1. Monday, March 12, 2012
To Whom It May Concern
Since its inception in 2000, Birthright has sent nearly 300,000 Jewish young adults to
Israel. They come from 54 countries, all 50 U.S. states and Canadian provinces, and from
nearly 1,000 North American colleges and universities.
As leaders of multiple Birthright trips each year, the OU is always interested in new ways
to present fundamental Jewish topics to our students in a dynamic, non-threatening way.
I am acquainted with Rabbi Dan Roth from his visits to the NCSY offices in New York
and am very impressed with his work.
A Torah Live multimedia presentation on Jewish Leadership would be a great new
addition to our already jam-packed Birthright program.
Our philosophy is to avoid frontal lectures with our groups since we find that discussion
groups are much more effective. If you can prepare the material so that it can be used as a
spring board to spark group discussions on a variety of topics, which I am sure you can,
then this will be very useful indeed.
We look forward to seeing the product and putting it to use!
David Felsenthal
Rabbi David Felsenthal
Director OU Alumni Connections / Data Services
http://ncsyalumni.org
http://jsu.org
http://ou.org

2. January 16, 2012 (21 Tevet 5772)
To Whom It May Concern:
One of the underlying values we at Aish HaTorah strive to imbue our
students with is the feeling of responsibility to the Jewish nation.
Each Jew is responsible one for another, and each is empowered to
face the spiritual and physical challenges facing the Jewish people.
This was one of the core principles of Rabbi Noach Weinberg, the
founder of the Yeshiva, and one that we invest a lot of time and
energy trying to develop in our students.
It therefore comes as great news to myself and the entire Aish staff
that Torah Live is planning to develop a multimedia presentation on
the subject of “Leadership Qualities and Social Responsibility.”
We have hosted a number of Torah Live videos and articles by
Rabbi Dan Roth on our website Aish.com, as well as several Torah
Live presentations on our campus, and have found the feedback to
be excellent. Rabbi Roth has a rare ability to communicate ancient
wisdom in a way that is exciting to the modern mind without diluting
its depth or authenticity.
I would therefore be most interested in a leadership presentation to
use in our organization, and - if it will really comes to fruition in Rabbi
Roth’s unique style – am sure that it will have use among
organizations with Jewish values no matter what their level of
affiliation.
Sincerely,
Eric Coopersmith
CEO Aish International

3. 10th January 2012
TORAH LIVE PRESENTATIONS
To whom it may concern
Jewish Learning Exchange
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London NW11 8HE
Leadership training is gaining in popularity across the world. In the United Tel: 020 8458 4588
States and Canada alone, more than two hundred universities have Fax: 020 8458 4587
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established centers, courses and scholarships in this field. www.jle.org.uk
The challenge we have is translating this into a product for outreach. How
can we get them involved in contributing to society? Jewish Learning Exchange
Rabbi Danny Kirsch
DirectorGolders Green Road
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London NW11 8HE
Rabbi Reuven Stepsky
Having worked in outreach & education for over 20 years, I have found Director of8458 4588
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Torah Live to have a refreshing and powerful approach to inspire young jle@jle.org.uk
Rabbi Aubrey Hersh
www.jle.org.uk
Projects Director
thinking Jews.
Rabbi Chananya Silverman
Operations Manager
For JLE the Torah Live multimedia presentations on the topic of ‘leadership Rabbi Dr Akiva Tatz
Rabbi Danny Kirsch
and social responsibility’ would provide us with tools that we vitally need Senior Lecturer
Director
to inspire the hundreds of youngsters that come through our doors – both in Rabbi Reuven Stepsky
Associate Director
our centre in London and on campus, and help us empower the next
Rabbi Richard Jacobs
generation. Director of Operations
Rabbi Aaron Hersh
Director of Educational
Programmes
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4. January 30, 2012
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
We at JerusalemOnlineU.com understand the critical need to instill a sense of Jewish
leadership and responsibility into the next generation in order to inspire, empower and
connect them to Judaism and the Jewish people.
Professor Tal Shahar, who taught our online class Positive Psychology and Judaism and
stars in our new PBS feature film Israel Inside: How a Small Nation Makes a Big Difference,
used to teach the Psychology of Leadership at Harvard University, which was the third
most popular course at Harvard. Through our working with Tal, we have come to see
how the topic of leadership resonates with students, and also how it can be an
instrumental way to connect to unaffiliated Jews.
As a close follower – and a big believer – in Torah Live and its ability to inspire young
thinking Jews, I recommend the production of aTorah Live multimedia presentation on
the topic of ‘leadership and social responsibility.’ It will be something that will make a
difference in getting the iPad user to become a leader of the iGeneration.
Yours sincerely,
Rabbi Raphael Shore
Founder and CEO, JerusalemOnlineU.com

6.
To Whom It May Concern,
A Torah Live lecture on the topic of Jewish leadership would be a welcome addition to our
Maimonides Leaders Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.
There are a large number of Penn students interested in this topic and I believe that it will be
met with wide interest. From my experience most leaders are born that way and it is simply our
job to attract them to our cause, however this could help get them through the door.
Thanks
Rabbi Shmuel Lynn
Executive Director, Maimonides Leaders Fellowship

15. 02/01/12
6 Teves 5772
To whom it may concern,
At Immanuel College we are very keen to teach about Jewish leadership and social
responsibility, a topic for which we struggle to find appropriate teaching materials. Having a
multimedia presentation, especially given the high standard Torah Live is known for, would
be of considerable benefit to our staff. I see it as best being used for our Sixth Form (age 16-
18), some 140 students, who are at a crucial stage in life and on the verge of independence.
Wishing you all the best,
Eliezer Zobin.
Rabbi Eliezer Zobin,
Rosh Beit HaMidrash, Immanuel College
Head of Sixth Form Jewish Studies
e: ezobin@immanuel.herts.sch.uk
m: 07929 630813