Marc Sheradsky, otherwise known as Moshe Reuven, is from Cooper City, Florida. He is currently a Sophomore at the University of Central Florida and studying Business. Marc is the Director of Marketing for Student for Israel, an active member at Chabad, and maintains his Judaic studies with Rabbi Chaim Lipskier and Rabbi Ethan Paris. Throughout this summer he will be staying in Israel, exploring Judaism, learning Torah, venturing throughout the Holy Land and experiencing life there in a variety of ways. Marc hopes to achieve the following goals while still in school: Running for Chabad board, creating his own student groups, writing a book based on Tanya and the Jewish star, studying abroad, making some music, going to yeshiva, bringing a yeshiva to UCF, giving his favorite sport (basketball) a final shot, running for SGA senate, traveling over the breaks, and turning Students for Israel into one of the more (if not most) prominent of groups on campus. Marc has several options which he is considering after he graduates, including: Graduate school (Law, MBA, etc.), getting a job, or getting started on creating his own business(s), as for the rest of his options, he states "Hashem knows."
David's paper relates that it has been nearly seventy years since the end of the Second World War and the Shoah; the greatest calamity to befall the Jewish people in modern times. Yet, with the Nazis defeated, the success of Israel as a nation and the Jewish communities of the world, does The Shoah still hold sway over World Jewry today? How are issues such as Assimilation and Divisiveness connected to the Shoah? What are the Spiritual dimensions of this? Further, these issues necessitate a course of action to neutralize them. Is it possible the answer lies in a reworking of how people use a Mikvah? This paper is an attempt to address these issues and questions.
This presentation was delivered at the Sinai Scholars Academic Symposium 2012.
The Sinai Scholars Symposium is a yearly conference for university students, hosted by the Sinai Scholars Society. Students from around the world gather with an esteemed panel of Ivy League professors, world-class Torah scholars and experts in their field to study, discuss and present their thoughts on various subjects that deal with Judaism and the modern world. Each student prepares an academic paper which they present to their colleagues and a panel of judges.
