http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_main/ en Copyright 2009 2009-11-21T15:03:21+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_more/ou_kosher_coming22/ JLIC at UMass at Amherst Amherst, MA 01002 Date: February 8, 2010 Speaker: Rabbi Gershon Segal, OU Kosher Rabbinic Field Representative, New England Region Topic: “Waiter, check, please…Rabbi, please check! Kosher Hotels and Restaurants Kosher 2010-02-08T08:00:10+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_more/ou_kosher_coming16/ Yavneh Hebrew Academy Los Angeles, CA DATE: December 23, 2009 Speaker: Rabbi Reuven Nathanson, OU Kosher Senior Rabbinic Field Representative – West Coast Topic: Ingredient Panels: Unraveling the Mysteries Kosher 2009-12-23T08:55:43+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_more/ou_kosher_coming19/ Yeshiva Atlanta – High School Atlanta, GA Date: December 17, 2009 Speaker: Rabbi Norman Schloss, OU Kosher Rabbinic Field Representative – Southern region Topic: Ingredient Panels – What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You Kosher 2009-12-17T08:00:23+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_more/tefillot_symposium1/ The Orthodox Union’s Department of Community Services in conjunction with Yeshiva University Center for the Jewish Future will present a communal Symposium on “Making Our Tefillot More Meaningful and Personal” Featuring: Rabbi Moshe Weinberger of Congregation Aish Kodesh Rabbi Mayer Twersky, Rosh Yeshiva, RIETS, Yeshiva University Rabbi Eli Monsour of the Sephardic Congregation Bet Yaakob. The symposium will take place, Sunday Morning, December 6, from 9:45am to 11:45am at DRS High School, 700 Ibsen Street in Woodmere. Admission is free to the entire community. This program is part of a National effort to help develop a deeper connection, understanding, and appreciation of our Tefillot. For more information, please contact 212-613-8188 Download the PDF Supporting Shuls to date: Congregation Aish Kodesh, Woodmere Congregation Anshei Chesed, Hewlett Congregation Bais Tefilah, Woodmere Congregation Ohr Torah, North Woodmere Congregation Shaaray Tefila, Lawrence Congregation Shaare Emunah, Cedarhurst Kehillas Bais Yehudah Tzvi (Red Shul), Cedarhurst Young Israel of Hewlett, Hewlett Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Cedarhurst Young Israel of North Woodmere, North Woodmere Young Israel of Woodmere, Woodmere Congregation Anshei Shalom, West Hempstead Congregation Kneseth Israel, Far Rockaway Shaar Hashamayim Congregation, Oceanside The Bach Shul, Long Beach Young Israel of Far Rockaway, Far Rockaway Young Israel of Great Neck, Great Neck Young Israel of Oceanside, Oceanside Young Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater, Far Rockaway Young Israel of West Hempstead, West Hempstead Supporting Schools to date: Shulamith of Long Island Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva HS for Boys Hebrew Academy Five Towns Rockaway (HAFTR) Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) Rambam Mesivta Shalhevet High School Stella K. Abraham H.S. for Girls Yeshiva Toras Chaim of South Shore Sponsored by: NCSY Saw You at Sinai The Jewish Press 5 Towns Jewish Times Community Services, ou home top, Naim, Front - Middle, Events 2009-12-06T17:59:35+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_more/ou_annual_dinner_and_awards_presentation/ Orthodox Union 111th Dinner & Awards Presentation Sunday, December 6, 2009 Buffet Dinner 5PM Millennium Broadway Hotel 145 West 44th Street, New York City Register online! Honoring YACHAD, The National Jewish Council for Disabilities, on its 25th Anniversary Schreiber Foods Inc. and its President and CEO, Michael J. Haddad, National Kashrut Leadership Award Keynote Speaker His Excellency Michael B. Oren, Ambassador of Israel to the United States YACHAD, then and now: We are proud to highlight Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman & Chana Zweiter, the current and founding professional leaders And feature several individuals who were instrumental in YACHAD’s phenomenal growth and development and who represent thousands of others: Caryn Pollak & Mordechai David,on behalf of the original Yachad “trailblazers” Julius Berman, OU President at Yachad’s inception & first Chairman, Yachad Michael C. Wimpfheimer, former National Chairman, Yachad Commission Danny