Over a week’s time, the group visited several yeshivos and seminaries where Oorah sends young men and women to learn. They got to see firsthand how far they have come and how strong they have become. They got to hear from their rabbeim and teachers, who are invariably impressed by their sincerity and dedication. As one longtime camp volunteer put it, “I feel like I was at my first PTA on the receiving end.”
At one seminary, she recounts, “we spoke to the principals and teachers about our girls. We got fantastic nachas reports that made us start crying, which made the principal cry as well. They love the Oorah girls and are so impressed by their high regard and hakoras hatov for Rabbi Mintz, the Oorah staff and the organization in general.
“One of the girls ran to talk in front of the seminary about how amazing Oorah is and how it got her to where she is now. Amazing to see this former public school girl ‘shteiging’ away, as she called it.”
