Rabbi Mordy Friedman, JLIC co-educator at Penn, wrote a letter to his students about purchasing ice cream from Ben and Jerry's after Pesach. Ben and Jerry's is owned by Jews and they do not sell their chametz. Can students buy ice cream or is it considered "Chametz She'avar Alav HaPesach?"

Shabbos Mishpatim was a back to basics Shabbos as our campus community was bolstered by a visit from a few now married alumni and some travelers from out of town. Building off the momentum of a strong Kabbalat Shabbat, the Hillel dinner with a special menu of Greek food was especially hopping with a constant buzz of excitement at old friends and new.

You are cordially invited to attend The Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus's 10th Anniversary Celebration

Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
The Rose Art Museum
Brandeis University
Waltham, Massachusetts

To RSVP and donate, please visit www.jliconline.org/brandeis10

The Cornell Eruv has been completed, and we thank the Cornell Eruv Committee for its hard work and dedication.

Please see the full article in The Cornell Daily Sun at: cornellsun.com

or on the JLIC website at jliconline.

In the first Shabbos back after vacation we saw a very nice turnout for all the events of the weekend. Friday night saw our largest minyan of the year with a good number of women also representing. Dinner numbers were above average. Divrei Torah focused on the Kiddush Hashem of Jews in the Media during the last couple weeks, and urged a student effort in response to the earthquake in Haiti. The Oneg Friday night saw a nice increase in participation as well as many more students had time this early in their semester to stay and sing and share words of Torah with us. Shabbos day was truly the day of the minyan men. After davening Shachrit and finally musaf with only 9 present, 2 students came in and saved the day allowing for Torah to be read, Baruch HaGomel to be said, and for a special guest maftir to be said. All in all, it was a strong Davening experience with lots of singing and divrei Torah as we kept our hopes alive for our minyan.