Shalom uvrakha, I hope your academic year is off to a good start. I wish you all the best for the New Year.
Here are a few items for your attention:
YOUR MAILING ADDRESS: Please be sure that we have your correct mailing address. If you've moved, please let us know your new address. We mail you copies of our journal, Conversations, as well as other periodic mailings, and we want to be sure they reach you. You can check and update your data at jewishideas.org
CAMPUS FELLOWS: We currently have Campus Fellows on 20 campuses. If you'd like to get involved and serve as a Campus Fellow, you can check the relevant information on the bottom right of our homepage at jewishideas.org It is not too late to apply to be a Campus Fellow, and if you are interested please send your application to [email protected] Raif Melhado is the Director of our Campus Fellows program.
SPECIAL OFFER: We have the following books available at no charge to members of the University Network. If you'd like one or more of them, please send your request to [email protected], being sure to include your mailing address. Here are the titles:
1. Maimonides: Essential Teachings on Jewish Faith and Ethics (translation and commentary by Rabbi M. D. Angel, of basic passages in Rambam's Yesodei haTorah)
2. Foundations of Sephardic Spirituality: the Inner Life of Jews of the Ottoman Empire (by Rabbi M. D. Angel)
3. Seeking Good, Speaking Peace (a collection of articles by Rabbi M. D. Angel, edited by Rabbi H. Angel)
4. Reclaiming Orthodox Judaism (vol. 12 of Conversations, a collection of articles by Rabbi M. D. Angel)
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD: Please invite fellow students to enroll in the University Network. They can sign up, at no cost, at jewishideas.org
SUGGESTIONS? Please let us know if you have suggestions for the University Network. Our goal is to be a resource to students who want an intellectually vibrant, compassionate and inclusive Orthodox Judaism.
PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: Our youtube channel includes short programs on a variety of issues. You can visit us at youtube.com/jewishideasorg If you have questions that you'd like to submit, please send them to [email protected]
Shalom and all good wishes.