The Ohr Somayach Alumni Association
The time that a student spends at Ohr Somayach
represents a small, though usually crucial part of his lifetime. The
Alumni Association provides the framework to allow the alumnus to maintain
relationships with rabbis and friends alike. Newsletters, dinners, reunions,
trips to Israel and a continuous flow of globetrotting rabbis to maintain
contact with former students provide a range of opportunities for alumni
to stay connected with the special people who shared, what was for many,
the most exciting and challenging experience of their lives. Alumni activities
exist all over the world-wherever in fact, there are former Ohr Somayach
students.
But activities focus on Israel, where over 1,000 alumni and their families
have settled, in addition to the thousands of Israeli students who have
passed through Ohr Somayach. The Alumni Association provides much more
than this important dimension of human contact. The experience at Ohr
Somayach serves to heighten the individual's appreciation of Judaism.
It requires effort and sensitivity to integrate one's Judaism with going
back home - to college or work.
The Alumni Association has developed a range of resources to help the
alumnus combine all aspects of his life, including the establishment
of Alumni Batai Midrash in New York and Jerusalem. Students leaving Ohr
Somayach are encouraged to register with the Alumni office in order to
benefit from the services offered by the Alumni Association.
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