Levine, J. Levine Judaica, for providing vocational opportunities to people with disabilities Estie and Alan Stahler, parents of Malka & Loni,Young Leaders of the Yad B’Yad Summer Program Aryea Aranoff,Young Professional (advisor, coordinator, and program director) YACHAD is 25 years old and going strong. Its programs of inclusion that mainstream Jews with disabilities into the larger Jewish community give our participants the opportunity to build richer, fuller lives of joy and opportunity. And just as we have given them a rightful place in Jewish life, so have they immeasurably enriched us both individually and collectively. “Yachad, First in Inclusion” has changed thousands of lives with its social, recreational and educational programs. The world has been radically altered through Yachad’s extraordinary “inclusive” approach. Let’s give YACHAD a standing ovation as it marks this milestone! Register online! Sunday, December 6, 2009 shshmail, ou home top, Events 2009-12-06T16:13:08+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_more/NCSY_Chinese_Auction/ NCSY 18th Annual Chinese Auction: Painting The Jewish Future This year marks NCSY’s 18th Annual Chinese Auction and it is gearing up to be the biggest and best yet. For the first time ever, the NCSY auction has changed its pricing structure in order to create an affordable auction while maintaining amazing and creative prizes. The grand prize for this year’s auction is a year of free food delivered right to your door from Kosher.com, a $12,000 value. In addition to the grand prize, there is also a platinum prize and sixty other great prizes which make up the main auction. The platinum prize is a trip for two to Israel and a six-night stay in the Sheraton Plaza. Some of the 60 prizes in the main auction include a brand new Apple MacBook Pro, a diamond bracelet valued at $7,500, a sterling silver menorah, two tickets to the Yankees located three rows behind home plate, a men’s custom suit, and gift certificates to Best Buy & Target. The drawing will be held on Saturday Night, December 5th at Kingsway Jewish Center in Brooklyn, and will feature a hot meat buffet, live music, and interactive prize tables. For those who cannot make it to Brooklyn, there will be viewing nights, where people can see the prizes and bid, in West Hempstead, New Rochelle, Queens, and the Five Towns throughout the month of November. Tickets for the main auction cost only $10 and are even less when you pick one the 12 pricing packages. Tickets can be purchased and items can be bid on by mail, fax, phone, online, at a viewing night, or at the main event. For more information or to place your bid, go to http://www.ncsyauction.com or call 516.569.6279 The evening begins at 8:00pm promptly and will include a hot buffet, valet parking, and free ticket for all who attend. shshmail 2009-12-05T23:00:30+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_more/ou_kosher_coming20/ Bialystoker Synagogue 7-11 Bialystoker Place New York City DATE: November 26, 2009 - 9:30 AM Speaker: Rabbi Chaim Loike, OU Kosher Rabbinic Coordinator, bird specialist Topic: Does the Turkey Need a Pardon? Why is the Turkey Kosher? Kosher 2009-11-26T08:00:50+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_more/professional_development/ Special Professional Development Workshop for Yeshiva and Day School Mental Health Professionals and Guidance Counselors The Orthodox Union has been proactive in addressing the growing problem of eating disorders in the Orthodox Jewish community. Although predominantly prevalent among the female population, it has made strong inroads with males as well. Dr. Catherine Steiner-Adair of Harvard Medical School and an Eating Disorders Specialist has agreed to address and meet with our Yeshiva/Day School mental health professionals and address the topic of Eating Disorders for professionals during a brief visit to New York at the end of November. Dr. Steiner-Adair was involved in the development of “Hungry to Be Heard,” a film on Eating Disorders, created by the Orthodox Union Young Leadership Council. She is extremely committed to our cause of successfull awareness and addressing issues surrounding Eating Disorders in the Jewish community. This is a professional development workshop which is not to be missed and your RSVP is extremely important, as space is limited to a first response