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International Edition of NY Times Ends Political Cartoons
Pursuant to the backlash over a cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that was deemed to be anti-Semitic, the New York Times has announced that it will cease publication
Jun 11, 2019
By OU Staff
36 Under 36 2019
As director of grassroots and community engagement for the Orthodox Union’s Teach NYS, Annie Watman helps mobilize Jewish day school parents and educators to lobby lawmakers on behalf of more
Jun 6, 2019
By OU Staff
Holland: Mohels May Be Breaking the Law
Holland: Mohels May Be Breaking the Law
The Dutch Health Ministry says that it is cracking down on Jews who perform circumcisions without a medical degree. Two of the country’s most popular mohels were the target of a
Jun 4, 2019
By OU Staff
Chicago High Schools Recall Yearbooks Over Anti-Semitic Messages
Administrators of two suburban Chicago high schools stopped the distribution of yearbooks after students were alleged to have included anti-Semitic, Nazi and white supremacist messages. At Highland Park High School,
Jun 4, 2019
By OU Staff
11-Year-Old Chastised by School for Objecting to Nazi Salutes
An 11-year-old girl from Tennessee was removed from class for the rest of the school day for telling fellow students to stop making the Nazi salute. The girl’s class at
May 20, 2019
By OU Staff
Author Herman Wouk Dies at 103
Author Herman Wouk Dies at 103
Bestselling author Herman Wouk, whose career spanned nearly seven decades, has passed away at the age of 103. Wouk was the author of two dozen novels and works of nonfiction,
May 20, 2019
By OU Staff
Yachad, YUHSG Join for Leadership Service Mission
27 young women recently participated in Yachad and Yeshiva University’s High School for Girls’ Annual Leadership Service Mission. The event, which was held April 7-8 at a farm and retreat
May 15, 2019
By OU Staff
Swedish-Israeli Astronaut Prepares for First Space Trip
It took Jessica Meir three attempts until she was finally selected for NASA’s competetive astronaut training program in 2013. Now Meir is preparing for her first space mission. Meir’s mother
May 13, 2019
By OU Staff
Why Eurovision 2019 is Important for Israel
The annual Eurovision Song Contest, founded in 1956, is huge in Europe and beyond but largely unknown in America. There’s no cash prize but the 42 countries that participate in
May 13, 2019
By OU News
Dutch Soccer Fans Beat Jewish Man, Praise Nazis
A Jewish man was assaulted by a group of about 50 men in the Hague on Liberation Day, the Netherlands’ holiday celebrating their liberation from the Nazis. His attackers had
May 13, 2019
By OU Staff

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