Explaining the Mysteries of Kitniyot
Passover is primarily known as the Jewish holiday celebration of freedom, which also happens to feature a myriad of rules concerning food. There are foods we must eat such as...
OU Gets Ready for Passover with Annual Website, www.oupassover.org
The Orthodox Union’s general website, www.ou.org, is a veritable mine of information on OU programs, events, Jewish holidays, and offers lectures and shiurim (words of Torah) on many different topics. Its...
OU Introduces New Passover Recipes, by Eileen Goltz
On Passover, we’re all looking for those new and different appetizers and entrees that aren’t the same old same old recycled boring ones. This year, shake up your Pesach menus with...
OU Kosher Pre-Passover Program in New Haven, March 14
Just in time for Passover preparation, OU Kosher’s ASK OU Outreach program will again take its show on the road, this time to New Haven, where under the auspices of the...
OU to Help Victims of Earthquakes in Haiti and...
In response to the devastation and human suffering caused by the recent 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti that left more than 200,000 dead, 300,000 injured, and one million homeless, the Orthodox...
JLIC at Brandeis Celebrating Its Tenth Anniversary, March 14
The Orthodox Union’s Heshe and Harriet Seif Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) program will celebrate its tenth anniversary at Brandeis University on Sunday, March 14, at 5:00 p.m., when it...
New OU Kosher for Passover Items for 2010
The number of kosher for Passover products increases every year. The Orthodox Union’s Daf Hakashrus, OU Kosher’s magazine, annually prints an updated list that includes new Kosher for Passover items. Following...
OU Kosher’s Pre-Passover Webcast, March 23
Almost everyone knows the four questions that are read in the haggadah during the Passover seders, but for two OU Kosher poskim (halachic authorities) – Rabbi Yisroel Belsky and Rabbi Hershel...
New Haggadah by Rabbi Norman Lamm Published by OU...
Imagine being able to invite one of the most eloquent and insightful rabbis in the world to be a guest at your Passover seder. His presence would transform the event, adding...
OU President Stephen J. Savitsky to Visit Brooklyn, March...
He’s traveled recently to Norfolk, VA, Memphis, Tennessee, and Dallas, Texas. And now, Orthodox Union President Stephen J. Savitsky will travel to a slightly larger Jewish neighborhood on his tour of...
