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Rabbi Burg to Visit Munich for Historic Rabbinical Ordination,...
On Tuesday, June 2, Zsolt Balla and Avraham Radbill will become the first Orthodox rabbis to receive semicha (rabbinical ordination) in Germany since before the Holocaust, over 70 years ago. Rabbis...
May 22, 2009
By OU Staff
OU PLEDGES CONTINUED EFFORTS TO PROTECT SHULS
Following the capture of four suspected terrorists planning to bomb two synagogues in the Riverdale section of New York, including Orthodox Union member congregation Riverdale Jewish Center (RJC), the OU pledged...
May 21, 2009
By OU Staff
ORTHODOX UNION COMMENDS ANTI-TERROR ARRESTS IN OPERATION REGARDING ORTHODOX...
Joint operation underscores threat to vulnerable synagogues and other nonprofits. Today, the Orthodox Union (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America), the nation's largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, commended the FBI, NYPD...
May 21, 2009
By OU Staff
ORTHODOX UNION MESSAGE TO RABBIS OF RIVERDALE SYNAGOGUES THREATENED...
Dear Rabbi Rosenblatt and Rabbi Lewis; It is with gratitude to God that we express our solidarity with the Riverdale Jewish Center, an Orthodox Union member synagogue, and to its neighbor,...
May 21, 2009
By OU Staff
OU’S ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES NETWORK, WWW.OU.ORG/OCN, SHOWCASES 335 LOCALES COAST...
Contrary to the belief of some, there are prominent Jewish communities outside of the New York area – plenty of them, in fact. So if you’re looking to visit one...
May 21, 2009
By OU Staff
Bazooka Ring Pop Candy Now Certified by OU Kosher
Bazooka Candy Brands, a division of Topps Inc., announced today that Ring Pop, its bestselling candy, has been kosher certified by the Orthodox Union. Production of the newly kosher Ring...
May 19, 2009
By OU Staff
OU To Present Last Singles Connection Event of Season,...
The Orthodox Union will present its last Singles Connection event of the season as a “Welcome to Summer” End of Year Celebration, The Guthrie Brothers in concert, on Thursday, June...
May 15, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Kosher Expert to Appear in Webinar with USDA...
Rabbi Eliyahu Safran, Senior Rabbinic Coordinator and Vice President of Communications and Marketing of OU Kosher, will be one of two experts appearing in the webinar, “Let’s Talk Kosher! Kosher Food:...
May 12, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Kosher Comes to Monsey, 600 People Attended First...
More than 600 people were in attendance Sunday night as the Orthodox Union’s Harry H. Beren ASK OUTREACH program came to Monsey for the first in a series of shiurim,...
May 12, 2009
By OU Staff
OU To Hold Second Communities Showcase Fair on Sunday,...
It’s back, bigger, and more timely than ever. Last year’s Orthodox Union “Emerging Communities Fair,” in which residents from the New York metropolitan area were encouraged to consider relocating, returns...
May 12, 2009
By OU Staff

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