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 [email protected] and to [email protected] 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.
2. If you haven't already done so, please join our University Network online discussion group. You can sign up at: [email protected] Your participation will enhance the usefulness and effectiveness of the discussion group.
3. SPECIAL OFFER: The University Network now has about 150 members. We'd like to increase that number significantly. We're offering you an incentive to invite your classmates to join us. There is, of course, no cost to register. Ask classmates to sign up for the University Network by going to our website, www.jewishideas.org. Let me know the names of students you've invited to join. For every student on your list who enrolls by February 1, you may choose one free book from our online store (up to 5 free books).
4. If you have questions, comments, suggestions--please feel free to communicate with us via email: [email protected] or [email protected]