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OU Presents Reflections on Teshuvah
In anticipation of the High Holidays, the Orthodox Union will offer Reflections on Teshuvah on OU Radio, September 4 to October...
Aug 28, 2007
By OU Staff
OU Extends Job Board to Israel to Help English-Speakers...
In an initiative to help English-speakers find jobs in Israel, the Orthodox Union Job Board, which has already placed hundreds of people in jobs across North America, has expanded its horizons...
Aug 24, 2007
By OU Staff
Rabbi Twerski’s Rosh Hashanah Plea for Proper Synagogue Decorum...
At a time of year in which Jews spend many hours in the synagogue, the Orthodox Union has issued a heartfelt plea for proper decorum during...
Aug 24, 2007
By OU Staff
How to Blow the Shofar
Few people become really proficient at blowing the shofar. The Talmud (Shabbat 117b) refers to blowing the shofar as “chochmah ve-einah melachah”—a skill, rather than hard work—but mastering it does demand...
Aug 24, 2007
By OU Staff
NCSY and Birthright Israel Make a Shidduch: How Yaakov...
On Thursday, August 30, Jake Freedman, 25 and Tovah Schafer, 23 will be married in an Orthodox ceremony in Teaneck, NJ. Less...
Aug 22, 2007
By OU Staff
Brooklyn BP Marty Markowitz to Sponsor OU’s Virtual Job...
The Orthodox Union announced today that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is a sponsor of the Orthodox Union’s Virtual Job Fair II, to be held Wednesday, August 29 at OU Headquarters...
Aug 17, 2007
By OU Staff
Taking the Show to LA: 3 Day OU Halachic...
It was called the Three-Day Los Angeles Halachic Adventure, and was devoted to exploring “The Mesorah (tradition) of Kosher Birds and Animals” through lectures, food tasting and site visits for kosher...
Aug 17, 2007
By OU Staff
West Coast NCSY Expands Focus From Teens to All...
With its programming usually directed to teenagers, West Coast NCSY will turn its focus Labor Day weekend to the entire range of childhood...
Aug 17, 2007
By OU Staff
OU Kosher to Join Partners in Oct. 10 Seminar...
With its experience of providing kosher certification to hundreds of thousands of products manufactured in 80 countries worldwide, the Orthodox Union Kosher Division is truly an international organization with the globe...
Aug 17, 2007
By OU Staff
OU L.A. Conference Prepares Synagogue Prayer Leaders for...
Just days before the stirring melodies of the High Holy Days resonate throughout synagogues worldwide, the West Coast Region of the Orthodox Union will present a conference directed at “The Shliach...
Aug 16, 2007
By OU Staff

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