Monday, March 12, 2012 To Whom It May Concern Since its inception in 2000, Birthright has sent nearly 300,000 Jewish young adults to Israel. They come from 54 countries, all 50 U.S. states and Canadian provinces, and from nearly 1,000 North American colleges and universities. As leaders of multiple Birthright trips each year, the OU is always interested in new ways to present fundamental Jewish topics to our students in a dynamic, non-threatening way. I am acquainted with Rabbi Dan Roth from his visits to the NCSY offices in New York and am very impressed with his work. A Torah Live multimedia presentation on Jewish Leadership would be a great new addition to our already jam-packed Birthright program. Our philosophy is to avoid frontal lectures with our groups since we find that discussion groups are much more effective. If you can prepare the material so that it can be used as a spring board to spark group discussions on a variety of topics, which I am sure you can, then this will be very useful indeed. We look forward to seeing the product and putting it to use! David Felsenthal Rabbi David Felsenthal Director OU Alumni Connections / Data Services http://ncsyalumni.org http://jsu.org http://ou.org
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Monday, March 12, 2012 To Whom It May Concern Since its inception in 2000, Birthright has sent nearly 300,000 Jewish young adults to Israel. They come from 54 countries, all 50 U.S. states and Canadian provinces, and from nearly 1,000 North American colleges and universities. As leaders of multiple Birthright trips each year, the OU is always interested in new ways to present fundamental Jewish topics to our students in a dynamic, non-threatening way. I am acquainted with Rabbi Dan Roth from his visits to the NCSY offices in New York and am very impressed with his work. A Torah Live multimedia presentation on Jewish Leadership would be a great new addition to our already jam-packed Birthright program. Our philosophy is to avoid frontal lectures with our groups since we find that discussion groups are much more effective. If you can prepare the material so that it can be used as a spring board to spark group discussions on a variety of topics, which I am sure you can, then this will be very useful indeed. We look forward to seeing the product and putting it to use! David Felsenthal Rabbi David Felsenthal Director OU Alumni Connections / Data Services http://ncsyalumni.org http://jsu.org http://ou.org
January 16, 2012 (21 Tevet 5772) To Whom It May Concern: One of the underlying values we at Aish HaTorah strive to imbue our students with is the feeling of responsibility to the Jewish nation. Each Jew is responsible one for another, and each is empowered to face the spiritual and physical challenges facing the Jewish people. This was one of the core principles of Rabbi Noach Weinberg, the founder of the Yeshiva, and one that we invest a lot of time and energy trying to develop in our students. It therefore comes as great news to myself and the entire Aish staff that Torah Live is planning to develop a multimedia presentation on the subject of “Leadership Qualities and Social Responsibility.” We have hosted a number of Torah Live videos and articles by Rabbi Dan Roth on our website Aish.com, as well as several Torah Live presentations on our campus, and have found the feedback to be excellent. Rabbi Roth has a rare ability to communicate ancient wisdom in a way that is exciting to the modern mind without diluting its depth or authenticity. I would therefore be most interested in a leadership presentation to use in our organization, and - if it will really comes to fruition in Rabbi Roth’s unique style – am sure that it will have use among organizations with Jewish values no matter what their level of affiliation. Sincerely,
Eric Coopersmith CEO Aish International
Jewish Learning Exchange 152-154 Golders Green Road London NW11 8HE
Rabbi Aaron Hersh Director of Educational Programmes
Rabbi Dr Akiva Tatz Senior Lecturer
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10th January 2012 TORAH LIVE PRESENTATIONS To whom it may concern Leadership training is gaining in popularity across the world. In the United States and Canada alone, more than two hundred universities have established centers, courses and scholarships in this field. The challenge we have is translating this into a product for outreach. How can we get them involved in contributing to society? Having worked in outreach & education for over 20 years, I have found Torah Live to have a refreshing and powerful approach to inspire young thinking Jews. For JLE the Torah Live multimedia presentations on the topic of ‘leadership and social responsibility’ would provide us with tools that we vitally need to inspire the hundreds of youngsters that come through our doors – both in our centre in London and on campus, and help us empower the next generation.
Rabbi Aubrey Hersh Senior Lecturer & Projects Director at the JLE
January 30, 2012
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
We at JerusalemOnlineU.com understand the critical need to instill a sense of Jewish
leadership and responsibility into the next generation in order to inspire, empower and
connect them to Judaism and the Jewish people.
Professor Tal Shahar, who taught our online class Positive Psychology and Judaism and
stars in our new PBS feature film Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference,
used to teach the Psychology of Leadership at Harvard University, which was the third
most popular course at Harvard. Through our working with Tal, we have come to see
how the topic of leadership resonates with students, and also how it can be an
instrumental way to connect to unaffiliated Jews.
As a close follower – and a big believer – in Torah Live and its ability to inspire young
thinking Jews, I recommend the production of aTorah Live multimedia presentation on
the topic of ‘leadership and social responsibility.’ It will be something that will make a
difference in getting the iPad user to become a leader of the iGeneration.
Yours sincerely,
Rabbi Raphael Shore
Founder and CEO, JerusalemOnlineU.com
To Whom It May Concern,
A Torah Live lecture on the topic of Jewish leadership would be a welcome addition to our
Maimonides Leaders Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.
There are a large number of Penn students interested in this topic and I believe that it will be
met with wide interest. From my experience most leaders are born that way and it is simply our
job to attract them to our cause, however this could help get them through the door.
Thanks
Rabbi Shmuel Lynn
Executive Director, Maimonides Leaders Fellowship
02/01/12 6 Teves 5772 To whom it may concern, At Immanuel College we are very keen to teach about Jewish leadership and social responsibility, a topic for which we struggle to find appropriate teaching materials. Having a multimedia presentation, especially given the high standard Torah Live is known for, would be of considerable benefit to our staff. I see it as best being used for our Sixth Form (age 16-18), some 140 students, who are at a crucial stage in life and on the verge of independence. Wishing you all the best, Eliezer Zobin. Rabbi Eliezer Zobin, Rosh Beit HaMidrash, Immanuel College Head of Sixth Form Jewish Studies e: [email protected] m: 07929 630813
