Join us at the OU’s upcoming Torah New York event, Sunday, April 29, indoors at Citi Field, and you’ll have the opportunity to meet and hear from many master scholars and teachers. One of these is NCSY‘s own Rabbi Israel Lashak. Hailing from Mexico City, Mexico, Rabbi Lashak received Bachelors and Masters degrees in Talmudic Law from Ner Yisroel […]

By this point, regular readers are fully aware of the OU’s upcoming Torah New York event, to be held Sunday, April 29, indoors at Citi Field. One of the many exciting, highly-anticipated speakers will be Rabbi Moshe Weinberger a mashpia at Yeshiva University and the founding rabbi of Congregation Aish Kodesh in Woodmere, NY. A speaker of great acclaim, […]

Who in the Jewish community isn’t aware of Hon. Joseph Lieberman, who was the 2000 Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States? At the conclusion of his 24-year tenure as a US senator from Connecticut, Senator Lieberman served as Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and a senior member of […]

You may be familiar with Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman, who serves as founding director of the Orthodox Union’s Women’s Initiative. She and her husband, Rabbi Avraham Shmidman, serve as rabbi and rebbetzin of the Lower Merion Synagogue in Bala Cynwyd, PA. Prior to accepting the position of director of the Women’s Initiative, Dr. Shmidman taught Advanced Placement Psychology and […]

Well-known writer and Jewish educator Rebbetzin Lori Palatnik is scheduled to speak at the Orthodox Union’s forthcoming Torah New York event, to be held on Sunday, April 29, indoors at Citi Field. A much sought-after international speaker, Rebbetzin Palatnik has lectured in the US, Canada, Mexico, the UK, Central America, South America, South Africa and Israel, including featured talks at Yale, […]

Is there anyone who follows Torah online who isn’t familiar with Charlie Harary, Esq.? He’s so prolific, his content would be pretty hard to miss! The Senior Director of Capital Markets at RXR Realty, Mr. Harary is a speaker internationally renowned for his passionate lectures on a wide variety of topics, including personal growth, entrepreneurship, social […]

OU Life recently ran an important (and well received!) piece entitled Give Proportionally to What You Spend on Your Pesach by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg, Senior Rabbi of the Boca Raton Synagogue and a featured speaker at the upcoming Torah New York event (Sunday, April 29, indoors at Citi Field). As the festival of unleavened bread draws ever nearer, […]

Mrs. Sivan Rahav Meir is a bona fide Israeli celebrity. A journalist by trade, Mrs. Rahav Meir is renowned as a respected and popular TV news reporter. In her work for channel 2 news, Yedioth Acharonot and IDF radio, she has interviewed heads of state including Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Rav Ovadia Yosef, and uncovered exclusive stories of great import […]

Rabbi Moshe Hauer is the spiritual leader of Congregation Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion in Baltimore, MD. In his community, Rabbi Hauer serves as an active leader in many areas, with particular focus on education and social service organizations serving the Jewish community, ranging from charitable services and hospice to domestic and child sexual abuse prevention. He is also a […]

Torah educator Esther Wein has been teaching Jewish women for nearly 30 years, specializing in multiple areas that include parsha, tefillah, Navi and history. While acclaimed for the intellectually advanced level of her lectures, Mrs. Wein is also known for her ability to make her shiurim approachable for students of all educational backgrounds. Come hear Mrs. […]