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Shalom. I hope you've been having a good summer, and I wish you all the best. Here are a few items of importance for members of the University Network of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.

1. Please make sure that we have your correct mailing list on file. You may go to our website, jewishideas.org, and check your My Account page. We plan to mail out the new issue of Conversations (Orthodoxy and Ethics) in early September, and it's important that we have your correct mailing address. 

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Shani Rosenbaum,  a member of the University Network, is interning this summer for Bema'aglei Tzedek, a social justice organization in Israel. Every 17 Tammuz, Bema'aglei Tzedek runs a conference, and I think the members of the University Network will find this of interest. Here is the information, and please feel free to register if you'll be in Israel at that time.

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  Shalom uvrakha. I hope your academic year went well, and wish you all the best for a good summer.  Here are a few items for your attention.   1. Please be sure that your contact information (including mailing address) is correct on our University Network.  You can check/edit the information by going to the Institute's website www.jewishideas.org, and to your My Account page.     2. If you are no longer a student enrolled in college, a yeshiva, or graduate school, please let me know.

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Shalom and happy Yom Yetushalayim. I recently received a copy of an article by a leftist Spanish journalist, in which she lambasts "the left" for its blatant anti-Israel prejudice. I thought you would like to see this. Please circulate it among your friends, fellow students, and family. Yes, some journalists still have moral courage. I've also posted this article on the Institute's website: www.jewishideas.org

 

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Shalom uvrakha. I hope you all had a good Pessah. Best wishes to you as the academic year draws to a close. Here are a few reminders.

1. The next issue of our journal, Conversations, is due out in mid-May. The theme is: Orthodoxy and Diversity. Please make sure that we have your correct mailing address by going to your My Account page on the Institute's website:  www.jewishideas.org   

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Shalom and best wishes for a happy Pessah. Moadim leSimha.

Our University Network now has about 200 members. Most are in the United States, and we also have members in Canada, Israel, Turkey, Lithuania, Italy and other countries. It would be good if all of you would participate in the online discussion group, not only to share ideas, but to get to know each other. You are a remarkable group.  I have enjoyed individual email correspondence with many of you. If I can be of any assistance, please feel free to contact me directly at mdangel@jewishideas.org

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We are pleased to announce the three winners of the University Network essay contest.

GAIL (GILA) HELLER, Brandeis University:  "Feminism, Orthodoxy and Spirituality: My Journey to Wearing a Kippah and Back Again"

NOAH LEAVITT, Bernard Revel Graduate School and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah: "The Ethical Impulse in Kabbalah"

BARUCH PELTA, Touro College South: "Judaism: To Thine Own Self Be True"

Each of the winners will receive a cash prize from the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. The winning essays will soon be posted on the website of the Institute (www.jewishideas.org).

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Shalom. I hope you've had a good Purim.  Here are a few items for members of the University Network.

1. We have received good submissions to our essay contest. The due date is today. If you are still planning to submit something, you may do so until midnight tonight. You should email a copy to mdangel@jewishideas.org and to ronda@jewishideas.org, and you should indicate which university you attend and what year you're in. The deadline is firm--no extensions.

2. If you haven't yet signed up for our online discussion group, please do so. If you are signed up, please feel free to share your comments with the rest of the group. We now have about 200 members of the University Network, and you are part of a really impressive group.

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Shalom and best wishes. Here are a few items for your attention/action. We have quite a few new members since our last newsletter, so I'm repeating some information from previous newsletters.

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Shalom and best wishes. Here are a few items for your attention/action.

1. REMINDER: the University Network is sponsoring an essay contest on the theme, "Orthodoxy and Spirituality".  Members of the University Network are invited to submit essays (4-10 pages, double spaced) by the March 1 deadline, to mdangel@jewishideas.org and to ronda@jewishideas.org   The top three submissions will win awards of $150 and will have their essays published in a future issue of our journal, Conversations, and on our website.

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