Renewed Partnership with Meaningful Life Center

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Our Learning Company and Meaningful Life Center Renew Their Partnership to Co-Produce a New Series of Teleseminars with Rabbi Simon Jacobson

Boston, Massachusetts and New York, New York February 1, 2010 – Our Learning Company LLC—publisher, producer and promoter of innovative Adult Learning content—and Meaningful Life Center—an organization dedicated to personal, societal and global transformation through presenting the universal wisdom of Jewish teachings— announce the renewal of their partnership in producing a series of live, interactive tele-webinars featuring renowned teacher and bestselling author Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Meaningful Life Center’s Dean.

Building upon the success of a previous sequence of three tele-webinars that brought together close to 1,200 learners worldwide, the series will debut with a 120-minute interactive teleseminar aimed at discovering the spiritual power of the festival of Purim, now scheduled for February 23, 2010 at 9:00 PM Eastern. For some Purim is a time of fun, masks and games, for others it is yet another drag, and for many Purim is either obscure, irrelevant or simply non-existent. This learning event will attempt to shine a very different light on Purim, going even as far as showcasing Purim, in its own way, as the highest point of the year.

Sergiu S. Simmel, CEO and Founder of Our Learning Company said: “Structured almost like a fun radio talk show, but with the depth and relevance of the best class you’ve ever attended, our tele-webinars bring together learners and educators of all backgrounds across the world into active learning communities. Our previous joint events with the Meaningful Life Center have been very successful, not only in attendance (we had as many as 918 people join in a single event) but especially in their effectiveness to bring high quality Jewish learning and inspiration. Rabbi Ja-cobson is truly a one-of-a-kind teacher, and I am delighted to be once again working with him to enhance the enthusiasm and understanding of Jewish ideas for hundreds of learners everywhere.”

Elinor Chayo, Executive Director of the Meaningful Life Center said: “MLC’s goal to create a warm, non-judgmental atmosphere for learners of all backgrounds to explore their spirituality and OLC’s highly interactive, well-produced virtual learning events are a perfect combination! The tele-webinars, in combination with our physical events at MLC@6 (our workshop space in the heart of downtown Manhattan) and our weekly video-cast classes, provide us with a great multi-faceted approach to connecting with our friends both locally and globally. I am delighted to be working with a quality producer and programming host to accomplish this!”

Registered participants have the choice of accessing the live events by either phone or over the internet. They get a chance to ask an initial question on the topic and receive a comprehensive Study Guide for use during the teleseminar, as well as a rich suite of additional learning materials. During the live event, the host also takes questions from the live audience worldwide. If anyone misses the live event or registers afterward, they get access to the recording of the entire session.

Our Learning Company LLC of Brighton, Massachusetts (OLC), produces, publishes and promotes high quality, cross-denominational adult learning content, featuring prominent and renowned Jewish scholars, teachers, authors and thought leaders. OLC delivers its content in multiple media, including audio coursebooks, audio courses, teeBooks™, tele-webinars, tele-webcourses, audio blogs, podcasts and others. OLC’s content is suitable for learners of any back-ground worldwide, wherever they are ready to learn, whenever they can learn, and however they prefer to learn.

Meaningful Life Center (MLC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to personal, societal and global transformation through presenting the universal wisdom of the Torah as a blueprint for life. The Center is built on the belief that life is precious and that every individual has a unique and in-dispensable contribution to make, which affects everyone and everything, now and forever. The Meaningful Life Center offers a wide variety of live and published programming for people at all levels. The dean of the center, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, is the author of the best-selling book "Toward a Meaningful Life."