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When President Kennedy awarded Winston Churchill with honorary American citizenship, he said that Churchill had mobilized the English language and sent it into battle. So too Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks,

The deep sadness which overcomes us with Shiva Asar B’Tammuz and the beginning of the “Three Weeks” was deepened further this past Tuesday by learning of the passing of my

As part of its Safe Homes, Safe Schools, Safe Shuls initiative, the Orthodox Union once again reminds the community to be safe on Purim. “In past years, our community unfortunately

Dear OU Family, From NCSY to Yachad, JLIC to Israel Free Spirit, and so much more — we know there are countless stories of people who have been impacted by

Dr. Erica Brown’s piece on women in Jewish communal service, in the June issue of Jewish Action, sparked quite a conversation over Orthodox Jewry’s newsfeeds and Shabbat tables. Here’s her response: “The reactions

There are two sides to Rehovot (population 114,000). The side that is well known includes the Weizmann Institute of Science, home of three Nobel Prize winners, and the Hebrew University’s

Today was an extremely sad day for Klal Yisrael (People of Israel). It was a day on which I, and thousands of others, ascended to Har Hamenuchot (Mount of the

Stav Mevrata was nine months old when her family arrived in Israel from Ethiopia. She is the eighth of nine children. Today she is 18 and is a sherut leumi (national

Among the rabbis slaughtered at prayer this morning in Jerusalem was Rabbi Mosheh Twersky, the grandson of the Rav, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik.  Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher,