Support the OU ISRAEL PURIM CAMPAIGN  Put a SMILE on the faces of IDF SOLDIERS. They defend the State of Israel all year long. Now you can do something nice for them in return. How can you participate in this campaign? Fill out this form and make OU Israel your Shaliach to give Mishloach Manot. Our goal this […]

Today, the Orthodox Union released the following statement responding to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s attempt to respond to shortcomings in his signature UPK program: For more than a year, the Orthodox Union has made the case to City Hall that New York’s Yeshivas and Jewish day schools are—by virtue of unwarranted and […]

In late January, Team Yachad gathered 220 runners, its largest group to date, to run for the cause of Inclusion in the annual Miami Half-Marathon. Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities, is a program of the Orthodox Union for individuals with special needs. The cohort that arrived for the Sunshine State’s 13.1 miles race […]

NorCal NCSY recently selected teen leaders to participate in its Teen Advocacy Program (TAP). TAP is an intensive six-week educational program that teaches teens organization, presentation and leadership skills for political advocacy within the prism of Jewish values. The program culminates on Tuesday, March 3 with a daylong lobbying mission to Sacramento led by NorCal […]

Heartfelt reminiscences and humorous anecdotes abounded as NCSY celebrated the Twentieth Anniversary of the Ben Zakkai Honor Society’s NCSY National Scholarship Reception. Held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in downtown Manhattan on February 8, two hundred guests joined in the meaningful evening as four former NCSY participants were welcomed into the prestigious honor society […]

Kraft Foods announced today that its entire line of Polly-O brand string cheese is now certified kosher by the Orthodox Union (OU).  Polly-O is the only mainstream string cheese brand to be kosher certified by the OU across its entire line of products. Kosher consumers can now enjoy the well-known quality and taste of Polly-O […]

After seeing some posts on Facebook a few months ago, I called my husband, David, and told him that I was thinking of running the Miami Lifetime Half-Marathon with Yachad. His first response was “You know you don’t run,” soon followed by “You are out of your mind,” and finally (sigh,) “Just let me know […]

Rabbi Steven Weil, senior managing director at the Orthodox Union, will present an OU Community Weekend at the Beth Israel Congregation in Miami from Friday, February 13 to through Saturday, February 14, Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim. The OU-member synagogue is located at 770 W 40th Street. On Saturday morning Rabbi Weil will deliver his sermon during […]

OU Press will celebrate the publication of the Chumash Mesoras HaRav Sefer Shemos, The Neuwirth Edition, the Book of Exodus with commentary based on the teachings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, on Sunday, February 22 at 9:15 a.m. at Young Israel of New Rochelle, 1149 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY. Rabbi Soloveitchik, “the Rav,” was […]

Orthodox Jewish parents, like responsible parents across the United States, overwhelmingly vaccinate their children against measles, mumps, rubella, polio and the other childhood diseases for which inoculations are now almost miraculously commonplace. As in many communities, a small minority of parents chooses not to do so. The ongoing measles outbreak demonstrates how this could bear […]