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Watch Pre Yom-Kippur Shiur with Sivan Rahav Meir

The OU Women’s Initiative presents Sivan Rahav Meir on “21st Century Teshuva: A Synergy of Media and Meaning.”
Hurricane on Shabbos Shuva

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When Our Children Dread Yom Kippur

"I also recall the painful repetitious cantorial singing, lots of standing up and sitting down..."
Everything Matters

Does it really matter how many handbreadths wide my sukkah is? If I have to drink on Yom Kippur, why one ounce every nine minutes? What difference does it make?

You're Capable of That

Kohelet: What Constitutes a Flourishing Life

Pray for Those Facing Infertility

The Kohen Gadol's Rope

How We Teach. How We Learn

Celebrate the Culmination of Chumash Mesoras HaRav

Building Blocks of Cooking

OU Applauds New Lunch Program

That Mother With the Kids in Shul

Perek Hatecheiles

Celebrate the Daf in Your Sukkah

OU Women’s Initiative Scholars Program

Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Mourns Death of Israeli Hero Murdered by Palestinian Terrorist

Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, expresses its great sadness over the death of Ari Fuld zk”l, a U.S.-Israeli citizen who was killed over the weekend in Israel by a Palestinian terrorist.

Paul McCartney: Jews Should Not Be Offended by “Hey Jude”

The word “Jude” means “Jew” in German. “I said ‘hey baby, let’s cool it down, nothing to do with that,’” McCartney said.

NY Town Buys Land to Keep Jews Out

Regarding the land purchases, Jamieson said, “Well, if we purchase the property, that’s going to keep them out.”

Keeping a Watch on Hurricane Florence September 14, 2018
Celebrate the Daf in your Succah September 6, 2018
Teach NYS’s Yosef Kanofsky Named to the NY State Education Department’s CAP and Mandated Services Working Group August 9, 2018
The OU Women’s Initiative Launches Virtual Rosh Chodesh Lunch & Learn Series For Women Worldwide August 9, 2018
OU Commends Introduction of Legislation to Protect Houses of Worship, Religious Day Schools and other Nonprofits from New Tax Burden August 3, 2018
EMS Camp Allows U.S. and Canadian Teens to Make Impact on Israel August 2, 2018

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Iced Cappuccino

Fresh Fruit Salad

Salmon with Pineapple Salsa

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