Rabbi Steven Weil

Every year, the OU has a great crowd of hundreds of staff members, lay leaders, Yachad members, NCSYers and many others who march with us in the Celebrate Israel Parade up Fifth Avenue in New... READ MORE »

Maury Litwack, OU Director of Political Affairs, will serve as scholar-in-residence at Kesher Israel Congregation in Harrisburg, PA for Shabbat, Friday, June 15-Saturday, June 16, in a community weekend presented by the OU Karasick Department... READ MORE »

OU Singles Connection invites singles ages 35 and above to a buffet dinner on Tuesday, May 29 with special guest speaker Rabbi Yaakov Spivak at Mr. Broadway, 1372 Broadway (at 38th Street) in Manhattan. Beginning... READ MORE »

OU Torah Content Editor Rabbi Jack Abramowitz has released his largest and most ambitious book to date, The Taryag Companion. Clocking in at 694 pages, this hefty tome includes thorough and incisive explanations of all... READ MORE »

Orthodox Union member synagogue the Woodside Jewish Center in Queens, NY has closed its doors after more than eight decades, the victim of shifting demographics. Its memory will live on, however, thanks to a generous... READ MORE »

More than 200 people attended the OU Department of Community Engagement’s medical ethics conference, “Clinical and Torah Perspectives on Intimacy and Fertility,” co-sponsored by The Puah Institute, which was held April 29 at Congregation Bnai... READ MORE »

Chloe Fein, a senior at Ramaz and an active Yachad participant, wrote an article for Fresh Ink for Teens, a website hosted by The Jewish Week Media Group, whose content is written for and by... READ MORE »

OU Kosher has announced the winners of the 2012 OU Kosher Essay Contest for grades 7-12. They are Michelle Natanova (Queens, NY), Zev Kraut (Pittsburgh, PA), Shmuel Michaels (Greenwood Village, CO) and Hannah Kark (Denver,... READ MORE »

New York NCSY presents a community-wide parenting program, “Spiritual Solutions: Guiding Our Children Through Today’s Greatest Challenges,” Sunday, May 6, at the Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, from 9:00 a.m. until noon. The entire community is... READ MORE »

YouthCon is coming! Last year, more than 500 youth professionals and lay leaders experienced the inaugural YouthCon. This August 19, we’re taking it to a whole new level! Watch the video and register!... READ MORE »