basis. Please RSVP to community@ou.org. The workshop will be held at The Board of Jewish Education at 520 8th Avenue, between 36th and 37th street, on the 15th floor. Dr. Steiner-Adair has also authored Bishvili, a Jewish supplement to her book, which has served as the basis for the development of an Orthodox guide for teachers and guidance counselors just completed by Elisheva Diamond and Sarah Weinberger-Litman (producers of “Hungry to Be Heard”). Copies of this Orthodox guide will be available, free of charge, to all participants. A brief bio: Catherine Steiner-Adair is a faculty member of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and is a well known international speaker, consultant, and Clinical Psychologist. She is the Director of Eating Disorders Education and Prevention at the Klarman Eating Disorders Center at McLean Hospital, the largest psychiatric facility of Harvard Medical School. Dr. Steiner-Adair has authored countless professional articles and is the co-author of Full of Ourselves. As we would like to reach as many guidance counselors as possible, we are also sending this message to school leadership to forward to the attention of their school guidance counselors and mental health professionals. We encourage at least one representative from each school. This is a program of the Orthodox Union, Board of Jewish Education of Greater New York, FEGS, and The Yeshiva Counseling Network. To download the one page word document, click here: Special Professional Development Workshop Community Services, shshmail, Front - Middle 2009-11-25T13:45:08+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_more/ask_ou_outreach_comes_to_the_passaic-clifton_community/ The ASK OU OUTREACH Kashrut shiurim will offer the latest in consumer information from the OU's leading kashrut experts. Kosherization equipment will be displayed and discussed. There will be a live viewing and demonstration of kosher birds and eggs. Free DVDs and pamphlets will be distributed. Motzei Shabbos Pasrshas Chayei Soroh, November 14 Beis Torah U’Tefillah – 218 Aycrigg Ave. 8-10:00 PM - Ask The OU Kosher (Passaic) Rabbis A panel presentation followed by Q & A session Rabbinic Coordinator - Specialty/Topic Rabbi Yisroel Paretzky – Group Leader - Industrial Kashrus/Baking Industry Rabbi Eliyahu Ferrell - Chemicals Rabbi Eli Gersten - OU Psak and Policy Rabbi David Gorelik - Yoshon Rabbi Yitzchok Gutterman - Refined Oils Rabbi Dovid Jenkins - How Tootsie Roll became OU certified Rabbi Mordechai Merzel - Dairy Rabbi Gavriel Price - Ingredient Research: The Status of Papaya and its Derivatives in Chutz L’aretz Free 91 Program, 54-hour Ask OU computer A/V disc will be distributed Motzei Shabbos Parshas Toldos, November 21 Cong. Tifereth Israel – 180 Passaic Ave. 7:45-8:45 PM – Kosher Birds and Eggs - Live Viewing and Demonstration Rabbi Chaim Loike – OU Rabbinic Coordinator 8:45-10:15 PM – Bedikas Toyloim – A Demonstration of How to Check for Insects in Vegetables and Fruits Rabbi Yosef Eisen – Rabbinic Administrator-Vaad of the Five Towns and former OU Rabbinic Coordinator, Foodservice Free How To Check for Insects DVD will be distributed Kosher, shshmail, ou home top, Naim, Events 2009-11-21T14:03:21+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/ou/event_more/unlock_torah1/ UNLOCK THE MYSTERY OF THE TORAH TODAY! BOOK SIGNING WITH RABBI GOLDIN—LIMITED TIME ONLY!! FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Frank Buchweitz, National Director Community Services and Special Projects Tel: 212-613-8188 “New and refreshing insights…. Rabbi Goldin acts as a responsible teacher of Torah, letting the text speak for itself.…Unlocking the Torah Text is a very good book indeed, challenging the reader to use his native intelligence in reading the Good Book as God’s Book.” Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, Chancellor of Yeshiva University “Rabbi Goldin’s book is original, thoughtful and provocative. Written with clarity, sensitivity and empathy, it will inspire modern readers of the Torah to grapple with the text and to wrest from it contemporary messages of personal meaning and communal significance.” Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, senior scholar at the Center for the Jewish Future of Yeshiva University Download the PDF Flyer Community Services, Front - Middle 2009-10-16T14:30:48+00:00