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Savitsky Talks with Ron Solomon
Feb 17, 2016
By Stephen Savitsky
Savitsky Talks with Rabbi Oberstein
Feb 17, 2016
By Stephen Savitsky
How Malaysia Became One of the Most Anti-Semitic Countries...
From Tablet Magazine: Malaysia is in political and economic crisis as it has been, now, for many months, due to a huge and still unresolved corruption scandal featuring a mysterious $700...
Feb 16, 2016
By OU Staff
Lubavitch Man Stabbed in Brooklyn
From the JTA: An Orthodox man was stabbed on a sidewalk in the Brooklyn neighborhood that is home to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s world headquarters. Yehuda Lib Brikman, 25, who according to JPUpdates...
Feb 10, 2016
By OU Staff
Anti-Semitism a ‘Recurrent Problem’ in Dutch Schools
From the JTA: Anti-Semitism is a persistent problem in some Dutch schools and especially among Muslim pupils, according to a new government-commissioned report on discrimination in education. The findings appeared in...
Feb 9, 2016
By OU Staff
Hundreds Gather for Midwest NCSY’s Annual Banquet
Hundreds Gather for Midwest NCSY’s Annual Banquet
Hundreds of community members came to show their support for Midwest NCSY and what Honoree Mr. Jonah Bruck called the organization’s “lifesaving work,” at its Annual Banquet on January 31 at...
Feb 9, 2016
By Malka Levitansky
In College ‘Safe Spaces’ No Jews Allowed
From The Tower: When Arielle Mokhtarzadeh and Ben Rosenberg arrived at University of California, Berkeley on November 6 to attend the annual Students of Color Conference, they had no way of knowing that...
Feb 5, 2016
By OU Staff
Hundreds Attend Funeral of Slain Border Patrol Officer
From The Jerusalem Post: Hundreds of mourners gathered Thursday in Yehud ahead of the funeral procession for slain Border Police officer Hadar Cohen, who was killed in a terror attack the...
Feb 5, 2016
By OU Staff
Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky zt’l Passes Away
Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky zt’l Passes Away
Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky zt’l, senior halachic consultant for the Orthodox Union, a roshei yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath and a luminary of Orthodox Judaism, passed away on January 28 after a battle...
Jan 28, 2016
By OU Staff
Holocaust Victims Return to Auschwitz 71 Years Later
Newser has an amazing photo gallery of Holocaust victims returning to Auschwitz: Dozens of elderly Holocaust survivors lit candles at Auschwitz on Wednesday, exactly 71 years after the Soviet army liberated...
Jan 28, 2016
By OU Staff

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