OTS Newsbrief • SUMMER 2016 • 5776 Looking Back, Looking Forward I n this newsbrief, we reflect upon the achievements of the past year and the fresh start being offered by the upcoming new one. We congratulate OTS students on successfully closing another...
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OTS Newsbrief • SUMMER 2016 • 5776 Looking Back, Looking Forward I n this newsbrief, we reflect upon the achievements of the past year and the fresh start being offered by the upcoming new one. We congratulate OTS students on successfully closing another academic year, celebrate our staff for charting innovative academic and educational directions, and salute our graduates as they embark upon important rabbinical and educational positions around the world. We celebrate the newfound freedom granted to agunot by our legal aid center, and salute our Jewish Cultural Facilitators, who are untiringly empowering thousands of secular Jews across Israel to embrace their ancient heritage and forge new relationships with Judaism. And as we bid farewell to retiring faculty and staff members, we welcome the new faces who are augmenting our forces and enabling us to further the OTS vision. With my warmest wishes for a wonderful summer, Shlomo Riskin W ith the start of the upcoming Jewish year, 48 g
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