Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Who to vote for President
As much as it may have delighted Dr. Luchins to have me publicly talk politics, I bring up this question only because it is the most asked by every Alumnus I run into these days be it last week as Scholar in residence at the Touro College South Shabbaton in the Young Israel of Miami Beach (very impressed by the quality of the staff and students) or the 20 or so NCSY Birthright Israel alumni who joined me for Shabbos at my house the week before. Who do alumni want to vote for President? I’ve heard passionate arguments for Clinton and Obama but most seem to be leaning toward McCain.
The best news though is that no matter who wins, NCSY alumni will have voted them in;)
Anyways, enough of politics, let’s talk Torah! There have been lots of great developments for NCSY and OU Alumni to share. We right now have over 400 applicants for our Birthright Israel Trips (Twice last year at this point) www.israelfreespirit.com and we are recruiting Alumni to join YU for July in Jerusalem for the 2nd year and The OU JLIC Israel Fellowship. We are also announcing that we have successfully opened our alumni fund (Anyone interested in a dedication let me know) and are accepting applications for $500 grants to attend an Israel Program this summer for those aged 18-26 (College/Grad school age). We will hopefully expand the age bracket as our fund-raising success increases in future years! If you are interested in applying just send me an email as well as the name of the program. We send the grants directly to the program if accepted.
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Have an awesome Shabbos,
Rabbi Dave Felsenthal
Director OU Alumni Connections
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