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August 2008

August 15, 2008 Letter From Rabbi Menachem Genack in the New York Times
August 27, 2008 Leader of Orthodox Union Addresses Democratic Convention Interfaith Gathering
August 25, 2008 OU West COast Welcomes Rav Schachter for Ba’al Tekiah Conference, 9/19-21
August 22, 2008 Second Generation of European Rabbis Being Trained At ASKOU Internship Program
August 20, 2008 Photo Caption: NCSY Bencher is Translated to Hungarian
August 19, 2008 OU President Stephen J. Savitsky To Visit Omaha’s Beth Israel Synagogue, 9/12-13
August 18, 2008 The Jerusalem Journey, Learning About Myself, by Claire Miller
August 18, 2008 OU Department of Synagogue Services Launches ACTT Program, September 20
August 14, 2008 OU Job Board To Present Two New Programs
August 14, 2008 Registration Now Underway For OU’s National Executive Director’s Conference
August 11, 2008 Rabbi Weinreb Stirs Emotions In Tisha B’Av Webcast
August 11, 2008 OU West Coast Women’s Network To Resume Text Study This Fall
August 11, 2008 OU Leader To Be a Keynote Speaker at DNC Interfaith Gathering
August 07, 2008 OU and Its Partners Obtain Homeland Security Funds to Protect Synagogues and Schools
August 06, 2008 OU’s YLC Introduces New Program, Women’s Executive Lunch and Learn
August 05, 2008 OU Kosher Releases Two New DVDs on the Kashrut of Meat and Birds

July 2008

July 31, 2008 Congressman Garrett Meets Local Orthodox Jewish Leadership
July 24, 2008 OU Job Board to Present Live Video Broadcast, “Networking in the Digital Age,” August 12
July 17, 2008 First Person: NCSY’s TJJ Teens Mourn at Home of Ehud Goldwasser in Israel
July 16, 2008 In Conjunction With The OU’s National Convention, OU Holds 2-Part Job Fair in NY and Israel
July 16, 2008 The Deaths of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser
July 16, 2008 The Deaths of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser
July 14, 2008 OU Kosher Supervisor in Louisville Plays Matchmaker Between Certified Companies and Food Pantry
July 09, 2008 OU Job Board Webcast On Mortgage Crisis Now Available Online
July 01, 2008 On a Mission to Buenos Aires, NCSY Delegation Officially Welcomes New Chapter in Argentina

June 2008

June 20, 2008 Meditations at 60: An OU Kosher Rabbi’s New Book Explores Relationship Between Body and Soul
June 20, 2008 New Concern for Kosher Pizza Eaters Prompts OU Kosher to Hold Meeting on Kemach Yashan
June 19, 2008 OU Job Board To Present Career Workshop in Woodmere, Thursday, July 10
June 19, 2008 JLIC Students Spend Summer as Global Service-Learning Fellows in New Program
June 18, 2008 OU Mesorah Conference on Mitzvot of Eretz Yisrael Enlightens Audience of Over 300
June 12, 2008 OU to Offer Red Cross Disaster Training, June 25, to Synagogue Leaders
June 11, 2008 NYNJ and OU Team Up to Raise Money for Children of Sderot
June 05, 2008 OU Singles Connections To Present Two Events, June 16 and June 26
June 05, 2008 OU/NCSY and Touro College Celebrate 35 Years of Cooperation
June 03, 2008 Mixed Messages On Jerusalem Need to Stop, OU Says
June 03, 2008 OU Releases ‘The Kosher Fish Primer’ DVD to Clarify Issues of What Makes These Creatures Kosher
June 02, 2008 Project Areivim Sends OU Representatives To Strengthen Jewish Communities Throughout the US
June 02, 2008 OU West Coast Region and West Coast NCSY Hold Annual Awards Banquet, 6/23
June 02, 2008 OU Delegation Heads to Bueno Aires To Celebrate Grand Opening of NCSY Argentina, 6/12-15

May 2008

May 29, 2008 OU Kosher Releases Educational DVD Containing 91 Harry H. Beren ASK OU Kashrut Presentations
May 28, 2008 As Congregation Beth Israel of New Orleans Rebuilds, OU Continues To Send Support
May 28, 2008 OU Job Board To Present National Webcast on Mortgage Crisis and Home Foreclosures, June 24
May 22, 2008 OU Alumni Connections Guides Graduating NCSYers to Jewish Programs on Their Secular College Campus
May 22, 2008 OU Introduces New Logo To Reflect Reality that OU Does Much More than Certify Kosher Food
May 16, 2008 OU Kosher to Present Mesorah Conference IV on Perspectives of Eretz Yisrael, at Lander College, 6/15
May 16, 2008 Yachad and Our Way to host 22nd Annual Family Shabbaton, May 30-June 1, at Famed NY Resort Hotel
May 09, 2008 New OU Program On Best Practices in Outreach to the Unaffiliated
May 08, 2008 At Annual Dinner, May 18, the Yavneh Minyan, to Honor Rabbi Moshe Sokol’s 18 years of Leadership
May 08, 2008 OU Kosher Presents Webcast on Complexities of Keeping a Kosher Kitchen, May 29
May 07, 2008 The OU Goes to YU: OU to Present Three-Week Hands-On Program in Kashrut Education in June
May 06, 2008 OU Announces Rabbi Steven Weil of Beverly Hills as Next Executive Vice President
May 06, 2008 OU Kosher’s China Syndrome, or How I Traveled to Shanghai by Phyllis Koegel
May 01, 2008 In New Initiative, OU Press to Publish Haggadah, Siddur, and Other Volumes with Teachings of the Rav

