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How do we discuss abuse in the Jewish community? What should we do Halakhically about abusive rabbis? Why is it so hard to address these topics? Read about all this

It should come as no surprise that, when it comes to Middle East politics, not everyone agrees with us. And it’s not necessarily because others are evil or anti-Semitic. We

Click here to download the responses of the Rabbinic Panel on professional roles of women in the synagogue, and the accompanying OU response. For media inquiries, please contact pr@ou.org. Comments?

NEW JERSEY – As news spread of the arrest of Ahmad Khan Rahami, suspected bomber of the weekend’s incidents in Chelsea and Seaside Park, many in the New York metropolitan

What do Orthodox Jewish ‘millennials’ think about? You tell us. Jewish Action, the magazine of the Orthodox Union, is looking for the thoughts and impressions of Orthodox millennials on the following: Dating/relationships The

On Israeli Radio Kol Hai, Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, eulogized Elie Wiesel, who passed away this week in New York: “For forty days he succeeded in

Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate who became a leading icon of Holocaust remembrance and a global symbol of conscience, died Saturday at 87. His death was the

Ron Kampeas of the JTA has an insightful analysis about how the administration handled the recent murder of Ezra Schwartz z’l. How the Obama administration has handled last week’s murder

“Approachable” may not be an adjective many associate with Rav Aharon Lichtenstein z”tl. He was, indeed, a towering giant of Torah knowledge, a deeply thoughtful exponent of hashkafa, a powerful

Orthodox Union Executive Vice President (Chief Professional Officer) Allen Fagin is available to comment today on yet another attempt to kill Jews, this one in the early hours of the