Written by Ally Hadge
TAMID is a business-focused club at Yeshiva University that aims to connect students to Israel through consulting and finance. The club is run by Liorah Yaghoubzar (SSSB ‘25) and Moshe Coronel (SSSB ‘25) and runs on a semester basis, making each semester different and unique. During fall semester, students focus on education and learn about Israeli consulting and ecosystems. Then, they pick a specialized track in either consulting or funds, and work with real Israeli companies. Shalhevet Cohen, (SSSB ‘25) Director of Education for TAMID, focuses on education for consulting, and spoke with the YU Observer about her experience participating in TAMID.
What is your favorite part of Tamid?
My favorite part of TAMID is the hands-on experience… TAMID has that dual benefit of teaching you during the education semester and then allowing you to actually apply the information and fully understand what you have been taught.
How does TAMID foster leadership development?
In the education track, we have a number of different sessions that are focused on personal development. We work on putting each student in a comfortable setting where they can push their boundaries. You have to speak in front of the cohort and other students, which is something to get used to. TAMID is a very big team-based operation. Every single track that you are in, you are in a group. You have the opportunity within your team to become the leader of that group. Throughout your experience at TAMID, you have different opportunities to step up and have a higher position. You could be a project manager, where you are in charge of a team or you could even level up above that, where you could become a director of one of the tracks, or even the president of TAMID.
What skills do students gain from participating in TAMID?
Consulting skills for sure. I also learned how to present a lot better from all of the case competitions. First, you compete against the YU chapter and then the winner of that competes against other branches from other colleges. My group last year won the YU chapter case competition, so we were able to then move on to the next stage, where we competed against other colleges in New York. I learned how to prepare for a presentation, go over a presentation repeatedly, make edits, make sure that it was perfect and ready to present.
How do you deal with and resolve conflicting opinions?
People are coming in with different skills and different backgrounds. From that, you get to learn new approaches to things, which could also be uncomfortable because it could be that someone wants to do something in a way that you are not familiar with. When I am working in my consulting group or if I am working on a case competition, we may have different approaches to solve the problem that we are trying to fix. The best way to fix the problem is to remember everyone has their own strengths, which you need to highlight and pinpoint everyone’s unique skill sets. One person is good at marketing, one is great at making slides, and one is good at research. Then, give them those tasks so that they can really shine.
What Israeli companies have students worked with?
Students have had the opportunity to work for companies across a wide range of industries, such as medicine, sports, PR, marketing, etc. TAMID will have a list of companies they work with and then every project manager will apply to work for different companies. A company TAMID self-sourced is called Train My Stuff. It started off as a platform where people can sell their peloton equipment that they do not use anymore to interested buyers. They started during COVID-19 and now they have expanded to other exercise equipment and they are planning to sell even larger equipment.
Why is it important for TAMID to be present at YU?
YU is the most connected campus to Israel. TAMID is based in Israel and it is about connecting college students to the Israeli ecosystem. YU is the flagship chapter connecting college students to the Israeli economy. Social events and competitions with other chapters allow YU students to show why they love Israel, why it is important to support Israel and really be a kiddush Hashem. A lot of the founders that the students work for are not religious and not all are Jewish. Through working with YU students they get a taste of what it means to be connected to Hashem and to be connected to Torah. The students are gaining a lot by working with the founders, but hopefully they are gaining a lot of inspiration as well.
Photo Caption: TAMID at the spring 2024 NYC Consulting Case Competition
Photo Credit: TAMID