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The Community Confronts Substance Abuse
The Community Confronts Substance Abuse
After they finally saw the cues that they’d been missing for years, after they realized that their second child, their brilliant daughter Elana, who had appeared to be dealing with a...
Feb 13, 2020
By Joanne Palmer
As Anti-Semitism Increases, Let’s Remember How Morocco Saved its Jews
As Anti-Semitism Increases, Let’s Remember How Morocco Saved its...
“There are no Jews in Morocco; there are only Moroccan citizens.” This was how King Mohammed V of Morocco responded to the Vichy government of France to the request to turn...
Feb 6, 2020
By Rabbi Menachem Genack
Security for Jews Gets Serious
Security for Jews Gets Serious
Security has become the number-one issue on the minds of American Jews due to an increase in anti-Semitic attacks. Recent acts of violence in places like shuls and kosher markets have...
Feb 6, 2020
By Yossi Krausz
Orthodox Union EVP Allen Fagin meets with AG Barr
OU Executive Vice President Allen Fagin attended a meeting in Brooklyn this week with U.S. Attorney General William Barr, who convened the meeting with Jewish leaders to discuss combating hate crimes...
Jan 30, 2020
By OU Staff
Listen: Team Yachad Gets Set for the Jerusalem Marathon
Rabbi Ahron Rosenthal, Director of Special Initiatives at Yachad, talked to Nachum segal about Team Yachad and their running in the Jerusalem Marathon on March 20.
Jan 9, 2020
By OU Staff
Jersey City Shooting is Another Ugly Moment of anti-Semitism that Needs to Stop
Jersey City Shooting is Another Ugly Moment of anti-Semitism...
Anti-Semitism has been a torment that Jews have been forced to reckon with for centuries. However, its manifestations both in the United States and abroad are alarming for a new reason:...
Dec 12, 2019
By Allen Fagin
The Intolerance of Tolerance — America Has Gone Too...
Anti-Semitism has always been a torment that Jews have been forced to reckon with for centuries. However, its resurgence both in the United States and abroad is alarming for a new...
Nov 11, 2019
By Allen Fagin
Tiny First Temple Seal Impression Found with Name of Bible-era Royal Steward
Tiny First Temple Seal Impression Found with Name of...
A minuscule 7th century BCE clay sealing reading “Belonging to Adoniyahu, the Royal Steward,” was recently discovered in the City of David’s sifting project. In earth excavated from the foundations of...
Sep 11, 2019
By Times of Israel
Putting Safety First
Putting Safety First
The number of antisemitic attacks in the United States was at a near historic high in 2018. Significantly, physical assaults on Jews was up 105% over the previous year, according to...
Sep 11, 2019
By Allen Fagin
OU, RCA Monitoring the Path of Hurricane Dorian
As you are no doubt aware, several of our communities in Florida are in the crosshairs of a potentially devastating storm. Though Hurricane Dorian has yet to make landfall the forecast...
Aug 30, 2019
By OU Staff

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