April 2008

April 30, 2008 A Very Special Shabbat at the White Shul: OU’s Rabbi Weinreb Celebrates Israel’s 60th Anniversary
April 30, 2008 OU Young Leadership Cabinet To Present Lag B’Omer Cruise, May 22, To Benefit Yachad
April 24, 2008 OU Sends Shuls Impressive Array of Materials for Use on National Israel’s Sixtieth Anniversary
April 24, 2008 OU To Present Communal Symposium Addressing Serious Illness, Sunday, May 18, in Edison
April 17, 2008 OU’s Department of Synagogue Services Presents Updated Mikveh Directory
April 16, 2008 Harry H. Beren OU Kosher Summer Program For Kashrut Professionals Now Accepting Applications
April 16, 2008 OU Presents Marriage Enrichment Retreat, July 11 to 13, in Catskills
April 16, 2008 Rabbi Weinreb’s Series on Teachings of Rav Kook Memorializes Eight Slain Students
April 15, 2008 Our Way Welcomes Jewish Deaf to Palm Harbor for OU Shabbaton, May 16-17
April 15, 2008 OU President Stephen J. Savitsky to Visit Oakland, Shabbat Weekend of May 16-17, on Tour
April 15, 2008 OU President Stephen J. Savitsky to Visit Memphis, Shabbat Weekend of May 9-10, on Tour
April 09, 2008 Seventh and Eigth Graders From Metropolitan Area to Come to Lawrence for Yachad Shabbaton
April 09, 2008 OU to Present Bikur Cholim (Visiting the Sick) Symposium in Teaneck, May 3
April 08, 2008 Coming April 14—“Raise Your Kids, Not Your Voice,” on OU Radio, www.ouradio.org
April 02, 2008 OU Kosher Announces Second Annual OU Kosher Essay Contest Winners
April 01, 2008 NCSY and HAFTR Teens Travel to Germany to Create Pioneer Outreach Organization
April 01, 2008 OU’s JLIC Photo Contest on 15 Campuses Offers Students Opportunity to Demonstrate Their Creativity

March 2008

March 25, 2008 OU Introduces New Recipes for Passover 2008
March 25, 2008 NCSY Presents the Jewish Version, A New CD Featuring Familiar Tunes with Jewish Lyrics
March 24, 2008 What’s Kosher for Passover? OU’s Annual Passover Guide in a Colorful New Format Has All the Answers
March 24, 2008 What You Need to Know When Passover Arrives on Saturday Night
March 20, 2008 OU Passover Website Launches for 2008
March 20, 2008 Beren Foundation Grant to NCSY Program Gives Teenagers the Chance to Experience Israel this Summer
March 20, 2008 Jewish Student Union Clubs Help Teach Jewish Public School Students About their Heritage
March 20, 2008 OU Announces Newly Certified Kosher for Passover Products
March 20, 2008 OU Admits Eight Synagogues Nationwide, Ashkenazi and Sephardic, to Status as Member Congregations
March 18, 2008 In Joint Initiative, NCSY Alumni Attend Yeshiva University’s Mechinah (Bridge) and BJS Programs
March 18, 2008 OU is Number One on Google in Jewish Holidays Category
March 18, 2008 A Milestone for Kosher Tidbits: OU Series Announces its 100th Program
March 14, 2008 Amidst the Mourning, Faith and Hope Surive as OU Presents Memorial Service for Slain Students
March 14, 2008 OU Kosher Presents Q&A Pre-Passover Webcast on OU Website, March 27
March 14, 2008 OU’s Singles Connection Presents Grand Island (Niaga Falls) Weekend Retreat, May 30 to June 1
March 12, 2008 A Remarkable Life: OU to Honor Mark Hasten, Noted Indianapolis Jewish Community Leader, April 6
March 11, 2008 OU to Honor Osem USA with National Kashrut Leadership Award at 110th Anniversary National Dinner
March 11, 2008 This is Not Blarney: OU Certifies Glanbia Ingredient Ireland for Production of Kosher Lactose
March 11, 2008 In Largest Liquor Kosher Certification in U.S., DeKuyper 60-Flavor Line Receives OU Symbol
March 11, 2008 Invitation to Cover: OU Memorial Assembly for the Victims of the Mercaz HaRav Massacre, March 12
March 07, 2008 Ou to Honor Jonathan Mell of Teaneck with the Young Leadership Distinguished Service Award
March 07, 2008 OU to Honor Al Miller, Retired F.E.G.S. CEO, with Lifetime Community Service Award, April 6
March 07, 2008 350 Years and Counting: OU To Honor Seven Rabbis Who Helped Shape Growth of Orthodox Judaism
March 07, 2008 Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky Visits OU Headquarters as Part of New Harry H. Beren ASK OUtreach Initiative
March 05, 2008 Long Island NCSY Roots Fest Uses Music To Inspire The Roots Of Jewish Teens
March 05, 2008 OU to Present Emerging Communities Showcase, April 6 in New York

February 2008

February 28, 2008 OU Certified Kosher Subway Restaurant to Open in Wall Street Area in March
February 27, 2008 Flying the Kosher Skies: OU Survey Determines All Eight Major US Carriers Do Provide Kosher Food
February 27, 2008 Once Again, Our Way Presents PowerPoint Megillah to Enable Deaf and Hard of Hearing to Easily Follow
February 26, 2008 As Purim Approaches, OU Leader Calls on Parents to Talk to Their Children About Dangers of Drinking


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