JERUSALEM, Israel – Since October 7th, many U.S. college campuses have become dangerous places for Jewish students.
One organization in Jerusalem is preparing a new generation to stand up for their faith and stand against antisemitism.
At Hebrew University recently, several young Jewish men about to attend college in the U.S. celebrated as they took a prize for the best proposal to promote Jewish life in a program modeled after the hit series, Shark Tank, sponsored by the Nitzavim Fellowship.
The competing students, young men, and women, spent a gap year in Israel between high school and university.
Aiden Malkin, who was with the winning group, will attend the University of Maryland.
He told CBN News, “Our aim is to involve Jews who just aren’t really connected with the Jewish community at Maryland.”
Student Lea Septimus also competed with a different project. She told us, “My project, “Soup for the Soul,” was about broadening the Jewish community by showing that we’re really inviting and caring. We take care of one another. Even outside the Jewish community. We’re taking care of you.”
The competition culminated the program by Nitzavim Fellowship. Mark Sanders with the fellowship explained, “The word “Nitzav” in Hebrew actually means, stable, really fixed, solid. So, we’re here celebrating the completion
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