New NJ NCSY Summer Program for Teen Girls, in...
NEW JERSEY NCSY ANNOUNCES NEW SUMMER GIRLS LEARNING INITIATIVE New Jersey NCSY announces a new summer program for high school girls — the Summer Girls Learning Initiative beginning Tuesday, July
Jul 2, 2012
By OU Staff
Israel Visit by OU College Program Recruits 400 New...
OU HEART TO HEART PROGRAM RECRUITS CLOSE TO 400 NEW COLLEGIATE PARTICIPANTS FOR FALL SEMESTER Close to 400 eager recruits who plan to attend secular colleges in America this fall
Jun 28, 2012
By OU Staff
OU Critiques German Court Ruling on Religious Circumcision
ORTHODOX UNION CRITIQUES GERMAN COURT RULING ON RELIGIOUS CIRCUMCISION Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America criticized a German court’s ruling that circumcision constitutes an infringement on private
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OU’s Rabbi Weil to be Scholar-in-Residence at Bais Medrash...
OU EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT RABBI STEVEN WEIL TO SERVE AS SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE AT BAIS MEDRASH OF BERGENFIELD, JUNE 30 Orthodox Union Executive Vice President Rabbi Steven Weil will visit the Bais
Jun 28, 2012
By OU Staff
OU Provides Insights on ‘Cutting-Edge Food Technology & Halacha’...
OU KOSHER SEMINAR PROVIDES INSIGHTS ON CUTTING-EDGE FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND HALACHA TO YESHIVA UNIVERSITY ADVANCED RABBINIC STUDENTS OU Kosher’s Harry H. Beren ASKOU Outreach Program recently concluded a two-week seminar
Jun 27, 2012
By OU Staff
The Cheese Guy Receives OU Kosher Certification
THE CHEESE GUY RECEIVES OU KOSHER CERTIFICATION; TAKING KOSHER CHEESES TO ENTIRELY NEW HEIGHTS The Cheese Guy, makers of high end, small batch, primarily handmade, artisanal cheeses, has received certification
Jun 22, 2012
By OU Staff
AscendCorp and Marist College Add 1,200 Jobs This Month...
OU JOB BOARD ADDS 1,200 JOBS THIS MONTH ALONE WITH NEWEST MEMBERS ASCENDCORP AND MARIST COLLEGE The OU Job Board | Employment and Resumé Opportunities announces its newest employers, AscendCorp
Jun 21, 2012
By OU Staff
Koren, OU Press Co-Publish ‘Koren Sacks Sepharad Siddur’
KOREN AND OU PRESS CO-PUBLISH KOREN SACKS SEPHARAD SIDDUR The Orthodox Union has announced that its publishing arm, OU Press | Jewish Educational Publications, in conjunction with Koren Publishers, has
Jun 20, 2012
By OU Staff
OU’s Stephen J. Savitsky to be Merrick Scholar-in-Residence, July...
STEPHEN J. SAVITSKY, OU CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, TO BE SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE AT CONGREGATION OHAV SHOLOM IN MERRICK Stephen J. Savitsky, Chairman of the Board of the Orthodox Union, a three-term
Jun 20, 2012
By OU Staff
OU Kosher Welcomes Back Rav Belsky, Halachic Posek, From...
OU KASHRUT WELCOMES BACK RAV BELSKY, HALACHIC POSEK, FOLLOWING LONG ILLNESS AND RECUPERATION With deep gratitude to Hashem, the Orthodox Union Kashrut Department welcomed back its halachic Posek, Rav Yisroel
Jun 20, 2012
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