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News & Op-Ed 53 articles

Statement from Israeli PM Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks this evening at the start of the Security Cabinet meeting: “With heavy grief, this evening we found three bodies. All signs indicate that...
Jun 30, 2014
By OU Staff
Bodies of Three Israeli Teens Found: Latest Updates
A massive search has tragically turned to national mourning as the bodies of Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Sha’er and Naftali Frenkel were found. Statement from the RCA and the OU on the...
Jun 30, 2014
By OU Staff
Paralyzing Narratives: Why Peace Keeps Failing
Paralyzing Narratives: Why Peace Keeps Failing
This article originally appeared in The Jewish Journal. We’re so used to seeing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process fail that we often overlook this simple question: How is it possible that so...
May 13, 2014
By David Suissa
O’Connor’s Grandfather A Rabbi In Bridgeport?
O’Connor’s Grandfather A Rabbi In Bridgeport?
This article first appeared in The Jewish Week. First, Catholic New York reported that the sister of Cardinal John O’Connor, the late archbishop of New York, had recently discovered that their...
May 12, 2014
By Stewart Ain
Why I Tell My Kids About Tragedies
Why I Tell My Kids About Tragedies
On Saturday night, I boarded a plane only hours after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 had gone missing. I was out of town for a couple days and less connected to news...
Mar 18, 2014
By Allison Josephs
Cameo for God at the Oscars: (Self-) Worshipful Actors, Twitter, Tell Matthew McConaughey To Stay On Topic
Cameo for God at the Oscars: (Self-) Worshipful Actors,...
At the recent Oscars, Matthew McConaughey won the best actor award for his role in a movie called Dallas Buyers Club. From this, I infer (a) that there’s a movie called Dallas Buyers...
Mar 7, 2014
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
What Does Ultra Mean to You?
What Does Ultra Mean to You?
What’s so “ultra” about striving to observe Torah law, and make it part of one’s life, as Orthodox Jews do? Rabbi Avi Shafran asks this question in Don’t Call Us ‘Ultra-Orthodox’, an Op-Ed...
Feb 26, 2014
By OU Staff
Zach Braff Stars in New Ad for Yeshiva University
Zach Braff Stars in New Ad for Yeshiva University
The popular actor, famous for his role as Dr. John Dorian in the television show “Scrubs,” is part of Yeshiva University’s “Nowhere But Here” campaign. The video, part ad, part Purim Shpiel,...
Feb 13, 2014
By OU Staff
Preparing For The Big Shabbat
Preparing For The Big Shabbat
If I had nine months to plan my wedding, I probably would have been a calmer bride. Probably not.  I don’t handle the unknown well. As a new kallah, one of...
Feb 11, 2014
By Batya Rosner
The Unknown Connection of 11 Broadway to the Kosher Industry – A Personal History
The Unknown Connection of 11 Broadway to the Kosher...
Every morning, I come to work at OU headquarters, located at 11 Broadway, where I serve as a rabbinic coordinator for OU Kosher, administering the kosher programs of approximately 90 dairy...
Feb 3, 2014
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer

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