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Student Leader of OU JLIC Program at Yale Awarded...
ELA NAEGELE, STUDENT LEADER OF THE ORTHODOX UNION JLIC PROGRAM AT YALE, AWARDED GERMAN RHODES SCHOLARSHIP Ela Naegele When Ela Naegele, a German international student at Yale University who was
Dec 20, 2012
By OU Staff
OU Supports Introduction of Texas School Choice Legislation
LT. GOVERNOR DAVID DEWHURST AND SENATOR DAN PATRICK INTRODUCE SCHOOL CHOICE LEGISLATION FOR TEXAS Incoming Texas Senate Education Committee Chairman Dan Patrick Yesterday, Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and incoming
Dec 20, 2012
By OU Staff
OU Announces Contributions to Funds In Memory of Newtown...
ORTHODOX UNION, IN NEW YORK, ANNOUNCES CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS IN MEMORY OF NEWTOWN VICTIMS By Stephen Steiner OU Director of Public Relations Heartbroken and dismayed, but aware of the
Dec 20, 2012
By OU Staff
Southern NCSY Teens Learn About Acts of Kindness While...
SOUTHERN NCSY TEENS LEARN ABOUT ACTS OF KINDNESS WHILE HAVING FUN This September, Southern NCSY launched an exclusive leadership program for high school teens known as Teen LLC — Leadership,
Dec 19, 2012
By OU Staff
OU Congratulates Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis as Newly Elected British...
ORTHODOX UNION STATEMENT ON THE SELECTION OF RABBI EPHRAIM MIRVIS AS NEXT CHIEF RABBI OF THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH The Orthodox Union, which embraces over 800 synagogues in North America, extends
Dec 19, 2012
By OU Staff
Registration for NCSY Summer Programs 2013 Now Open
NCSY SUMMER PROGRAMS 2013 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN So your teen didn’t get the Chanukah gift he or she had been wishing for. No problem — here’s a better one, even
Dec 17, 2012
By OU Staff
OU Expresses Sorrow and Sympathy Over Heinous Crime in...
ORTHODOX UNION EXPRESSES SORROW AND SYMPATHY OVER HEINOUS CRIME IN CONNECTICUT The leadership of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America expresses its profound sorrow over the senseless violence
Dec 17, 2012
By OU Staff
Seattle Jewish High Hosts 1/9 Summer Program Fair
SEATTLE JEWISH HIGH HOSTS SUMMER PROGRAM EXTRAVAGANZA AT STROUM JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, JANUARY 9 On Wednesday, January 9, Seattle Jewish High will be hosting a night at the Stroum Jewish
Dec 14, 2012
By OU Staff
OU Praises German Parliament Protecting Ritual Circumcision
UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS COMMENDS GERMAN PARLIAMENT PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION PROTECTING RITUAL CIRCUMCISION Today, the Orthodox Union commended the German Parliament for approving a bill, which explicitly permits infant
Dec 13, 2012
By OU Staff
Atlantic Seaboard NCSY, New York NCSY Set New Chanukah...
ATLANTIC SEABOARD NCSY AND NEW YORK NCSY SET GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR MOST SIMULTANEOUS MENORAHS LIT Members of Atlantic Seaboard and New York NCSY lit 1,000 menorahs, together with members
Dec 13, 2012
By OU Staff

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