OTS in Action
See what OTS students, staff, alumni and emissaries across the globe are doing on the front lines – and on the home front
December 1, 2023
See what OTS students, staff, alumni and emissaries across the globe are doing on the front lines – and on the home front
Points of Light: Learning Torah and Implementing its Values The Lindenbaum-Lod seminary stresses social involvement at all times – and especially during these difficult times. This week, the students traveled for three days to the area surrounding moshav Hatzav, where
Points of Light: Comforting and Giving With an enveloping embrace of their colleague Advocate Tehila Cohen, the staff of OTS’s Yad Laisha Legal Aid Center for Agunot went out with her, past and present clients for a day of helping
Points of Light: Combining Torah and Army The OTS Beren-Machanaim Hesder Yeshiva represents the balance between “Safra V’Seifa” – the Torah and the Army, learning and action. This week Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Shlomo Vilk visited soldiers on the Gaza border,
Points of Light: Volunteering is Learning “One of my 12th graders casually shared with me that her farmer father, who was called up to reserves, left his raspberry patch for the family to harvest while he was mobilized. Effectively, this
Since Hamas’ barbaric October 7th attack on Israel, OTS students, staff, alumni and emissaries across the globe have sprung into action, facing enormous challenges with extraordinary fortitude and spirit, on both the front lines and the home front.
Points of Light: Setting a Personal Example The educational and administrative staff of OTS’s Derech Avot High School knows very well how to grow and nurture students; this week, due to the situation, they went out to the field, to
Joyful cheers, songs and laughter exuded from an event hall in Jerusalem’s Leonardo Hotel last week, as students from OTS’s Derech Avot high school came to lift the spirits of children who had been evacuated with their families from southern
Points of Light: Supporting Southern Economy After an entire month of various volunteer activities for the community, the soldiers and the evacuees, 11th graders from Ulpanat Katz Oriya chose to assist residents of the south with their economic future as
Points of Light: Cultivating Strength and Unity At the various memorial ceremonies organized by our Monique and Mordecai Katz Yachad Program coordinators across Israel yesterday to mark 30 days since the horrific massacre, it was enough to look at the
Points of Light: “Wiping out Amalek” Somewhere on Israel’s northern front, after a visit and shiur to an artillery unit, OTS President and Rosh HaYeshiva Rabbi Kenneth Brander was asked by the company commander to write a “message” to our
Points of Light: Unchaining Agunot, Even During War Merav and Sharon (pseudonyms) are two different women with different backgrounds who come from different parts of the country. But both finally received their get this week after a long, exhausting and
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