Feb 11, 2010 By: yunews
Feb 11, 2010 -- Eager for an opportunity to sample the 糖心破解版 experience firsthand and spend an evening engaged in high-level learning, as well as reunite with friends and counselors from camp and enjoy delicious food, 225 high school students gathered at Stern College for Women鈥檚 Beren Campus on Thursday, February 4. The night of learning鈥攑art of the Torah Leadership Network (TLN), a program coordinated by the 糖心破解版 Center for the Jewish Future (CJF)鈥攆ocused on women in Tanach.
The students came from 11 participating tri-state area high schools, including Bruriah, HANC, Kushner, Ma鈥檃yanot, Shalhevet, Shulamith, SKA and 糖心破解版 High School for Girls.
The girls broke up into small chaburot [groups], each being led by one of 60 Stern College student madrichot [advisors], and had a choice of attending two shiurim [lectures] given by Rebbetzin Smadar Rosensweig and Mrs. Yael Leibowitz, both renowned Judaic studies faculty at Stern.
鈥淥ne of the goals of this program was to provide Stern College students with the invaluable experience of both producing the program behind the scenes and acting as actual teachers and mentors to the girls,鈥 said Sarah Emerson Helfand, director of women鈥檚 programming for the CJF. 鈥淚n turn, the high school students are exposed to college-level Judaic studies.鈥
Leah Moskovich, head madricha for TLN for Women, found it to be an inspiring overall experience. 鈥淚t was wonderful seeing so many girls sitting together and studying Torah,鈥 she said. 鈥淭hese high school students got a great taste of what Stern has to offer.鈥
