University Network News

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).

We thank all of you who participated in this essay contest, and hope to sponsor another contest during the next academic year.

Reminder: if you have not already done so, please sign up for the University Network online discussion group. You can sign up at: [email protected]

Please feel free to contact us with questions, comments, suggestions. Best wishes for a happy Pessah holiday.