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You Don't Have to Go to NYU to Be Part of This

JLIC Downtown started at NYU, but it never stayed there. If you’re a Jewish student living or studying anywhere below 14th Street, this is your community too.

We show up for students at: NYU, Cooper Union, Yeshiva University Stern College, Touro, FIT, Pratt, Pace, Parsons School of Design, Baruch, and Hunter.

If you live downtown, we are here for you.

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Meet The Couple

Rabbi Zechariah and Elyanna Rosenthal

Rabbi Zechariah is a software engineer at Google by day and a passionate Torah educator by... also day (and night). He studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion, earned a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Yeshiva University, and received semicha from RIETS. He loves bringing people together around good food, good questions, and meaningful conversations. Whether he’s whipping up a feast, sharing an unexpected Torah insight, or breaking down a complex idea with clarity, Zechariah is always thinking about how to connect people—with each other, with Torah, and with their own growth. He’s excited to help build a vibrant, thoughtful, and inclusive Orthodox community at NYU, where students feel at home asking questions, deepening relationships, and celebrating Jewish life. Elyanna is passionate about... Read More

Rabbi Zechariah Rosenthal Elyanna Rosenthal

I love Elyanna Rosenthal, we learn together once a week and it is the highlight of my week. She is there to help me with whatever I need.

They contribute to making the campus community feel “homier.” Kind of like an older sister on campus.

JLIC gave me a place I knew I could be transparent about my beliefs and identity and find likeminded people.

The JLIC directors are spirituality, academically, and emotionally supportive people, helping young professionals navigate frum life in modern times.

Together they are good role models of people with good middot. More specifically it is actually very nice because Rabbi Zechariah also works in a Computer Science job alongside being a Rabbi. And I personally am studying computer science in college so it is nice to have a Rabbi to learn from his life as a role model.

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