Prioritizing Chesed: OU Board Member and Advocacy Center Chairman...
Yitzie Pretter’s personal mantra is, “We’ll have plenty of time to rest after 120.” In the interim, he intends to live life to the fullest and do as much chesed and...
For Teach NJ Executive Director Katie Katz, It’s All...
At almost eight years old, Rory Katz of Teaneck, New Jersey, already knows where she wants to work when she’s older: Teach New Jersey, where her mother, Katie, serves as the...
The HR Specialist Taking Care of the OU’s Most Valuable Resources
The most valuable resources of any organization are its employees. Ensuring the right people are in the right positions and are happy in their environment is a formidable task. Meet Renee...
Rabbi Simon Taylor, An Architect of Jewish Community
Architecture – that was the career Rabbi Simon Taylor was working toward when he decided he’d rather help build the Jewish community than houses. Growing up in London, England, Rabbi Taylor’s...
Just Do It: OU Board Member Efrat Zisblatt Dives...
OU board member Efrat (Effie) Zisblatt is a doer. The Cornell and Stanford-educated lawyer who also holds an MA in Economics, has raised four children who are beautifully emulating her values...
For Avromie Adler, International Director of Yachad, Integration Is...
Jewish communal work is in Avromie Adler’s DNA. “My mother worked the Sunday morning shift at Cleveland’s chevrah kadisha (society of Jewish people who prepare the deceased for burial) for years,...
