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YLC Members Host a Screening of the Film “Home Game”

YLC members invite you to a screening of the documentary film "Home Game" about youth from the Gaza strip. Please join us after the screening for questions and answers with Avi Abelow, Home Game Producer

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YLC Members to Meet Manhattan Borough President

YLC Members will gather together at the Spring Leadership Luncheon to hear from Manhattan's Borough President

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YLC Hosts Open House at the OU’s Israel Center

You're Invited...

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Dying to be Thin in the Jewish Community
by Dena Ratner

OU Young Leadership Cabinet Raises Funds and Awareness Coast-To-Coast for a Film About Eating Disorders entitled "Dying To Be Thin"

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OU Dinner Video Highlights YLC Leaders

On April 2, 2006 the OU honoured five outstanding leaders of the YLC:

*Neima Chasky
*Elisheva Diamond
*David Gerstley
*Shlomo Koyman
*Uri Schneider


Click here for Dinner pictures

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Four Generations of OU Presidents attend YLC Reception

On December 17, YLC members and their spouses gathered together with four generations of OU presidents at the home of noted philanthropists Zev and Nechama Wolfson. Mr. and Mrs. Jules Berman, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Blitz, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Rudoff, and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Savitsky, had a chance to meet with a new generation of OU leaders and hear a presentation from the two leading stars of the hit film Ushpizin, Shuli and Michal Rand.

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Chairman’s Message
By Charlie Harary

As the past millennium turns to the new one, the American Jewish community finds itself at a wholly unique chapter in Jewish history. The concluding years of the last millennium were a cap to a tumultuous era in Jewish history. Inquisitions, pogroms and Crusades reached a climax as six million of our fellow Jews, our grandparents and their friends, neighbors and families were marched to ghettos, concentration camps and crematorium. The world stood aside, silent to the murder, deaf to the cries.

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The End of the Me Generation?
By Bayla Sheva Brenner

The Me Generation seems to be living up to its name. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal described the struggle nonprofit organizations are facing in their attempt to lure a new generation of lay leaders. These organizations can't understand why so many bright young professionals are not interested in getting involved in altruistic causes. From the pages of Jewish Action - Summer 2005

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YLC on Mission to Washington

National OU lay and rabbinic leaders and YLC members convened in the nation's capital Wednesday and Thursday for the OU's annual Leadership Mission to Washington. The mission was organized by the OU's Institute for Public Affairs (IPA) and featured high level meetings with Washington leadership in the executive and congressional branches.

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An Areiv Experience

Parshas Shekalim, Shabbas Rosh Chodesh Adar II, "Areivim Kol Yisrael" I kicked-off in the Congregation Beth Abraham Jaacob (CBAJ) in Albany, NY. In being there, I represented the OU, as well as my wife, Dena, and our son, Dov Betzalel, who came down with a virus Wednesday evening and were unable to make the trip. Special thanks to Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch for his partnership and facilitation of this special endeavor!

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Proud Member of the OU

"I am so proud and excited to be a member of the YLC. It is wonderful how the OU is really helping build the next generation of askanim so that we can assist our community effectively and utilize our skills to benefit Clal Yisrael. The more involved I become, the more enthused I am about the OU and what we can do here. This is THE address to make an impact in the Jewish community."
- Elisheva Diamond
 

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