Bringing you...Just a Jew In the Klalege, conversations with other Jewish students on how they navigate through college! Whether it's building our campus Jewish communities, trying to live an authentic Jewish lifestyle on campus, or setting yourself up for success in your studies and career, there are other students with the same challenges who are doing awesome things and making the most of it. I hope these conversations, Be'ezrat Hashem, continue to strengthen and inspire Jewish students across the country to keep growing and shining their light on the world!
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Thank you so much to Yaacov Strickon, a sophomore at Queens College, for joining me on this episode. Listen to his story about leaving the Yeshiva world to go to college and then transferring from Yeshiva University to Queens College. We also talked about the importance of informal events within campus communities.
23 Apr 2023
Elie Codron: Northeastern University
Thank you so much to Elie Codron for joining me on this episode! Listen to this epic story of how he started the minyan at Northeastern University and the impacts it has had on the community!
16 Apr 2023
Tani Greengart: Rutgers University
Thank you so much to Tani Greengart, a senior at Rutgers University, for joining me on this episode. Listen to hear about his contributions to Torah learning at Rutgers, his achievements in his own Torah learning through college (making a Siyum on all of Tanach!), and his leadership role in the RU Wind design team at Rutgers.
9 Apr 2023
Brandon Melamed: Yeshiva University
Thank you so much to Brandon Melamed, a first year on campus student at Yeshiva University, for joining me on this episode! Listen to hear about his experiences adjusting to the dual-curriculum and being in a Jewish school after not growing up in the Jewish day school system and coming from out-of-town; plus we talked about activities and extra-curriculars that have helped him meet new people and make friends; and we went a little deeper into some of the benefits and cautions of being surrounded by Jewish peers.
2 Apr 2023
Valerie Bigio: Franklin & Marshall College
Thank you so much to Valerie Bigio for joining me on this episode. Listen to hear about Franklin & Marshall College, a liberal arts college with a small student body and a large international student population, and how attending a liberal arts college has both helped Valerie explore different majors and provided her with accommodations like a kosher dining hall. We also spoke about how she recharges spiritually both on and off campus.
5 Mar 2023
Hannah Kaplun: Binghamton University
Thank you to Hannah Kaplun, a senior at Binghamton University double-majoring in Human Development and Psychology on the Autism Spectrum Disorder track. As the second student from Binghamton to be on the show, listen in to hear about a second perspective on leadership at Binghamton, more focused on leadership in the Jewish community.
1 Mar 2023
Adina Peck: Emory University
Thank you so much to Adina Peck, a Senior at Emory University, for joining me on this episode! Listen in to hear what it's like both living on-campus at Emory and off-campus in the nearby Toco Hill community, a vibrant Jewish community in Atlanta. We also talked about what it's like navigating secular college life through a hashkafic lens.
19 Feb 2023
Judah Lesser and Yair Kosowsky-Sachs: Yavneh's National Hillel Torah Bowl
Thank you to Judah Lesser and Yair Kosowsky-Sachs, two of the founding members of Yavneh's National Hillel Torah Bowl, for joining me on this episode! If you've attended or heard about NHTB, then you're going to love hearing the behind-the-scenes of this amazing event. But if you're thinking "What is a Torah Bowl?!?!" then listen in to hear about the incredible culture this event is bringing to college Jews!
12 Feb 2023
Matthew Plotsker: Binghamton University
Thank you to Matthew Plotsker, a Junior at Binghamton University, for joining me on this episode! Listen in for an awesome conversation on what it means to be a leader in both the Jewish community and secular community, Torah U'Mada, informal leadership, and adapting to unexpected challenges while in college.
5 Feb 2023
Yehudit Hochman: Utica University
Thank you so much to Yehudit Hochman, a freshman at Utica University studying Biology and pre-med, for joining me on this episode! Listen in to hear how she's making the most out of being nearly the only Jew at her school with no Jewish infrastructure whatsoever.
29 Jan 2023
Sophie Koffsky: Hofstra University
Thank you so much to Sophie Koffsky, a freshman studying Mechanical Engineering at Hofstra University, for joining me for this episode. Listen in to hear about her experiences, so far, being one of only a few observant students on campus and trying to build the bridge between the larger Jewish community at Hofstra. We also discussed what it’s like being a Jewish woman in the engineering school and some funny shomer negiah stories.
23 Jan 2023
Daniel Gross: University of Florida
Thank you so much to Daniel Gross, a junior at the University of Florida, for going on the air with me to share his perspective. Listen in to hear about his experiences starting out on a campus with a small Shomrei Shabbos community that suddenly became one of the fastest growing observant communities on campus, the benefits and the challenges that brings socially, and how he decided to go from a double major in Finance and Telecommunications to dropping the Telecommunications major.
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