Rabbi Eli and Rivka Magzimof, Chaplaincy Couple at Leeds University, were “blown away” by generosity of current and former Leeds students who helped them rebuild their sukkah after it was destroyed by fierce winds. Rebuilding the sukkah enabled Eli and Rivka, respective graduates of OTS’s Straus-Amiel Institute and Claudia Cohen Women Educators Institute, to host hundreds …
Eateries in Champaign-Urbana are beginning to receive Kosher certification, thanks to an initiative led by Illini Hillel and the OU’s JLIC. The initiative was spurred by JLIC “couple on campus,” Kollel Torat Yosef musmach Rabbi Shlomo Schacter and Rebbetzin Ahava Schacter-Zarembski, graduates of OTS’s Beren-Amiel and Claudia Cohen Women Educators Institute. “Eating is one of …
OTS congratulates the newest graduates of the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Rabbinical Seminary on joining the ranks of Straus-ordained musmachim. We wish them much success as they take up their new positions in Jewish communities all over the world.
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השאלה היא “למה לא גיירתם אותה קודם” ולא “למה אתם מגיירים אותה עכשיו”? הרב בועז פש ראש כולל תורת יוסף “עַמֵּךְ עַמִּי וֵאלֹהַיִךְ אֱלֹהָי” – אמרה רות. תמיד תמהתי על החפץ. למה גר אחד עולה בידו לממש את חפצו ולהפוך ליהודי בזמן קצר, ואילו האחר שנים ייאבק על זכותו לקיום מצוות כמצווה ועושה, ורק לאחר …
