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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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Shalom. Here are a few reminders. We've had some good conversations on the new University Network discussion group, and I encourage you to enroll if you haven't already done so--and I encourage you to add your comments, raise your issues, and help make the discussion group a lively and worthwhile forum.

If you've enrolled on the discussion group but have not been receiving messages, please let me know asap. Today, you should have received the latest comment from Michael Makovi. 

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Shalom and best wishes for a happy Hanukkah. We have about 150 members in our University Network, with students from throughout the US as well as several other countries. Our group continues to grow, and we hope you'll invite your fellow students to sign up for the University Network by going to our website jewishideas.org.  Here are a few items for your attention.

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Shalom. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving holiday, and wish you a happy Hanukkah in advance.

We now have about 150 members in our University Network, with students from throughout the US as well as several other countries.  Our group continues to grow, and we hope you'll invite your fellow students to sign up for the University Network by going to our website jewishideas.org

We have set up a University Network discussion group. This will give members of the University Network the opportunity of sharing ideas, getting to know each other, networking. This discussion group is only open to members of the University Network of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.

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Shalom. I hope you had a good Thanksgiving holiday, and wish you a happy Hanukkah in advance.

We now have about 150 members in our University Network, with students from throughout the US as well as several other countries.  Our group continues to grow, and we hope you'll invite your fellow students to sign up for the University Network by going to our website jewishideas.org

We have set up a University Network discussion group. This will give members of the University Network the opportunity of sharing ideas, getting to know each other, networking. This discussion group is only open to members of the University Network of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals.

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Our last University Network Newsletter offered you a free copy of Rabbi Marc Angel's new book, "Maimonides, Spinoza and Us: Toward an Intellectually Vibrant Judaism." The book is due out early in November.  In order to receive your copy, you need to send an email to mdangel@jewishideas.org, and give your current mailing address with your request for a copy of the book.  Many of you have already done this, so you need not do so again. However, if you haven't yet requested your copy, please do so asap. THIS OFFER IS GOOD ONLY UNTIL NOVEMBER 1.  

All good wishes. 

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Shalom and best wishes for the New Year. Happy Succoth.

I hope you've received the new issue of Conversations, the journal of the Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals. Its theme is: Orthodoxy: Family and Gender Issues. Please let me know if you have/have not received it. It's an important issue and I think you'll find it of great interest.

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