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Press Releases - Archive - January-March 2006

November 28, 2007

March 24, 2006 OU Launches New Website, http://www.oupassover.com, to Answer Passover Queries
March 24, 2006 Students from Baltimore Yeshiva Visit the Orthodox Union to Learn More about Kashrut
March 23, 2006 OU and RCA Present Annual Pre-Passover Kashrut Seminar
March 22, 2006 OU and Congregation Anshe Chesed of Linden, N.J. to Present Positive Jewish Marriages on Sunday, April 30 for Local Community and Beyond
March 22, 2006 An OU Expert Solves the Mystery of How to Make a New York Restaurant Kosher for Passover
March 21, 2006 At Burial of Destroyed Torah Scrolls in New Orleans, OU Delivers Words of Comfort and Hears Gratitude for its Post-Katrina Role
March 17, 2006 What’s Kosher For Passover? The OU’s Annual Guide Has All The Answers
March, 2006 OU to Present Community Lunch and Learn: Preparing for Passover, A Series of Three Weekly Sessions to Take Place March 22, March 30, April 6 at OU Headquarters
March 16, 2006 Rabbi Weinreb Highlights Passover, Shavout and the Weeks in Between on Prayer and the Prayer Book Series II Broadcasts on OU Radio
March 15, 2006 Today, OU’s Take Five For Torah Goes Into Passover Mode
March 9, 2006 OU and the Young Israel of Woodmere to Present Positive Jewish Marriages, March 26
March 8, 2006 Looking Out for One Another: Large And Small OU Communities Participate In Project Areivim
March 7, 2006 OU Congratulates its Long-Time Lay Leader Howard Tzvi Friedman on Swearing in as AIPAC President
March 6, 2006 OU hails Education Tax Credit Proposal unveiled in Maryland
March 6, 2006 OU to Present Professional Development Workshop for Rabbis on Facilitating Dialogue Between Rabbis, Doctors and Families When Serious Illness Strikes
March 6, 2006 OU When Illness Strikes Program Draws Large Audience to Teaneck Event
March 3, 2006 Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist to Deliver Keynote Address to Orthodox Union National Dinner, April 2
March, 2006 OU Lieberman Scholars Attend JCPA Plenum in Washington
March 2, 2006 Our Way Welcomes Jewish Deaf to Chicago on OU Shabbaton, March 24-25
March 1, 2006 Our Way Welcomes Jewish Deaf to the Russian community in Brooklyn, for OU Shabbaton, March 10-11
March 1, 2006 OU Pained by Destruction of Synagogue In Dushanbe, Tajikistan; Calls Upon Government to Work with Local Jewish Community to Help it Recreate their Religious Community Center
March 1, 2006 OU Prepares for Purim with a Series of Initiatives to Promote Safety and Inclusion for All

