OU Department of Synagogue Services Launches ACTT Program, September...
“Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit,” a verse from Psalms (34:14) and a message that is heard three times a day, paraphrased, in synagogues across the...
Letter From Rabbi Menachem Genack in the New York...
View text of a letter by Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher to The New York Times regarding Agriprocessors.
OU Job Board To Present Two New Programs
The Orthodox Union Job Board announced two new programs today, one involving an online school in computer skills and the other calling on retired professionals to volunteer to work with job...
Registration Now Underway For OU’s National Executive Director’s Conference
Registration is now underway for the Orthodox Union’s first National Synagogue Executive Director’s Conference, which will be held November 10-11 at Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck, NJ. It is expected...
Rabbi Weinreb Stirs Emotions In Tisha B’Av Webcast
Tzvi Elimelech Talmud of Lublin, Poland was in despair. Caught up in the Holocaust, inquiring about God’s justice and mercy, but at the same time firm in his faith, he composed...
OU West Coast Women’s Network To Resume Text Study...
Sit this one out, gentlemen; it’s time for the ladies to study Torah. In the weeks prior to Rosh Hashanah, Geri Wiener returns for a second year to teach the...
OU Leader To Be a Keynote Speaker at DNC...
The Democratic National Convention Committee has announced that Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, will be one of four keynote speakers...
OU and Its Partners Obtain Homeland Security Funds to...
When the Department of Homeland Security announced in July that $15 million in additional funding will be made available in security grants to nonprofit institutions – including many synagogues and Jewish...
OU’s YLC Introduces New Program, Women’s Executive Lunch and...
The Orthodox Union’s Young Leadership Cabinet (YLC) has introduced a new free program, “Women’s Executive Lunch and Learn,” co-sponsored with the Pepa and Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue Services, to...
OU Kosher Releases Two New DVDs on the Kashrut...
As part of its ever-expanding initiatives in kashrut education, OU Kosher has released two DVD’s -- on meat and birds -- explaining the intricacies of what makes these products kosher. They...
