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COVID-19 Vaccine: Government, the Faith Community is Ready to...
The pandemic continues to inflict significant harm on our nation and world. The plague has brought illness and death, financial challenge, and emotional distress, and the toll is rising. The arrival...
Jan 21, 2021
By Rabbi Moshe Hauer and Walter Kim
We Must Bring the Backyard Experience Into the Shul...
Responding to the challenges that many smaller Orthodox Jewish shuls are experiencing in engaging and growing their communities during the pandemic, the Orthodox Union’s Pepa and Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of...
Dec 24, 2020
By OU Staff
Thanksgiving was Established During an American Crisis. Then and...
How do you celebrate Thanksgiving during a pandemic? The medical, financial, social and emotional challenges, coupled with the stresses we are experiencing within civil society, have made this a hard time...
Nov 25, 2020
By Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Running a Jewish Day School Just Got a Lot...
The coronavirus pandemic has made it even more difficult to expect parents alone to bear the huge costs of educating their children. During the past few months, online instruction has become...
Aug 20, 2020
By Rabbi Moshe Hauer
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
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
OU Executive Vice President Allen Fagin on the State...
OU Executive Vice President Allen Fagin spoke with Nachum Segal about the latest happenings around the OU. He recapped the Semichas Chaver Program siyum at Torah New York and previewed Simchat...
Oct 3, 2019
By JM in the AM
Parents of Lt. Hadar Goldin H’yd Make Plea To...
Five years ago, IDF 2nd Lt. Hadar Goldin was abducted by Hamas and was tragically killed in the ensuing firefight as IDF forces tried to rescue him. Since then, Leah and...
Aug 22, 2019
By OU Staff
Us, Tonya
Us, Tonya
Here’s an odd little tidbit: Nancy Kerrigan is one of my heroes. This is an unusual statement for a variety of reasons. First of all, I care precious little for sports...
Jan 16, 2018
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Lorde Giveth, Lorde Taketh Away
Lorde Giveth, Lorde Taketh Away
It’s been big news: Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor – the singer more popularly known as Lorde – canceled a planned concert in Israel because of flak she had been receiving from...
Jan 4, 2018
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz

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