February 2006

February 28, 2006 L‘Dor V’dor: NCSY Alumni Family Reunion Brings Generations Together for a Trip Down Memory Lane and a Look to the Future
February, 2006 Once Again, OU Powerpoint Program to Make Megillah Reading Accessible for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
February, 2006 OU Fundraising Drive Makes Possible Passover Seders for 1,000 at Kharkov Center in Ukraine
February, 2006 The Living Halacha: Large Attendance Sees Kosher Law Demonstrated at OU Pareve Mesorah Conference
February 23, 2006 How the OU Is Helping the Gush Katif Evacuees: OU President Challenges Israeli Leader to do More to Assist Gaza Evacuees; Organization Looks Back on Six Months of Major Efforts on Behalf of the Displaced
February 22, 2006 Providing Advice to Families at a Critical Time: OU and Partners to Present “When Serious Illness Strikes and Decisions Have To Be Made,” at Teaneck Forum, Saturday Night, March 4
February, 2006 OU President Raises Plight of Gaza Evacuees with Ehud Olmert; Asks to Have All Pending Compensation Claims Resolved; Olmert: ‘We Will Do Everything We Can’
February, 2006 Successful Program Returns for its Fourth Year: OU West Coast Region to Present Positive Jewish Marriages Shabbaton in Bel Air, March 10-11
February, 2006 Rabbi Weinreb’s Unique and Inspiring Commentary to Highlight OU Mission to Eastern Europe, July 2-13
February, 2006 Orthodox Union Hails Albany Rally on Tax Credits; Cites ‘Wide, Bi-Partisan Support for Measures to Help all School Children and Parents’
February, 2006 OU Kosher Announces Two New Programs: Kosher Tidbits, Debuts this Week (February 15) On OU Radio; A Rabbinical Road Show to Travel Across North America
February, 2006 So, How Do I Tell the Shul Blabbermouth to Be Quiet? - OU Gabbai Conference Provides Practical Advice to Key Synagogue Officials on How to Handle the Challenges of Coordinating Shabbat and Other Services
February, 2006 OU Leaders to Gather Sunday, April 2 for 108th Anniversary National Dinner; New ‘Interactive’ Presentation Will Highlight Expanding Range of Programs
February, 2006 A Mother from Fort Worth Expresses Gratitude for her Son’s Special Trip to Israel
February, 2006 The Remarkable Maya Eldar of Skokie Expresses Gratitude for her Special Trip to Israel
February, 2006 Joshua London, Author of Victory in Tripoli, Joins Orthodox Union’s Institute for Public Affairs as Deputy Director
February, 2006 Far Rockaway Synagogue to Feature Launching of OU’s New National Initiative, Kosher in the Workplace, February 28
February, 2006 West Orange Synagogue to Feature Launching of OU’s New National Initiative, Kosher in the Workplace, February 26
February, 2006 OU Kosher is Coming to a Synagogue Near You to Address Kosher Needs of People in a Secular Workplace; Program to be Launched this Month
February, 2006 OU Kosher Announces Grant to Establish the Harry H. Beren ASK OU Community Lecture Series
February 7, 2006 Text of OU Letter to Acting Prime Minister Olmert on Amona Situation
February, 2006 Time to Saddle Up for this Year’s Yachad Event: A Night at the Races

January 2006

January, 2006 Attention Teens: For Your Free IPod, Register by March 1 to Attend NCSY Summer Programs
January, 2006 OU States “Grave Concern” Over Hamas’ Victory in Palestinian Elections; Urges all Governments to Refuse Meetings with Hamas Unless it Demonstrates Concrete Reform of Violent Goals
January 20, 2006 With Eye on Spiraling Education Costs, OU Announces Participation in Teach New York State February 14 Rally, as well as North American Tuition Initiative
January, 2006 Keeping the Faith on Valentine’s Day: The OU’s NCSY Initiates New Dating and Marriage Campaign
January 17, 2006 Recalling 1960, A Cincinnati Lady Plans to Attend a Reunion of a Life-Altering Religious Event – A Sabbath Weekend of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth
January 17, 2006 Hundreds Register for First National North American NCSY Alumni Reunion, President’s Weekend In Edison, NJ
January 17, 2006 Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of Orthodox Union’s Worldwide Kosher Division, Delivered Benediction Today at Corzine Gubernatorial Inaugural Ceremony
January 17, 2006 NCSY Dallas-Based Southwest Region to Inaugurate its New Teen Center with Open House, Sunday, January 29
January 11, 2006 OU Pained and Outraged By Anti-Semitic Stabbing Attack In Moscow Synagogue; Stands Firmly with Russian Jewry and Calls on Russian Gov’t to Swiftly Bring Perpetrator to Justice
January 6, 2006 Associated Talmud Torahs of Chicago and OU to Present Positive Jewish Parenting Conference, Featuring Rabbi Isaac Mayefsky Memorial Keynote Address, February 4
January 6, 2006 Our Way Welcomes Jewish Deaf to Passaic on OU Shabbaton, January 20-21
January 6, 2006 NCSY Teens Celebrate Jew Year’s Eve in Bergen County
January 5, 2006 He’s a Diplomat, Organizational Genius and Jack of All Trades: The Gabbai is not the Rabbi, but he has a Major Role to Play; OU Conference, to be Webcast on OU.ORG, to Help these Synagogue Officials do their Jobs Right
January 3, 2006 Irwin Lowi of Hancock Park to be Honored by NCSY’s Ben Zakkai Honor Society at New York Scholarship Reception, January 15
January 3, 2006 Communities of the Inductees and Honorees Are Kew Gardens Hills,
Great Neck, Merrick, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle: NCSY’s Ben Zakkai Honor Society to Induct Four New Members and Honor Five from New York Area, at Scholarship Reception, January 15