},"modified":"2014-01-30T19:06:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T19:06:42","slug":"ous-heart-heart-spotlighted-tablet-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/ous-heart-heart-spotlighted-tablet-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Making College a Kosher Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>OU&#8217;s Heart to Heart Spotlighted in Tablet Magazine<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/tablet-masthead.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-post-34604 wp-image-34616 alignleft\" alt=\"tablet-masthead\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/tablet-masthead.png\" width=\"247\" height=\"113\" \/><\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/jewish-life-and-religion\/160129\/kosher-on-campus\">story<\/a> in Tablet Magazine about available kosher meal options on college campuses begins with the infamous kosher toaster story of Harvard University (which led to perhaps the Harvard Crimson\u2019s best headline: \u201cStudents Support Kosher Toaster\u201d). The article documents the rise of kosher cuisine on campus and is chock full of great details like the University of Michigan\u2019s matzo ball soup hotline (called Jewish Penicillin), the MIT kosher station that\u2019s frequented by religious Muslims and\u00a0the story of Caltech\u2019s kosher kitchen \u2014 built to get one student to enroll (it eventually closed, long after that student graduated).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/logo1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-post-34604 wp-image-34617 alignright\" alt=\"logo1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/logo1.png\" width=\"215\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a>The star of the article is Hart Levine, the founder of Heart to Heart, a grassroots organization dedicated to supporting religious Jewish life on college campuses. Heart to Hearts works by finding dedicated students on college campuses and asking them to run Shabbat meals and become informal leaders of their school\u2019s Jewish community. The organization is sponsored by the Orthodox Union. Most days, when he\u2019s not visiting colleges around the country, Levine can be found at his desk at OU headquarters in lower Manhattan, near the national staffs of NCSY and the OU\u2019s Next Gen division.<\/p>\n<p>Rabbi Dave Felsenthal, director of Next Gen, said that Heart to Heart works because the students are in charge of the effort themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur best and brightest Jewish students are reaching out to their peers and showing them the beauty of Shabbat,\u201d he said. \u201cI really think that it\u2019s our best chance to bring our brothers and sisters closer to Judaism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/kosheroncampusgraph_smaller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-34604 wp-image-34618 alignleft\" alt=\"kosheroncampusgraph_smaller\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/kosheroncampusgraph_smaller-300x167.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/kosheroncampusgraph_smaller-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/files\/kosheroncampusgraph_smaller.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Part of the organization\u2019s success derives directly from Levine\u2019s personality. Rabbi Yehoshua Marchuck, director of the OU-NCSY Alumni program, recently traveled with an Israel Free Spirit Birthright trip led by Levine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHart Levine is a unique individual,\u201d Rabbi Marchuck explained. \u201cHe sees things with his heart and mind. He can identify with students no matter who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Levine credited the Orthodox Union for its support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe OU has been the main force behind all the work we do,\u201d explained Levine. \u201cWe work hand-in-hand with the rest of the Next Gen team to ensure that Jewish college students have the support they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heart to Heart is more than just kosher food and Shabbat meals, as Levine points out in the concluding portion of the Tablet article.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre there rabbis? Are there learning opportunities? Minyan? Eruvs? Are there all the amenities, in other words, that are needed for religious life?\u201d [Levine] asked. \u201cThat\u2019s the next step.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/jewish-life-and-religion\/160129\/kosher-on-campus\">here<\/a>\u00a0and check out Heart to Heart\u2019s comprehensive interactive map of kosher food in colleges across the country<a href=\"http:\/\/theheart2heartproject.org\/koshermap\/\">\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OU&#8217;s Heart to Heart Spotlighted in Tablet Magazine A story in Tablet Magazine about available kosher meal options on college campuses begins with the infamous kosher toaster story of Harvard University (which led to perhaps the Harvard Crimson\u2019s best headline: \u201cStudents Support Kosher Toaster\u201d). 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