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OU’s Yachad/NJCD Announce February is North American Inclusion Month...
Inclusion of those with disabilities in the social, religious, and educational life of the Jewish community should happen every single day of the year, the Orthodox Union believes. Yachad/the National Jewish...
Jan 5, 2010
By OU Staff
OU to Present Seminar on Positive Body Image at...
Though we would like to think the Orthodox Jewish community is free from all influences of secular values and media, the truth is that America’s high regard for superficial beauty –...
Jan 4, 2010
By OU Staff
OU’s Nach Yomi Cycle Completed by Youngest Person ever,...
The Orthodox Union’s Nach Yomi program, in which a chapter of Nach – Nevi’im (Prophets) and Ketuvim (Writings) – is completed every day, just had its youngest participant ever complete the...
Dec 31, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Hosts LA Program at Maominides on Pediatric Obesity...
As a community service program of the Orthodox Union’s West Coast Region, the OU will explore the current hot topic of pediatric obesity. Co-sponsored with the Healthy Kids Committee of the...
Dec 30, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Job Board to Hold Excel/Adobe Skills CLasses, To...
Recognizing that in today’s current economic and professional climate, many people who are unemployed are seeking to improve their technical skills for the job market, the Orthodox Union’s Job Board will...
Dec 23, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Commends NJ Commission to Study Non-Public Education
The Orthodox Union, the nation's largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, today commended Governor Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey for establishing a Study Commission on New Jersey's Non-Public Schools. The study...
Dec 23, 2009
By OU Staff
OU’s Ben Zakkai to Honor Isabelle and David Novak...
The Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) of NCSY, the international youth program of the Orthodox Union, will honor Isabelle and David Novak of Los Angeles with the Enid and Harold H....
Dec 22, 2009
By OU Staff
OU’s Ben Zakkai to Honor Rabbi Schlagman of Upstate...
The Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) of NCSY, the international youth program of the Orthodox Union, will induct Rabbi Shalom Schlagman of Upstate New York as a new member at the...
Dec 22, 2009
By OU Staff
OU’s Ben Zakkai to Induct Rabbi Israel Lashak of...
The Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) of NCSY, the international youth program of the Orthodox Union, will induct Rabbi Israel Lashak of Dallas as a new member at the 14th Annual...
Dec 22, 2009
By OU Staff
OU’s Ben Zakkai to Honor Cynthia Darrison Originally of...
The Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) of NCSY, the international youth program of the Orthodox Union, will honor California-native Cynthia Darrison of Brooklyn with Ezra Ben-Zion Lightman Memorial Award at the...
Dec 21, 2009
By OU Staff

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