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YU Student, Zev Eleff, Writes History of NCSY, 1954-1980
Ostensibly, most college students like to relax in their spare time. Whether it’s playing foosball, surfing the Internet, or watching television, mindless activities can help de-stress a busy student. Yeshiva University...
Jan 30, 2009
By OU Staff
NJ NCSY To Send Kushner Students to New orleans,...
New Jersey NCSY and the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School of Livingston have long shared a partnership, and next month, the two institutions will team up to send a group of...
Jan 28, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Creates new Publishing House, OU Press
The work of the Orthodox Union, in all the many areas of Jewish life that it influences, is informed by an overriding commitment to Torah learning, made available both in print...
Jan 28, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Kosher Presents Webcast on Kashrut in the Workplace
OU Kosher presented a webcast, “Kashrut in the Workplace,” featuring OU Senior Halachic Consultants Rabbi Yisroel Belsky and Rabbi Hershel Schachter. The event was moderated by Rabbi Eliyahu Safran, Senior Rabbinic...
Jan 28, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Applauds Introduction of Workplace Religious Freedom Act
The Orthodox Union (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization applauds the introduction of HB 13, the Workplace Religious Freedom Act, and its prime...
Jan 27, 2009
By OU Staff
Once Again, NCSY’s TJJ Receives Grant for Scholarships
For the second year in a row, NCSY’s “The Jerusalem Journey” (TJJ), a four-week summer program that is open to public high school students from grades 9-12 across North America,...
Jan 26, 2009
By OU Staff
Project CHESED – OU 14-Point Plan To help Deal...
Note to Media: Prior to Thanksgiving, the Orthodox Union Job Board and the Department of Community Services, in response to the economic meltdown, jointly announced a new initiative, Project Chesed (Chesed...
Jan 26, 2009
By OU Staff
Ou’s nach Yomi Program Releases First DVD of Shiurim,...
The Orthodox Union’s Nach Yomi, the popular program in the Daf Yomi style of learning, which can be found on www.ouradio.org/nach, has just released its first volume of shiurim on MP3s,...
Jan 26, 2009
By OU Staff
Major Success of ASK OUtreach of OU Kosher Launches...
Back in the year 2000, OU Kosher presented a series of kashrut seminars in Lakewood, the great New Jersey center of Torah – known in fact as Ir Ha’Torah, the city...
Jan 23, 2009
By OU Staff
On Spiritual Mission to IDF, An OU Rabbi Receives...
An NCSYer in Gaza By Rabbi Avi Berman Director General, OU Israel He noticed the OU logo on the stickers affixed to the tefillin cases we were giving out to the soldiers at the...
Jan 22, 2009
By OU Staff

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